FallingHawk Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Hello. I ordered a stick of CMX512-3200C2 from NewEgg, hoping that it would be excellent RAM for my multitasking and gaming needs. I recieved it yesterday, and plugged it in. It ran a CHKDSK, first. I didn't think that was too right, but let it run. When it finally booted up, it idled for about five seconds, and then rebooted. It reboots continuously. I don't know exactly what the problem is, even though my father and I both think that it is a malfunctioning stick. I would like to see what you think. My motherboard is a ASUS K8S-MX and my CPU is an AMD Athlon 64 3400+ in a pre-bought and assembled box. I was wondering if I should RMA it and hope for a working stick. If the RAM I bought is somehow uncompatible with my board, do yuo think you could recommend some more good RAM for both multitasking and gaming? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Are you mixing it with any other memory? Have you set the timings up in the BIOS? Should be like so: CAS Latency (tCL): 2 RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3 Row Precharge (tRP): 3 Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6 Memory Voltage: 2.75 Volts All other settings to defaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallingHawk Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 I tried pairing it with the stick that I already had in there. The stick is from Micron Tech., 512 MB, with 3.3.3.8 at 200 MHz. And unless I am doing something wrong, the BIOS won't allow me to change any of the components' settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 It's never recommended to mix memory from different manufacturers. You should be able to change the settings, but the conflict may be preventing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallingHawk Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 I did boot the system when there was only the new stick in, and it also has the errors on startup and the reboot problem. So, I don't really know where to go from there. I mean, the computer recognizes it and shows it. I was able to pull up a DxDiag window before it rebooted, and it said 1024MB RAM. What would be causing it to restart upon loading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted November 29, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted November 29, 2005 Let's go ahead and replace this module for you. Please follow the link in my signature, "I think I have a bad part..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallingHawk Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 I RMAed it through NewEgg since I still had time left in the 30 day return policy. I will report as to what happens when I get the new module. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 5, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 5, 2005 No problem, please let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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