Nixxon Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 I have a XMS 512MB C2PT module running in single channel (400MHz, 2.5-3-3-8) on my Abit NF7 2.0 mainboard. My computer was acting strange lately (programs crashing, BSOD's) so I stated some testing... SuperPI and Prime95 were crashing the machine in a few minutes, so I decided to analyze further... Underclocked everything in BIOS, set the FSB to 133, memory to 266, computer was perfectly stable. Tried 200MHz FSB, keeping the memory down, everything perfect... Errors start appearing as soon as I put back the memory at 400MHz. Achieved stability at 2.9V and no lower, for a few days only. Today the computer restarted by itself, then after booting I received tens of messages like "Windows has recovered from a serious error", run some stressing programs (SuperPI and Prime95) and guess what, errors again. I had to use "By SPD" timings in BIOS, in conjunction with overvolting to 2.9V to achieve stability... It seems to me that my module is failing; what should I do? I am not satisfied with this memory running at 3.0-3-3-8 and needing so much voltage to be able to do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 26, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 26, 2005 Please set the Dim Voltage to 2.7X volts (+.2 Volts W/Giga-Byte) and then set the timings manually to the tested settings for the specific module you have, XMS2700C2 Cass 2-3-3-6 for example or if you have Value Select "BY SPD" and then test the module/'s 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...
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