12inchmaster Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Hello I recently purchased a new computer, setup: Asus P5K TWIN2X2048-6400C4 Club3d 8800GTS E6600 c2d 520W psu From the getgo the startup of the system was ****tish at best, sometimes it starts sometimes it dosent. It has gotten worse since. Occasionally it boots up windows vista ultimate 32bit as it should and runs just fine I am able to play Warcraft WOW Counterstrike and the likes, but at some point it crashes, often with usb_somthing memory error windows shutting down to prevent damage what bothers me the most is that as said, sometimes it works other times it dosent. I have tried setting my ram as single or dualchannel wich makes no difference, I have tried after visiting the forums forcing timings and voltage. I, ofc. have the latest bios available - allthough I almost took the tip of my tounge while using the online bios flash on an unstable computer! :D This has no effect. I have tried installing a new harddrive, I switching gfx cards, psu, everything but ram and motherboard. I see a lot of people with errors on these ram, should I just cut my losses and buy something else? the corsair homepage showed that the ram would run just fine on my motherboard and the tests I have run memtest and various tests show no errors what so ever! any pointers? update: Found some forum threads wich said the black dimm slots are superior to the yellow and so I switched the ram to the black forced timings and volt 4-4-4-12 and v2.0 played 15min, then bsod "computer has been shut down to prevent damage" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12inchmaster Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 ohh ye, plz dont refer me to any tests as I get to see the bootscreen 30% of the times i turn on the computer at best :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 5, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 5, 2007 Please make sure that you have the latest Bios version and then load setup/optimized defaults and set the Dim Voltage to 2.0 volts and then set the timings manually to the tested settings for the specific module you have, and then test the module/'s 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 some MB's (Mostly ASUS) you have to disable legacy USB in the bios when running any memory test. However, what you have posted as a symptom might suggest some type of power problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12inchmaster Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 I shall test the ram 1 by 1 and in dualchannel mode, if this does not solve the problem I should try an other psu? I normally connect 8800gts 250gb sata disk dvdburner mouse g5 webcam mic creative xmod external soundcard 520w psu with 2x 12v rails should be addequit, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 5, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 5, 2007 Either 2 x +12v rails with 18AMPs each or 1 x +12v rail with 32AMPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12inchmaster Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 ill check it out, havent got to testing much now - set them in the black slots and forced timings and now 2.1v it has been stable and gaming for a whooping 4 hours!!! hope this solves it, otherwise I know where to find help. thx a lot ramguy! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 6, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 6, 2007 NP Please let us know how you make out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12inchmaster Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 more stable now, but still not 100% - will try a new psu tomorrow at work and hope it helps me! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 6, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 6, 2007 NP Please let me know how you make out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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