pose1207 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hey Ram Guy, Here is my system: MB: A7N8X-DX rev. 1.04 CPU: Athlon XP 3000+ 400Mhz FSB @ 1.65V (manually set) (400 not 333Mhz) Memory: XMS3200LL Platinum Timings: 2-2-2-5 (2-3-3-8 would crash as well) Voltage: 2.7 Video Card: *** 5700LE 128MB AGP Voltage: 1.5 or 1.6 (I've tried Both) Here is my problem(s): The system will reboot during game play. (most games, even diablo 2!) System Reboots out of nowwhere and often. I read in another post to try and set the jumper on the MB to 200fsb and adjust it through the bios. This was no help. I set the cpu voltage manually, this also didn't help. I have all the timings "user defined" (no SPD settings). Little help? I havent run memtest because it takes soooo long. Are there specific tests i should run that would save me a few days?! thanks ram guy. Pose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Memtest+ is the only test to run. Try these timings: CAS Latency (tCL): 2 RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3 Row Precharge (tRP): 2 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...
pose1207 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Memtest+ is the only test to run. Try these timings: CAS Latency (tCL): 2 RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3 Row Precharge (tRP): 2 Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6 Memory Voltage: 2.75 Volts All other settings to defaults. Okay, thats not going to work. the memory is guaranteed 2-2-2-5. also my motherboard only supports 2.6 2.7 and 2.8 voltage settings. i tried both 2.7 and 2.8. any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pose1207 Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 Hey Ram Guy, Here is my system: MB: A7N8X-DX rev. 1.04 CPU: Athlon XP 3000+ 400Mhz FSB @ 1.65V (manually set) (400 not 333Mhz) Memory: 512XMS3200LL Platinum Timings: 2-2-2-5 (2-3-3-8, 2-3-2-6 would crash as well) Voltage: 2.7 (My bios only allow 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9) 2.75v?? Video Card: *** 5700LE 128MB AGP Voltage: 1.5 or 1.6 (I've tried Both) Here is my problem(s): The system will reboot during game play. (most games, even diablo 2!) System Reboots out of nowwhere and often. I read in another post to try and set the jumper on the MB to 200fsb and adjust it through the bios. This was no help. I set the cpu voltage manually, this also didn't help. I have all the timings "user defined" (no SPD settings). Little help? I havent run memtest+ because it takes soooo long. Are there specific tests i should run that would save me a few days?! thanks ram guy. Pose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pose1207 Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Okay, I havent received a reply and its been a couple of days. I have tried everything i can think of to keep my system stable but I am still having system crashes. I set the voltage to 2.8 but this seems no help either. What should I do? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 19, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well you would not be able to run these modules in D/C as they use different IC's. But you can try them in slots 1-2 and set the timings to Cas 2.5-3-3-7 and see if the system is stable with http://www.memtest.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pose1207 Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well you would not be able to run these modules in D/C as they use different IC's. But you can try them in slots 1-2 and set the timings to Cas 2.5-3-3-7 and see if the system is stable with http://www.memtest.org. Yeah, I took out one module to see if that would keep the system from crashing but it does not. The timings on the 3200LL module say 2-2-2-5 on the chip itself and when i set it to that it crashes more than ever. little help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 19, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 19, 2005 Try the timings at Cas 2-3-3-6 and are you sure that you have a 400 FSB CPU? In addition, sometimes this revision of MB Rev 1.04 would not run at 200 FSB, but you should have the latest bios and load setup defaults and test the modules one at a time in another system to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pose1207 Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Try the timings at Cas 2-3-3-6 and are you sure that you have a 400 FSB CPU? In addition, sometimes this revision of MB Rev 1.04 would not run at 200 FSB, but you should have the latest bios and load setup defaults and test the modules one at a time in another system to be sure. Hi, yeah its the 400 fsb version not 333. I tried those timings as well. What should i set the voltage at, 2.7 or 2.8? I have tried both. I just ran diablo 2 a minute ago and it froze up just the same as it will reset or BSOD. I also set the jumper on the board to 200, instead of 266/333/400. same problems. I tried these settings with bios version 1008, and 1009. Both the same. I am unable to run the modules at the 400mhz setting in another computer because the bus speed of the chip is 133. How long does memtest usually take to run? Unfortunately I need my computer for work and I have been unable to let it finish as it has taken upwards of 6 hours to test the one 25%. Thank you for continued help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 19, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 19, 2005 I would try and set the CPU Frequency at 166 MHz and set the memory Frequency at 100 % with the memory voltage set to 2.8 Volts and the modules installed in slots 1-2 and set the timings to Cas 2.5-3-3-7 and test the system with http://www.memtest.org if you have a failing module you will normally egt errros in test 4 no matter what speed you run them at. If its some other problem you will not get any errors with these settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pose1207 Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 I would try and set the CPU Frequency at 166 MHz and set the memory Frequency at 100 % with the memory voltage set to 2.8 Volts and the modules installed in slots 1-2 and set the timings to Cas 2.5-3-3-7 and test the system with http://www.memtest.org if you have a failing module you will normally egt errros in test 4 na matter what speed you run them at. If its some other problem you will not get any errors with these settings. I'm testing one module at a time for it crashes far less with just one chip installed. Ive given up on dual channel. I did not realize that there was a difference between the LL and XL model in that one is 2-2-2-5 and one is 2-2-2-6 when i bought them different dates. Im POSITIVE this is the 400fsb version of the cpu, and thats why i bought this extra nice memory. I just tested the 3200LL module twice at 2-2-2-6 by itself and ran test 4 and the system reset. no error message, the screen went blank twice and the system reset. this a 133mhz bus cpu athlon. thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 19, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 19, 2005 Try the settings I gave you to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pose1207 Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Try the settings I gave you to be sure. Ok I tried 2.5-3-3-7 with both modules installed, the 3200ll and the 3200xl, memtest failed and restarts around 30% through the 6th test of "Test 4". The 3200ll module failed with the 266mhz bus with just the one 512 installed in my other system with setting 2-2-2-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 20, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 20, 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...
pose1207 Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 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! Okay Thanks. I am going send one in at a time since they are from different merchants and different models. I have tested both individually. and both the same errors. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 20, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 20, 2005 I would suggest you ask our customer service (888-222-4346) if they can match them for you and send both at the same time. Thses modules may not be able to run in this MB if they are not matched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pose1207 Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hi was just wondering the status of my rma. My package was delivered to you at 11:00 am on December 28, 2005 and I still havent received anything back yet. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted January 6, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted January 6, 2006 Please call 888-222-4346 and dial "o" or email them at rma@corsairmemory.com with your RMA number and ask for tracking information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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