Narutoscryed Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 ok i may have bad ram.. the problem is i cannott get memtest to boot on startup to find out.. all it says is that it detected a mouse.. then gives the little type thing. Now i am positive i have a ram problem.. because i always have corrupted data in my games.... and random crashes of the games. .with a _____ has just encounterd an error message.. if anyone has any ideas on what i can do to find out if my ram is bad .. other than using memtest it would be great.. My system specs are as follows: amd athlon 64 x2 3800 (non overclocked) 2 geforce 6600 gt in sli. 2 gigs of corsair xms pro memory (with led) 120 gig western digital harddrive.. Also if someone can tell me what the memory leds are supposed to show on startup that would be great. cause as of right now .. i always have 1 memory module showing a yellow bar about 3 down from the top.. and the rest dont show anything on startup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 If you can get into windows you definitely should be able to run memtest from a boot device. Try remaking the bootable memtest CD / floppy / USB key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted November 4, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted November 4, 2006 Can you tell me our modules part# (How To Read the Memory Label) and 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...
Narutoscryed Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 well that is the problem.. you see.. i have 4 512 sticks that i need to check.. and im not even sure witch one is bad... but i can give you the part number for one of the sticks if that is all you need.. xms3202v4.1 ^ i think thats the part number.. if not just say so and i will give you another. As for the other stuff you asked for.. im not sure but whatever it is its the default setting.. cause i have never screwed with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Read the link in his post. It will tell you how to read the memory label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narutoscryed Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 ok... i finnally got memtest to work.. and on one of my four modules i have this: test0: 0 errors test1: 37 errors test2: 353 errors test3: 1805 errors test4: 69661 errors test5: 460 errors so i can pretty much assume i have a bad stick of ram here... my question is can i use all three of my remaining good sticks.. or seeings how its dual channel do i have to only use two.. and if anyone knows the typical time it takes to get a product replaced that would be greatly apreciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Again, please post the part number of your memory. If set incorrectly, a good stick may fail memtest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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