angelcarreras Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hello. Ok I will try to explain my problem. I have a Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo currently running 2 512 sticks of Corsair memory. I have those 2 on slots 2 & 3. I recently asked Corsair for a RMA which they kindly gave me and sent me another stick of memory (VS1GB400C3). Ok so I pop that stick in slot 1 (The black slot) and I get BSOD's. I popped that stick in my other PC and I immediately get a blue screen as it booted up. Is it possible that I got another bad stick of memory or what? Please let me know if more info is needed as this is really annoying me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 25, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 25, 2006 Can you tell me the CPU speed and it’s FSB as well? In addition, please tell me the bios settings you have set for both CPU and memory and any performance settings that you may have set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelcarreras Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 Ok I have BIOS version 1013. In the advanced chipset features page of the BIOS it says: CPU external Freq. (Mhz) 200 Mhz CPU frequency multiple setting (auto) cpu freq. multiple (11.0x) system performance (user defined) memory timings (user defined) sdram active precharge delay (8) sdram ras to cas delay (3) sdram ras precharge delay (3) sdram cas latency (3T) fsb spread spectrum (disabled) agp spread spectrum (disabled) cpu vcore setting (auto) cpu vcore (1.650V) graphics aperture size (128mb) agp freq. (auto) system bios cacheable (disabled) video ram cacheable (disabled) ddr reference voltage (2.7V) agp vddq voltage (1.5V) agp 8x support (enabled) agp fast write capability (enabled) The video card I have is ATI Radeon x700 Pro agp The cpu is running at 2.21 Ghz Also if I forgot to mention my PC currently has the 2 512 sticks of Corsair and it runs perfect. Those are in slots 2 & 3. It's just when I pop in that extra 1 gig of Corsair mem the system becomes unstable and get blue screens. I tried that 1 gig on another PC I have here and immediately it became unstable also and got a blue screen. If any more info is needed please let me know and thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 26, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 26, 2006 First thing, you cannot mix memory with most MB's and because of loading on the memory controller you might have to run the memory at DDR333. But I would suggest testing the mew module by it self with these settings as long as you have a True 3200+ CPU. Set the CPU FSB jumper furthest away from the CPU pins 1-2 if I remember correctly and then load setup defaults with the new module in slot one by it self and then set the settings and test with http://www.memtest.org. CPU external Freq. (Mhz) 200 Mhz CPU frequency multiple setting (auto) cpu freq. multiple (11.0x) system performance (user defined) memory timings (user defined) sdram active precharge delay (8) sdram ras to cas delay (3) sdram ras precharge delay (3) sdram cas latency (3T) fsb spread spectrum (Bios Default) agp spread spectrum (Bios Default) cpu vcore setting (auto) cpu vcore (1.650V) graphics aperture size (128mb) agp freq. (auto) system bios cacheable (Bios Default) video ram cacheable (disabled) ddr reference voltage (2.7V) agp vddq voltage (1.6V) agp 8x support (Bios Default) agp fast write capability (Bios Default) If the system will pass http://www.memtest.oreg then add the other modules in slots 2-3 and go thru the same steps and let it run for 2-3 passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelcarreras Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Is there some website that explains in easy to understand language on how to use memtest? I tried burning the memtest ISO to a CD and I disable the hard drive and floppy so that it will only boot up from the disk but it keeps going into Windows. This is really annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 27, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 27, 2006 When you try to burn the image you have to use the Burn Image command in the CD-R Software other wise it will just copy the file and not be bootable! Where to get Memtest and how to download it? What is memtest86+, what do I use it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelcarreras Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 K I have tried everything in my power to try and make this stick of memory work. And it doesn't. This is the 2nd time that I receive faulty memory. I have even tried installing in other PC's which i know work and it fails. I have tried also the mem stick by itself and it fails again. Very annoying dealing with this since I can't get nothing done here because of this. I wish I could get my money back to buy from another company but I know this isn't going to happen so I guess I need another RMA#. If the next stick dont work I guess ill throw in trash and just forget about Corsair and go with another brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelcarreras Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 K do I need to ask someone else for a RMA#?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 30, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 30, 2006 Can you call our Tech support at 800-205-7657 and we will do our best to help you get this resolved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelcarreras Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 That stick was defective also. Got a replacement from you guys and this one works fine. PC runs stable all the times with 2 512 and 1 1gb stick. All Corsair Value brand. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted February 3, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 3, 2007 OK thank you for letting me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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