Justin42 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Hi, Back in the summer I had to do an 'emergency build' when my old computer blew up about 3 months before I had the money to build a new system. As such, I just bought 1.0GB of memory in the form of a TWIN2X1024-5400C4 package. Now, I am debating going to 2GB. I don't want to throw away the old RAM I purchased (Especially since it was so expensive at the time!) but reading here I am a bit concerned about stability with 4 DIMMs. I can buy another TWIN2X1024-5400C4 for a great price right now, and am afraid if I wait too long I won't be able to get the 5400C4s and will really be up a creek (in terms of compatibility) So, my question is, I know this isn't ideal. But are the odds on my side that 4 of the 512mb 5400C4 will work OK in my Asus P5WD2? I do not overclock and my system has been absolutely rock solid. I don't want to lose that stability. I saw that it is recommended to bump the DIMM voltage to 2.1V for a stable system. It seems like, from searching, that I read more horror stories than success stories, but I don't know if that's the Internet phenomenon of "only people with problems post", or if I WILL run into issues. Now, buying a 2x1gb DIMM package would be idea but out of my price range (and I don't want to toss the old RAM), so... is my plan a good idea or am I asking for trouble? Thanks! (& happy new year!) Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezur Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Hey Justin... I'm running 4 sticks of Corsair CM2X512-5400C4 with no trouble at all and have been for about a month. My system is running rock solid though I did have to make a few bios tweaks to manually set the ram. You should have no trouble running 4 sticks of that memory in your system. Happy New Years! Weez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 This may or may not help but, I have run 2 x PC5400 Pro AND 2 x PC5400UL in the same MOBOs. I have done this succesfully in an ABIT Fatal1ty, P5AD2E Premium, and currently a P5ND2 SLI. My guess is you should be fine but as you said, it is not ideal. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin42 Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 Thanks for the help. I just ordered the new TWINX package-- it seemed like they're getting hard to find, I am wondering if Corsair is discontinuing this RAM. So I decided to jump and get it. I'll post back when I receive it and get it installed. :) Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin42 Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Just to follow up on my post, I received my new 5400C4s and installed them. Everything seems fine! The P5WD2 did its "Overclocking failed!!!" thing on first bootup, but once I boosted the voltage to 2.1V everything was fine. (it had been 2.0V for the 2 5400C4s, I guess 4 need at least 2.1V) I ran Memtest86+ for about 2.5 hours (which properly reported all memory specs), it did almost 3 full passes, and everything seemed fine. System has been stable so far since then. Everything looks fine in CPU-Z as well. I'll have to try to push the system a bit harder in the next few days, although I doubt much is harder than a few straight hours of memtest. Thanks all for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted January 18, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted January 18, 2006 Goos deal, please let us know if you hae any more questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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