Epox 9npa ultra + VS1GBKIT400 - ok??

[bstark73]

Hi,

 

I have the following general setup:

EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

ATI 100-435513 Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core

 

For this setup, i purchased the following corsair RAM:

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400

 

However, looking at the corsair site, i see the only memory like this (ie in a 2x512k kit) is VS1GBKIT400C3.

 

So, since mine does not have the 'C3' suffix, do i have incompatible memory? I am having troubles with random freezes, machine check errors, etc and am wondering if i don't have RAM that is 100% compatible with my motherboard and this is the cause of my problems.

 

If this is the case and i need to replace my RAM, does corsair offer an exchange service via warranty? I have only had this system for less than 3 months.

 

thanks,

Brett.

[Wired]

they're compatible.

 

contact their cust service dept to see if they do advanced exchange. IIRC they generally don't, as they have no way of processing Credit Cards.

[bstark73]

OK, thanks....should i be looking at going to a higher spec memory part(s)??...Do you have a suggestion and what type of real % performance gain can i expect?

 

Brett

[ZeroZero]

Wouldn't it be better to first solve your problem and then look for other memory? It might be a simple thing that you have overseen when you built your computer like the power from your PSU.