Keitarotard Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I was playing Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion on highest settings, since my computer can handle it. I was playing for about an hour or so when all of a sudden my computer screen just went blank and the system rebooted. I tried getting back on the game and it would let me, but only for about 15 minutes or so. I had a computer guy come in to my house and say that the memory could possibly be overheating. Is this something that i could get fixed or am i going to have to go through the long and troublesome process of getting this ram sent it and replaced?:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 To be honest, if the guy knew what he was talking about he should have troubleshot it! What CPU / FSB / motherboard do you have? What BIOS settings do you have set for your memory? Voltage / memory timings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keitarotard Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 you make a good point >.< My CPU is an AMD Athlon dual core 4200+ Motherboard i'm not sure of because they had to replace my old one when it fried. They didn't give me a box or so much as an instruction booklet to go with it, jerks. So i have no idea. i'll look through my junk again and get back to you on that one. It's a fairly high end one though. And it's brand new so it shouldn't be the problem. Then again this RAM is only about 3-4 months old too:mad: I havn't changed any of the BIOS settings for my memory, so whatever the standard is, thats what i have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Download the free tool at http://www.belarc.com and it'll tell you what motherboard you have. It'll also be somewhere on the motherboard, albeit it may be hard to find. Go into your BIOS and try these settings (standard for the memory): Source: Corsair XMS Qualification and Testing Information CAS Latency (tCL): 3 RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 3 Row Precharge (tRP): 3 Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS): 8 Memory Voltage: 2.7 or 2.8 Volts All other settings to defaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keitarotard Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 Well... i changed the BIOS thing like you said, and i also tried to use the tool that you said to download, but it doesn't give me the name of my mother board. It just says no details avaliable. I would open it up and check it myself, but that would require ripping half of the other parts out as well just to be able to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Download CPU-Z, and under the Mainboard tab it should tell you the mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keitarotard Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 Micro-Star International CO, LTD Modle: MS-7185 Pheonix technologies. that's all CPU-Z tells me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 OK, you've got either the K8N SLI-F or the K8N SLI-FI. Still having issues after changing those settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keitarotard Posted June 25, 2006 Author Share Posted June 25, 2006 Not sure... i'll check when i get home from work today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keitarotard Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 nope... still shuts off after about 15 minutes of play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 26, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 26, 2006 Usually that would be some other problem, but I have no problem replacing your modules if you would like to try that! Please use the On Line RMA Request Form and we will be happy to replace them or it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keitarotard Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 i've almost completed the form, but what is the Ticket#/postID# exactly, and where would i find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 28, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 28, 2006 Top of your post is the POST ID # = 253816 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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