lilsassy Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 On April 6, 2005 I purchased a 1GB kit of 2 512mb DDR400 (PC 3200) RAM. During the course of troubleshooting a reboot problem, I decided to test my memory. I tried to run MemTest86, but it won't run. My computer reboots every time it starts to access the disk. I know it's not the disk because it runs just fine in my trusty old Dell PII machine. So I ran MemTest (not 86) from a CD and it started finding errors right away. I pulled the second stick out of Bank 2 and tested the first stick in Bank 1. It found 11 errors in 6 out of 12 passes. I pulled that stick out and placed the stick from Bank 2 into Bank 1 and ran MemTest. It found no errors in 12 passes. Can I apply for an RMA on the stick that is failing the tests? Gigabyte 8I915P Duo Pro Motherboard Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz Stock CPU fan & 3 case fans Western Digital 80GB IDE Hard Drive Windows XP Home SP2 Albatron Video Card w/nVidia GeForce 6600 Creative Audigy 2 Sound Card Plextor PlexCombo 20/10/40A CD Burner Plextor PX-716SA DVD Burner 430 Watt Power Supply Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilsassy Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 I failed to mention that I am not overclocking and have made no modifications to any components in the BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilsassy Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 My board's FSB is 800. The number on the ValueSelect RAM stick is VS512MB400 on top of the UPC symbol, and 783-0514019-0-305969 under the UPC symbol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilsassy Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 I was previously trying to run a floppy disk version of MemTest86 downloaded about a year ago, and my computer was rebooting every time it accessed the disk. I downloaded and burned the ISO image of the latest version to a CD and just ran it. One stick has no errors and the same stick that failed the other memory test showed 19 errors after running the program for 40 minutes. MemTest86 shows the RAM at 201MHz and CAS 2.5-3-3-8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted November 14, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted November 14, 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...
lilsassy Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 I have never overclocked, nor have I ever adjusted any voltages or timing settings before. My Dim Voltage was set to 2.6 and I upped it to 2.7 in the EasyTune5 program that came with my Gigabyte board. I went into Award Bios V.6.00PG and did not find any memory settings in the 2.5-3-3-8 format that MemTest86 said mine was running at. According to Corsair's website, my module should be running at 3-3-3-8. I did find an adjustable setting in the BIOs under Memory Frequency For with these choices: 1.66, 2.00, 2.66, 3.00, and Auto. Auto was checked and I left it alone. I ran MemTest86 again on the faulty stick with the changed voltage settings and once again it started finding errors right away. I am not getting errors on both modules, only one. Should I be changing a setting in the BIOS under Memory Frequency For? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted November 17, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted November 17, 2005 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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