friendofphobos Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 RAMGuy, I have a Shuttle Shuttle XPC ST61G4 that I run as an HTPC, I've been running it for the last 9 months with one Value Select PC3200 512MB module, last week I ordered another to bump it up to 1GB. The new module seems to be faulty. Ran Memtest 86+ and got all sorts of errors in Test 4 on the new module in two different systems. First tried both modules at default speed settings and voltage, Memtest gave me errors. I upped the voltage to 2.7 and still got errors. Lowered timings to 2.5-4-4-8 and 3.0-4-4-8, got errors. Tried switching the modules from mobo slot 1 to slot 2 and vice-versa, still got errors. Tried the new module by itself in both slots and got errors. Tried the original in both slots and got no errors. Moved the modules to another system and got the same results. Is there anything else I should try? Thanks for your help, Samuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendofphobos Posted June 5, 2005 Author Share Posted June 5, 2005 Is there someplace I can go to research what the error codes from Memtest mean? The website does a pretty good job of telling you what a specific test actually does but it doesn't say what it means if you're getting errors. In my case, it says Test 4 uses the same algorithm as test 1 but the data pattern is a random number and it's complement. This test is particularly effective in finding difficult to detect data sensitive errors. A total of 60 patterns are used. The random number sequence is different with each pass so multiple passes increase effectiveness. So... what does it mean if I'm getting errors in Test 4 but not in Test 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 6, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 6, 2005 Normally errors in test 4 would suggest a failing module. Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! And http://www.X86-secret.com is great resource for memtest86, as well as this F.A.Q. I copied and modified about memtest86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendofphobos Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Got the new stick back and it works like a charm. Thanks Corsair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 17, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 17, 2005 No problem, and thanks for letting us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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