jason82 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Motherboard: DFI Lanpart SLI-DR Expert CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4800+ X2 RAM: 2 x 1GB Corsair Value Select VS1GB400C3 PSU: Enermax SLI certified 600W PSU Timings: 2T, 3-3-3-8 After 12 hours of running Memtest86+ 1.65, I had 7 errors... 1 of which occured in pass 1, the others occuring in subsequent passes. Should I bump the voltage to 2.7 for the RAM? What else could be causing errors with no overclock and at stock settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Yes, up the voltage to 2.7 or 2.8 (warrantied up to, but not over, 2.90 volts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason82 Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 Voltage was set to 2.66 in bios... I bumped it up to 2.8 and ran memtest for 12 hours. I had 4 errors after 12 hours of memtest. No errors appeared until about the 11th pass... so it had been testing perfectly for several hours. Right now I'm testing them in the orange slots instead of the yellow slots. If I get some errors again, should I test individual sticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason82 Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 I might just go ahead and RMA whichever stick is bad... but in the mean time, could someone let me know what the is top-of-line RAM that Corsair makes? I really like this online help system and I don't think my system (4800+ X2, DFI Lanparty SLI-DR Expert, SLI 7800GT's, etc..) deserves Value Select RAM. What is the cadillac of Corsair RAM and what speed to do I need to purchase for this rig? I want 2 x 1GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 31, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 31, 2006 That might suggest the errors are not coming from the memory. I would try the modules in the other two slots and see if that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckieHo Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Make sure you use the orange slots on DFI DR-SLI Expert mobo. The board may have compatability problems with Corsair memory in the yellow slots. I did with my XMS DIMMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 5, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 5, 2006 There is no way for any MB maker to have a compatibility issue with our modules just because they have our name on them! That is totally impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLD Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 This is really strange. I just made a tiny upgrade from SLI-DR to SLI-DR Expert today. I got no-boot no-beep problem, which made me think I had either killed the CPU or the mobo. I really mean it; no boot, no beep, no post, no nothing. I spent hours trying to reseat, remove, and replace everything, but still no luck. The only thing I didn't touch was the 2X1GB Corsair VS RAMin the yellow slots. So, I made a wild guess by removing the module in slot 3. Guess what, my PC started booting. So, I got into the BIOS and increased Vdimm to 2.8, and then put another module into the other yellow slot, just to get the long beeping sound, which anyway is better that the previous problem I had. So, I tried the orange slots, and still got the beeping sound. So, I moved them back to the yellow slots, then it worked. Now I am running Memtest 86+ 1.65 on dual-channel and I'll see if I get any errors. So, to conclude, I have no idea why I got the beeping sound from running the VS in orange slots which are recommended by people at various forums. So, for the SLI-DR Expert, which slots should I use for the 2X1GB Corsair VS RAM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLD Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Now I am running Memtest 86+ 1.65 on dual-channel and I'll see if I get any errors. Update: I get about 180 something in only one pass, running the 2X1GB Corsair VS in yellow slots, and they would not work in orange slots. My timings are 3-3-3-8 1T , which is by default, @ 2.8 Vdimm. I had always been running the ram at these timings on my previous SLI-DR. Edit: Now I am memtesting one module on Slot 1 (yellow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 21, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 21, 2006 That might suggest a bios issue, or a failing CPU, I would check with DFI to make sure the MB Bios version you have will properly suppor the CPU you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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