Syppion Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I've been running my two VS512MB400 sticks in dual-channel mode. Lately I've been getting random crashes to desktop/reboots whenever running any taxing programs. Because I was able to run memtest86 for 3 hours without any errors I thought it was a video card issue. I then (several days, and driver updates + a reformat later) ran prime95 in an attempt to confirm this. Much to my surprise, the torture test caused an error after 1 minute of running (every time). When I remove this stick (running only the other stick) it runs for over an hour without incident (I stopped it). When I run only this bad stick I can not get windows to boot (gives me a corrupt file error). I tried both the "by SPD" and "automatic" settings in the BIOS. Thanks, -Sypp Edit: Lot number is 0452057-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwok Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 IIRC, there is a bug in Prime95 with more than 512mb of ram. So the bug you get with 1Gb is normal... Now for the other stick giving you problems : If you move the stick to another slot do you still have problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syppion Posted November 15, 2005 Author Share Posted November 15, 2005 I hadn't heard about the prime95 bug, but then again I think this was my second time ever using it... I took out the good stick, and put the bad stick back in, moving it around and running memtest. The results are: slot1: Lots of errors within first 2 minutes slot2: motherboard won't post slot3: Lots of errors within first 2 minutes slot4: Didn't bother trying. (ABIT forum have had several people complain this slot is quirky on the AV8) I then took out the bad stick and put the good stick back in slot1, and memtest shows no errors. I honestly have no idea why it didn't encounter errors when both sticks were in last week. :sigh!: I was on the verge of RMA'ing my x800xl because these crashes most often occured during battlefield 2 and civ4, but it makes sense because these are the only two programs I typically run at home that would require a bit/lot of ram. Or at least it does to me :laughing: On a positive note: After I pulled the bad stick I was able to play battlefield 2 for 3 hours last night (albeit choppy due to harddrive swapping) without crashing, which had been occuring within 20 minutes. -Sypp Edit: This was at "by SPD" settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syppion Posted November 16, 2005 Author Share Posted November 16, 2005 RMA # recieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 16, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 16, 2005 Please let us know when you get the modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syppion Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 It arrived Wednesday (11/23), passed 3 hours of memtest86, and is currently working flawlessly in a dual channel setup with my other stick. Very happy, especially that it arrived before the holiday :biggrin: Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 29, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 29, 2005 Glad to hear it! Take care! :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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