LightningDemon Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Greetings. Had lots of problems with this board and another brand of value ram. Got rid of value ram and picked up a set of Corsair TwinX1024-2300C2 DDR PC3200 ram. Now my computer just randomly reboots. I've about had it with this mobo/ram/processor. Does anyone know any particular configurations that work with the K7N2 Delta2 Platinum board? Im using Corsair dual channel and corsairs site says it IS COMPATIBLE!!! *out of patience PS- the other brand of value ram i used gave me lots of problems, however, i tried a "hyperX" version of that brand name, and I did NOT have any problems. PSS- My board is rated to take 2.5V RAM. The certified Corsair RAM is 2.6V. AFTER various configurations and crashes/random reboots, i let the mobo use "auto" for the voltage. IT sets it at 2.7V. Any ideas.... anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningDemon Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 UPDATE: Concerning my TwinX1024-3200C RAM Ram memtest on both sticks, errors right off the bat. The BIOS using its default settings, 3.0 3-3-3 @ 2.6V. Nothing is over clocked and a lot of the settings are on <auto>. I do not have any spectrums enabled either. I took one stick out, left the one in slot 1 (i only have 3), and it failed incredible fast. Put it in slot two, took about 30 seconds before I saw any red. So I took it out. I've got stick two testing now, im gonna switch back to it......4 minutes into Memtest, and this stick has 34 errors on it. Im not too familiar with memtest, but I am quite sure that isn't good...especially on mobo default settings. For those interested, here are my specs: MOBO- K7N2 Delta2 Platinum (nforce2 ultra) CPU - AMD Athon XP 3000+ (400MHz FSB) RAM - see above Video - PNY Geforce FX 6200 PSU - Echostar Gold 680W PSU. (it has good voltage on all the rails, 22a on the +12V) So is this RAM bad that it gets that many errors with memtest on default mobo settings? Do i need to RMA it? Who do i send it back to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 TwinX memory is tested @ 2.75 volts, warrantied up to, but not over, 2.90 volts at the following timings on an AthlonXP setup: CAS Latency (tCL): 2.5 RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3 Row Precharge (tRP): 3 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...
jmegert Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 LigteningDemon, Just happen to notice this post. I recently purchased this MB on eBay and am using a set of value-select Corsair memory and have had no problems at all. So far, I love the combination. Am building a music sampling workstation. I just opened up the box and it's: ValueSelect VS256MB400C3 - lot 0436003-0 (matched pair up for 512meg) (got it at Fry's) Am going to take it out though and put in 2 gig so hopefully I won't have any problems with the new memory I get. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 22, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 22, 2006 Are you sure that you might not have a 333 FSB 3000+ CPU as that might be whats causing the problems you have reported. You might check with AMD and look up the CPU part# to be sure. Also I would suggest testing the modules in a known working system to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningDemon Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 Hello again. Sorry, I've posted about my problems so many different places I lose track of where i have posted. *** UPDATE *** I have finally RMA'd my RAM back to Corsair and they promptly sent me replacements. I have yet to try them out, so wish me luck. I will note, the replacement (twinx1024) sticks are definitely used. I can see dust in the tiny crevices in between the heatsink and ram. I really don't care, as long as they work. This is for the RAM GUY, yes, my processor IS the 400FSB chip. According to the numbers, it is definitely the Barton Core, 3000+XP 400FSB. with 10.5 multiplier and 1.65Voltage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 27, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 27, 2006 OK NP please let us know how you make out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningDemon Posted June 30, 2006 Author Share Posted June 30, 2006 Well, I am not sure about anything anymore. I ran memtest with the RMA RAM i received from Corsair. Ran test #5 and after 1 pass, I had over 2000 errors. I am so furious right now that I don't even want to look at this computer. Tomorrow, I will try the RAM in an eMachines pc and see if Memtest gets any errors. I thought it was a fluke, so i tried to play Battle for Middle Earth II and Guild Wars. BFME2, i crashed outta the game in about 10 seconds, Guild Wars took about 30 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 30, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 30, 2006 Don't bother testing on the Emachines. Please run memtest86 with one module installed. If you do not get errors, that would direct to a motherboard issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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