lena9221 Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 I have intermittent memory failure (my motherboard announces this occasionally) and I ran the memtest86 and with the third round caught the failure. I saved the results, but cannot find where it went. It isn't where the software was supposed to put it. I ran the test again, but the failure didn't show up. It's intermittent. These failures are getting more frequent and I would like to get this problem fixed. Any ideas on where else to look for those results? Lena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMC_SAVAGE Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Looking at your specs, are you mixing different brands of RAM? If so, this is probably the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lena9221 Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 Twins. They came in the same package. Matched pair. Dual chip memory kit. This memory kit was listed for both the motherboard and the processor, so incompatability is also not an issue. Thank you for your response. Looking forward to hearing any other ideas you may have. Lena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 12, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 12, 2005 What slots do you have the modules in and what are the settings for CPU and memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lena9221 Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 I have them in the second recommended configuration of sockets...DimmA2 and Dimm B1. Here's the settings excluding the AGP settings: CPU External Freq...166 MHz CPU Frequency Multiple Setting...Auto CPU Freq Multiple...13.0X System Performance...Optimal CPU Interface...Optimal Memory Freq...Auto Resulting Freq...Auto Memory Timings...Optimal SDRam Active Precharge Delay...7 SDRam RAS to CAS delay...3 SDRam RAS to precharge...3 SDRam Cas Latency...2.5T FSB Spread Spectrum...50% DDR Reference Voltage...2.6V I've yet to learn how the settings work, so I put everything on Auto or Optimal. The mobo did the rest. There's miles of listings for the settings, but I don't mess with them, because I don't know what I'm doing. Overclocking is unnecessary for the average user anyway. Lena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 14, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 14, 2005 Please try these settings with the modules in slots 2-3. CPU External Freq...166 MHz CPU Frequency Multiple Setting...Auto CPU Freq Multiple...13.0X System Performance: User Define CPU Interface...Optimal Memory Freq: 100% Resulting Freq: 166 Mhz Memory Timings...Manual SDRam Active Precharge Delay: 7 SDRam RAS to CAS delay: 3 SDRam RAS to precharge: 3 SDRam Cas Latency: 2.5T FSB Spread Spectrum: Disabled DDR Reference Voltage: 2.7V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lena9221 Posted December 16, 2005 Author Share Posted December 16, 2005 Tried these settings, but the once again I got the "System failed memory test. Computer now booting from operating system." announcement on post, which was sooner than I expected it to happen. Lately it will fail the memory test an average of once a week. This will be the third time this week. The failures used to be once every month or so. I think it may be time for a warranty check. I don't want to be hearing something like, "System failed memory test. Computer unable to boot from operating system.". That would just suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 16, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 16, 2005 As long as the system is stable that seems to be a bug in their bios. Is the system passing http://www.memtest.org? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lena9221 Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 Ram Guy The first round of tests with MemTest86 v. 1.65, with memory in slots A2 and B1, resulted like this: Rounds...Round 1 = first time test ran, Round 2 = second time, round 3 = third time. The test was run continuously through these three rounds. ROUND 1 Tst = 6---Pass = 0---Failing Address = 0002ed91eb0...749.0MB---Good = fffffff7---Bad = ffbffff7---Error Bits = 00400000---Count = 1--- chan = (blank) ROUND 2 Tst = 2---Pass = 1---Failing Address = 0002edddeb0...749.8MB---Good = ffffffff---Bad = ffbfffff---Error Bits = 00400000---Count = 1--- chan = (blank) Tst = 3---Pass = 1---Failing Address = 0002e795eb0...743.3MB---Good = efefefef---Bad = efafefef---Error Bits = 00400000---Count = 1--- chan = (blank) Tst = 3---Pass = 1---Failing Address = 0002e5ddeb0...741.8MB---Good = efefefef---Bad = efafefef---Error Bits = 00400000---Count = 2--- chan = (blank) Tst = 6---Pass = 1---Failing Address = 0002f3d9eb0...755.5MB---Good = efefefef---Bad = efafefef---Error Bits = 00400000---Count = 1--- chan = (blank) ROUND 3 Tst = 6---Pass = 2---There were a total of 59 errors. They were coming so fast I didn't have time to write them all down. Next, I will switch slots. The chip in slot A1 will go to slot B1 and vice versa. Then I will use slots A1 and B1. If I'm still getting errors, I'll test 1 chip at a time in slot A1. I'll let you know what happens. If you would like me to write down all the errors like I did above, please post and let me know. Otherwise I'll just keep testing different configurations and simply tell you if I can find one that's error free. Thank you soooo much for your help! Lena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 19, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 19, 2005 Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part! Or *New* Tech Support Express” and we will be happy to replace them or it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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