BakaX Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I have been running 2 sticks of CMX512-3200 on an ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard for a little over a year now. Recently I re-installed WinXP Pro and the first day after the install, my system ran fine. However from the next day on, I was getting multiple error messages (page fault in non.paged area, PNF list corrupt, among others). So I ran a Memtest and it returned with 79,000+ errors. Since then, I've removed the sticks to try in another computer but to no avail and now my system will not even boot when I put the sticks back in. Not sure what is goin on, any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 24, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 24, 2005 Please set the Dim Voltage to 2.7X volts and then set the timings manually to the tested settings for the specific module you have, and then test the module/modules one at a time with www.memtest.org! If you still get errors, please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! However, if you get errors with both modules that would suggest some other problem and I would test them in another system or MB to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakaX Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 hmmm..... interesting. With boths sticks in MemTest returned 10 errors at 2.5V, ~30,000 at 2.6V, and over 100,000 at 2.7V. But when I tested them alone at 2.6V, they pass with no errors. I would presume it is a mobo issue if I hadn't been running this system and parts for over a year now. No clue what's gone wrong now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 26, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 26, 2005 Yes indeed! That would suggest a power problem. Can you test the modules in a known working system to be sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakaX Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 Yeah, I have a friend with the exact same mobo so I can try them in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 26, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 26, 2005 Great, please let me kno who you make out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakaX Posted October 27, 2005 Author Share Posted October 27, 2005 Hmm..... tried my sticks in my friends computer and the same errors occurred at ~98% complete in Test 5. We still ran into errors when we slowed the latency but ran fine when we lowered the clock speed and left the latency at 3338. Then again, with 1 stick in, the computer booted properly. I know that ASUS has been lacking in support for the K8N-E Deluxe board but... I doubt that an updated bios (went from version 1001 to 1007, supposedly no ram changes in the bios) caused these errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 27, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 27, 2005 Well I have no problem replacing your modules; however I would suggest updating to the latest bios and loading setup defaults. Many times MB makers will make minor changes to improve performance or stability and inadvertently resolve other issues like you have described. And they would not always list that in the bios history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakaX Posted October 27, 2005 Author Share Posted October 27, 2005 I know in revisions 1008+ ASUS did something stupid and lowered the max speed for running more than 1 stick of ram so if I can find the original bios for the board, I'll try using that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 27, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 27, 2005 ftp.asus.com.tw ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/sock754/K8N4-E_DX/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakaX Posted October 28, 2005 Author Share Posted October 28, 2005 Well, tried other BIOSes and still errored when running 2 sticks @ DDR400. Tried my friend's on my motherboard and it worked fine. So it looks like I'm goin to fill out the RMA form. On a side note though, the sticks run fine at DDR315 (capped by BIOS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 28, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 28, 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...
BakaX Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 It's me again... I received 2 new sticks of CMX512-400 from the RMA and I'm still running into the same issue. These sticks refuse to run at 400 when paired but separately, they run fine. I have recently upgraded my mobo to a DFI lanparty UT nforce3 and I know that I can run a pair of Kingston HyperX PC3500 at their rated speed. Not sure why these Corsair sticks won't run at their rated speed when paired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted February 3, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted February 3, 2006 Can you tell me the bios settings you have set for both CPU and memory and any performance settings that you may have set? And what slots do you have them in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakaX Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 I'm running everything at defaults right now with the ram in slots 1 & 2. Ram: Voltage: 2.7 Cas: 3 Ras to Cas: 3 Ras: 3 Tras: 8 CPU (using an AMD Mobile 3400 ): Voltage: 1.3 Core Speed: 2200 Like I said, my system boots fine with 1 stick but not with 2 sticks of Corsair while my friends sticks work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted February 7, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted February 7, 2006 Are your friends sticks 256 Meg or 512? And what bios version are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakaX Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 My friends sticks are 512 DDR433 and I'm using the most current bios (2005/06/23) for the DFI board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted February 9, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted February 9, 2006 Please try the modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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