iars Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 For the past year, I was running satisfactorily on 2x512Mb Elixir memory modules. One failed, so I decided to upgrade to 2x1Gb modules. The motherboard manual says it "supports DDR400/333/266 DIMM; supports up to 2Gb (max)". I opted for the Corsair 2x1Gb kit, VS2GBKIT400C3 (DDR PC3200 CAS3.0). To be on the safe side, I e-mailed Corsair's Ram Guy for compatibity confirmation, and was told: "The module you mentioned will work great in your system without any compatibility errors or problems. In fact, you should simply be able to just plug it in and go without any issues." Unfortunately, that was not the case. I bought the kit and installed both modules. Both were recognised, but the computer was unusable - various BSODs all the time. I removed one module, and the computer ran OK. I tested both modules by running Memtest86+ overnight - no errors at all. Any suggestions and advice would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 21, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 21, 2005 Please make sure that you have the latest bios and then load setup/optimized defaults in the bios setup and set the Dim Over voltage Control to +.2 Volts and see if that will solve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iars Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 Thank you. I've now upgraded to the latest BIOS available from Gigabyte; have also loaded the optimised settings. However (as far as I can see) it is not possible to adjust the voltage. There is a line in the BIOS which states: DDR 2.5v OK but it is greyed out and not adjustable. The BIOS upgrade and loading of optimised settings have themselves made no difference. Any other ideas please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 22, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 22, 2005 Check with the MB maler and ask them to tll you how to chnage the voltage. Usually this setting will be under Frequency and Voltage control and with Giga-Byte you have to un-hide the advanced options by hitting the CNTRL + F1 key at the main bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iars Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 Thank you again. I'm afraid Gigabyte are not replying to e-mails until early January because of the holiday break. I'm going to have to return the Corsair kit in the meantime - I'm only allowed 7 days to get an unconditional refund. I may pursue this again in January. Thanks also for the Ctrl+F1 tip. That displayed a "CPU advanced" option, but unfortunately nothing on changing voltages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 22, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 22, 2005 :eek: Man thats just not right! But what ever you have too do. Please let us know how you make out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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