jerizm Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I have one stick of CMX512-3200XLPRO that has been giving me problems. It crashes the machine a lot. I decided to run a memtest on it and it gave tons of errors. I only had that one stick in the computer so it was that stick that was giving me errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 What CPU / FSB / Motherboard do you have? Test the stick in each slot using Memtest86+ and the following timings: CAS Latency (tCL): 2 RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 2 Row Precharge (tRP): 2 Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 5 Memory Voltage: 2.75 Volts All other settings to defaults. Click here to find out how you can add your system specs to your profile and posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerizm Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 This is actually just the machine I'm running tests with at home. The stick of ram is actually from a work computer that I had to remove since it kept crashing that computer at work I have another CMX512-3200XLPRO stick at work that isn't giving me any problems. The memtest is the same memtest I used in my first post. I ran the tests on an AthlonXP 3000+, FSB is 400Mhz, and a VIA KT600 chipset. I have other sticks of ram that pass tests just fine in this computer. I tried it in both slots and with those timing settings. Still failed ALOT of tests. I will bring the stick to work today and run some memtests in that machine with those timing settings. I will also run the test on the non faulty CMX512-3200XLPRO stick in my work computer just to prove that it is faulty. Should I take some pictures of the memtests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerizm Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 Alright so I ran the tests at work with those timing settings on an Intel P4 3.0 Ghz 400 MHz FSB, Intel 915 G chipset. The fault ram stick has over 4000 errors within the first 2 minutes of the memtest. I tried it in both slots that the computer has. So just to make sure it's the ram not the computer I tested the other identical stick that I had in both slots and it passed all the tests flawlessly. This was all done with memtest-86 v3.1. What should I do now? Request an RMA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 8, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 8, 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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