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ASUS says I have a bad stick of DDR2.


Mr_Roboto

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I just got off of the phone with ASUS Tech support. After removing all of the components in the pc and replacing them one by one, we have determined that I have a bad stick of ram.

 

When ever this stick is in the computer, no matter which slot, the pc will not boot.

 

I purchased the part In a Corsair VS1GBKIT533D2 1GB Kit DDR2-533 PC2-4200 Value Select Memory Retail on 2/25/05. It is way past zipzoomfly's return period.

 

Will I need to replace both modules, or just the one that will not allow the PC to boot?

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks,

 

~Rich

 

MB: ASUS P5AD2-E DELUX

CPU: INTEL P4 @ 2.8GHZ

RAM: 1GB CORSARI VALUE SELECT (512MB IS BAD)

VIDEO: Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro PCI Express 128MB DDR

DVDR: PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A

HD: SEAGATE ST3160827AS

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I would like to thank you for the quick turn around on my RMA. There is still a problem though. One of the sticks you sent me is also bad. Whenever the module is in the computer, no matter which slot it is in, the computer crashes.

 

I ran Microsoft's memory test and the module in question starts to fail at LRAND and then goes on to fail the other tests.

 

So far 2 out of the six modules of Corsair Value Select memory that I have owned have been defective. :o(

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BIOS: Current Rev

Memory voltage: 2.0

Test: 0 Errors: 0

Test: 1 Errors: 4

Test: 2 Errors: 0

Test: 3 Errors: 0

Test: 4 Errors: 0

Test: 5 Errors:

Test: 6 Errors: 3041

Test: 7 Errors: 18147

Test: 8 Errors:

Test: 9 Errors: 0

Test: 10 Errors: 0

 

With just the one module I can not get the PC to boot. I had to populate the other slots in order to run the test

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I tested the modules individually in each memory slot. Here are the results.

 

Module

869-0546073-2-009904 A1-PASS A2-PASS B1-PASS B2-PASS

869-0546073-2-009907 A1-PASS A2-PASS B1-PASS B2-PASS

4829-0547078-1-4252538 A1-FAIL A2-FAIL B1-FAIL B2-FAIL

4829-0547078-1-4252539 A1-PASS A2-PASS B1-PASS B2-PASS

 

When module 4829-0547078-1-4252538 is the only module installed, the PC will not POST and I can not run Memtest. When all of the modules are installed(3 good + 1 bad), Memtest fails with the errors in my previous post.

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