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Asus P5n32-SLI SE w/ Corsair Value 2gb Issues


eallred

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Greetings:

I built a system from parts I picke dup from NewEgg about a month ago. The main components are;

 

Asus P5N32-SLI SE

Intel 6600 /2.4ghz

Corsair Value Select 2gb - VS2GBKIT533D2

 

I also have dual video cards in the machine.

 

Everything has been working great up until a couple of days ago when I started getting errors every time I tried loading World of Warcraft, Neverwinternights 2 or Battlefield 2142. Each results in a memory violation error, either on load or within 2-3 minutes of gameplay. I have also gotten some spontaneous reboots as well.

 

I am not doing any overclocking at this point. Just letting the mobo choose the most appropriate settings.

 

I downloaded the ISO image for Memtest-86 v3.2 and have run it against the machine. With the base test I get a significant number of errors across a variety of the tests. This run it shows around 50,086 errors.

 

What steps should I take to resolve the issue? It looks like a bad ram module to me.

 

eallred

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Please make sure that you have the latest bios and then load setup defaults and set the Dim Voltage to 2.1 volts and then test the module/modules one at a time with http://www.memtest.org! If you still get errors, please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! However, if you get errors with both modules that would suggest some other problem and I would test them in another system or MB to be sure. In addition, with this MB you have to disable legacy USB in the bios when running any memory test.
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Windows looks pretty unstable - I am unable to get the bios update utilizty to run without crashing with a memory violation. I set voltage to 2.1v and disabled legacy USB support. I will get the modules tested in singles and will also install a floppy and update the bios that way. While it may be the bios, I have been running this configuration for a onth now, so I doubt that is the problem.
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ok - I tested the modules out individually - The first one went through all of the tests without an issue - the 2nd module is failing most of the tests. It is on test #4 and already has 23,000 failures. I would suspect the problem is related to that module. The question is, do I return the individual module or the pair?
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