Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I've been running my PC on 2 gigs of Corsair XMS ram since january now, and in the last 2 months I've been bluescreening with a "beginning dump of physical memory" message. Upon reboot, my PC will occasionally lock up after post. Removing one of my modules of ram will solve this boot problem. I have run memtest on both modules and they have come up clean. Do you have any idea what this could be? My CPU and graphics card don't heat up past 50c, I've taken my case side off and put a fan to it to help cooling (incase that was the problem) and still bluescreened. Any help would be appreciated. I'd rather fix this than have to RMA them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 What's the part # of the module? How To Read the Memory Label Did you test them in the same slot? If so, try it in another slot, possible one slot's bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 v5.1 0549016 - 1 I've tested them in all 4 slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 What is the part# and revision of all of your modules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 CMX1024-3200 XMS3200v5.1 0549016 - 1 They're twin 1gig sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 That would suggest some other problem, can you try and set the Dim Over voltage Control to +.2 Volts and see if that will help solve this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 i can try it if you can give me a walkthrough. I have never messed with the voltages or timings or clock speeds of my ram, nor had the urge to. The problem has been driving me nuts, I'm willing to try anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 Just go to Bios setup and load optimized defaults and then set the Dim Over Voltage control to +.2 Volts under frequency and Voltage control should be all you have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 changed the voltage to +0.2 booted to a black screen. The proceeded to hang on boot the next 2 tries. Put the voltage back to normal, hung on boot again, rebooted, and here i am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 Can you test the modules in another system with http://www.memtest.org? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 I don't have any other systems to test the modules in at the moment. I've already run that test on both modules in multiple slots in my board. :( I'm just trying to figure out if it's my ram or mobo or what so I can replace it and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 When you tested them one up on your MB did you get the same results? And have you checked to see if you have the Latest bios for your MB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 I have the latest bios and have gotten clean results on every test so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 So then its probably not the memory that causing the problem, can you tell me exactly what the problem is or the stop error message you get is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Ok, exactly how my problems go. Pc boots and runs fine, after a random length of time (sometimes a day sometimes an hour) the computer will lock on and display a blue screen showing the usual "there has been a problem in windows and your system is being shut down, if any new hardware has been installed please check it, yadda yadda" And at the bottom is the "beginning dump of physical memory" message. So I reboot the computer, and it will get hung up right after it shows the "clock frequency 200mhz" before it detects my IDE drives. Reboot, and it will get stuck in the same place or will get stuck on the "windows was not shut down properly, please select a boot method" screen. I take out a module, reboot, reboots fine. Computer runs until it bluescreens again, in which I either switch modules (I'm only running 1 at the time now) or I plug the second one back in. hangs up as noted above, and eventually boots. When I set the voltage to +.2 I get a black screen with my mouse cursor on it. No windows loads past that, mouse can move but nothing else happens. Is this a motherboard problem? A ram problem? Since this started I have done a clean reinstall of my windows XP pro with SP2. Mind you, my system has been running fine since january, and has only started to blue screen in the last month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 What you have described could also suggest a power problem, I would see if a friend can help you test the module and your CPU in another system then go from there, if you have a failing module the symptoms will be more consistant and you will normnally get errors in test 3 or 4. I would also check with the MB maker and make sure that the bios version you have will support the CPU you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 so you suggest there's something wrong with my current PSU? Or is it motherboard related? I've also checked the gigabyte website, I've still got the latest bios, and my CPU is supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 Random errors like this would suggest a power problem, either the MB or the PSU! I would maybe try another PSU first; if it were me. Then the MB if that does not make any difference. But have you tried to reset your bios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 yes, I've reset my bios as well as my cmos. I'm going to run one more memtest and make sure no errors come up again. if they are clean I'll be ordering a new PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 O.K. please let me know what happens. And I have no problem replacing your modules if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Sir that would be amazing. Can you please let me know how much it would be to have them overnighted? I would be sending mine the same. I'll post back here tomorrow when I get the new motherboard and PSU installed. As a note, I ordered a modular 500w enermax PSU (5 star rating on new egg with 90% 5 star reviews) and a DFI SLi board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 17, 2006 Please either call our customer service at 888-222-4346 and dial "0" or follow the link in my signature "If you have submitted the RMA using the on line form and have not got a reply!" And send them this request! I dont know that we offer that service, but you will need to talk to Customer Service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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