wcdeardorff Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I hope I can get some help here for this ongoing issue with oneof my customers. First the build and a little history. Intel PentiumD 2.8 GHZ. Intel BOXD945PSNLK Motherboard Corsair VS VS2GBKIT533D2 memory kit. SATA harddrive X300se PCIE Vid Card Dual DVD Burners. This system has been shutting off and randomly rebooting and at times it will not even POST. I gave my customer a loaner while I check into the continuing problems. Already I have replaced the Case including PSU for another issue with the case. Last night I had the machine and finally got it to boot. I have an active RMA with Intel for the Motherboard but I am not sure that the MB is at fault just yet. Ram is running in Dual Channel, SPD and Manual settings make no difference. I was running 2 instances of Prime(one for each processor), plus Sandra Burn-In for about 2 hours before it crashed to a reboot and wouldn't post. Heat is not an issue, CPU hovers at 60C@load. I removed 1 stick of RAM, restarted all of the above tests and it has been running since 10PM last night, over 12 hours now. I plan on doing the same tests tonight with the stick I removed. The reason why I am posting is to see if anyone here has encountered a similar problem either with the symptoms resulting in bad memory, or with Intel boards in general, or even with a dual channel compatibility problem between Intel and Corsair? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks William EDIT - Ram a Microsoft version of MEMTEST for 97 passes with no errors while system was running in Dual Channel. On the 98th pass the system locked and wouldn't post. When the locking and no posting happens I usually have to leave it of for about 10 minutes before it will POST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 12, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 12, 2005 If you have the option to set the memory voltage I would set it to 2.1 Volts and see if that helps. In addition, I would check for the latest bios and load setup/optimized defaults before you make the changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcdeardorff Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 Well it turns out the Memory test via Microsoft I was using isn't very good. I used the Memtest 86 in your Sig and there were numerous errors on both sticks of RAM. Filling out an RMA. I do not have the option to adjust voltage. These Intel boards are strict I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 13, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 13, 2005 If you are getting errors with both modules that would suggest some other problem. Can you test them in another system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcdeardorff Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 The one stick errors out right away as soon as I start the test. The other stick doesn't display errors until I change the memory size setting, then it goes nuts. I do not have another system to test these in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 14, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 14, 2005 You cannot change the memory sizing or it will cause errors, please read the readme file from the maker of memtest. Or our F.A.Q. on Memtest. Just run the default tests with memtest, and make sure that you set the memory voltage to 2.7 Volts and test them one at a time for 2 or 3 passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcdeardorff Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 OK. I am going to re-run the tests tonight and see what goes. You keep saying adjust the memory voltage but I don't see the option to do so on This board. Also, before running MEMTEST I ran 2 instances of Prime95 and Sisoft Sandra Burn-In on each stick individually for 18 hours each with no crashes. Put them together and crash within an hour. Re running MEMTEST just now on what I will call stick A gave me 1 error on test 3 within the first 5 mins. I will update the thread after a few passes goes by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcdeardorff Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 *UPDATE* I let 2 passes go by on Stick "A". A total of 8 errors with the following text... 00038f16ed4 - 911.3MB 02020202 02420202 004000000 8 I will let pass 3 go by and then test the other stick and post the results here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcdeardorff Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 OK, I ran stick "B" for a total of 32 passes with no errors. So it looks like I have 1 bad stick. RMA has been filled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 14, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 14, 2005 Let's get them both replaced. Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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