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Shadowscar

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Recently i bought

Corsair XMS2 PC2-5400 1GB 2X512MB DDR2-675 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

 

And for christmas i got some uncompatable ram that wont go with my computer in the first place

 

so im replacing that with

Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC5400 DDR2-667 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory

But before i go ahead and order i wanna make sure that these two sets of ram will work together since i dont wanna go thru the hassle of return something again Any help is great thanks :)! (if your wondering why im asking its cause i dont like the look of DDR2-675 to DDR2-667)

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It will depend on the MB and CPU!

Can you tell me the make and model of MB you have along with 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?

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Motherboard

ASUS M2NPV-VM mATX AM2 GE6150-NF430 1PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 Video Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard

 

Power supply

Fortron FSP SAGA AX450-PN 450W ATX12V 20/24PIN Power Supply W/ 120MM Fan P4 AMD Ready Retail

 

Video card

BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC SIN Edition PCI-E 256MB 256BIT GDDR3 SLI Ready Video Card

 

CPU

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual Core Processor Socket AM2 Windsor 2.4GHZ 2X512KB 89W 90NM Retail Box

 

And when looking thru bios its factory default settings for everything which is auto select

 

 

Useless information but u might beable to help me get this one working

The ram i currently have that is uncompatable is (that im in the process of returning so this is prob useless information)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2458715&CatId=1654 Two sticks of it

and when ever my brother adds that to the computer it will boot up but crashes about 15 minutes after running and you also need to manually set to run at 667 MHZ

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Do you have memory now workming in that MB? Or you want to replace what you have now? The modules you say you purchased should work fine in that MB!

 

Shadowscar Recently i bought

Corsair XMS2 PC2-5400 1GB 2X512MB DDR2-675 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

 

And for christmas i got some uncompatable ram that wont go with my computer in the first place

 

so im replacing that with

Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC5400 DDR2-667 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory

But before i go ahead and order i wanna make sure that these two sets of ram will work together since i dont wanna go thru the hassle of return something again Any help is great thanks :)! (if your wondering why im asking its cause i dont like the look of DDR2-675 to DDR2-667)

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Do you have memory now workming in that MB? Or you want to replace what you have now? The modules you say you purchased should work fine in that MB!

 

The Value select ram would not work in my computer :( it would boot run for about 15 minutes then crash... upon restart the motherboard would scream a bunch of beeps at us...

 

Remove the Value select and it would work fine again, if you put it back in it would repeat the process stated above...

 

The current ram i have inside is XMS Ram so could that be the cause of the conflict?

 

as for the value select ram it has already been returned so im now wondering what ram should i get that would garentee work with my current ram?

 

should i go for the exact same stuff as i have now and just live with 2 gigs or should i go for the 2 gig version of what i have now?

 

Current

Corsair XMS2 PC2-5400 1GB 2X512MB DDR2-675 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

 

So should i buy

Corsair XMS2 PC2-5400 1GB 2X512MB DDR2-675 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

or

Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC5400 DDR2-667 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory

 

(basiclly i just dont wanna have to deal with the whole hassle of it not working with my machine :()

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I am still a bit confused as to the memory you have or are trying to use??

Current

Corsair XMS2 PC2-5400 1GB 2X512MB DDR2-675 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

 

But you talk about Valuse Select in one of your posts/

 

Do you have 4 of these modules listed CM2X512A-5400C4?

And what are the settings you have set in your Bios for CPU and memory?

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