marquis00 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Well my problem starts out with the ram i bought. I can't get both sticks to work together. i dont get any post beeps or monitor to switch on. but when i install one stick the system boots fine. all my drivers are all updated and also the bios and windows is updated. i check msi support and the ram is compatable with the mobo and work with dual channel ddr change the latency and changed the power supply to a 400 watt. i moved the sticks around in different patterns. i need help please MSI 865PE-LS Pentium 4 478 northward 800FSB Corsair Twin1024-3200C2-PT Western Digital 160GB SATA MSI 5800 256 DDR Video card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 marquis00, Looking at the Corsair product guide (pdf) in the row of recommended Configuration you see: “1xTwin1024-3200C2” I readied it as recommending 1 module of the Twin1024-3200C2 memory not 2. Look at the motherboard below it you can see 2xCmx512-3200c2 totaling up to 1GB. As in 2 times 512 = 1024 =1gb. Link to product guide http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/products/guides/MSI-1203.pdf Looking at the Corsair product guide I believe it show it not pairing well together in your MOBO. marquis00, Looking at the Corsair product guide (pdf) in the row of recommended Configuration you see: “1xTwin1024-3200C2” I readied it as recommending 1 module of the Twin1024-3200C2 memory not 2. Look at the motherboard below it you can see 2xCmx512-3200c2 totaling up to 1GB. As in 2 times 512 = 1024 =1gb. Link to product guide http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/products/guides/MSI-1203.pdf Looking at the Corsair product guide It not configured in pairs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis00 Posted January 2, 2006 Author Share Posted January 2, 2006 Is there a way to run the memory in dual channel. on the msi site the board is compatable with the memory with both sticks installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 According to what (MSI) say you will have to adjust DDR voltage, memory speeds and timing manually in the BIOS. The motherboard is having trouble supporting Dual Channel at the default configuration because of the flaw. If this your MOBO “865PE Neo2-PFS (Platinum Edition)” it have a flaw as it is say in red letter at this (MSI link). http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=865PE_Neo2-PFS_(Platinum_Edition)&class=mb Quoted under main memory: “Due to the High Performance Memory design, motherboards or system configurations may or may not operate smoothly at the JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) standard settings (BIOS Default on the motherboard) such as DDR voltage, memory speeds and memory timing. Please confirm and adjust your memory setting in the BIOS accordingly for better system stability.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Guys: Corsair Modules Compatible with the MSI 865PE Neo2-LS TwinX1024-3200C2 are compatible, as long as that board can supply 2.7x voltage to the DDR memory. Test one stick at a time in each slot using Memtest86+. Try these settings: CAS Latency (tCL): 2 RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3 Row Precharge (tRP): 3 Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 6 Memory Voltage: 2.7x Volts All other settings to defaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis00 Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 i also have a setting in the ram config screen called burst length, it is set to 8. should i change this setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis00 Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 ok i have change it to 2-3-3-6 at 2.7 volts and ran memtest on both sticks and came up with no errors. i ran each stick for two hours on memtest. any other ideas? i really appreciate the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Try them together again. May want to bump up to 2.80 volts (warrantied up to, but not over, 2.90 volts). May want to try them in another system as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis00 Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 well thank you for everyones help. Wired, the 2.8 volts worked. Ran memetest again and no errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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