Dilapidated Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I am having stability problems when trying to run in dual mode. When booting up under Vista 32 bit, my system will freeze or restart. When I use slot 1 & 2 things seem to run good other than the system will freeze from time to time when playing games and surfing the internet. I was wondering if there are any settings that can be adjusted in Bios and if adding two more sticks of ram would help out with the freezing I am experiencing under Vista? Would I be better off using a different model of ram or am I currently using the best for my system? Any advice would be greatly appreciated, Thanks :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck08 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Test each stick individually with Memtest to see if there are any problems with the RAM. Go to http://www.memtest.org and download the latest version. Burn the ISO image to a CD. Load BIOS defaults and boot from the CD. Let Memtest run atleast two passes. Let us know if your RAM passes. If it does, we can move onto timings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Having a hard time getting memtest to work, bad file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck08 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Thats wierd, it worked for me. Are you having problems downloading it or burning it, or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 10, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 10, 2007 If you are using the ISO image you have to use the burn image option in your recording software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 I finally got Memtest 86+ to work and ran two passes with no errors. :biggrin: Naw that the ram checked out what next? Is this the best ram for my system? I was looking to get 4GB total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 10, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 10, 2007 Yes unless you want to over clock and if the system is stable you should be good to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 My system will lock up frome time to time, should I mess with any of the Bios settings or would 2 more gig fix that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 10, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 10, 2007 Check your CPU VCore and see what it is running and check Intel's site on the S-Spec of your CPU they should be running at 1.35 Volts as I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 My Bios Voltage Monitor showes, Vcore-1.34v Memory voltage-1.88v 1.2V HT voltage-1.24v NB voltage-1.24v SB voltage-1.53v CPU utt voltage-1.24v DDR 2 Termination voltage-0.94v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 10, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 10, 2007 Test the modules one at a time and see if you can isolate it to one of the modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ram Guy, I have tested both modules independently with Memtest and there were no errors. Are there some settings in Bios I can adjust or should I hold off until my additional modules show up? Thanks :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck08 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Are you running the latest BIOS? They are 0805 for your board. Try these settings: tCL: 4 tRCD: 4 tRP: 4 tRAS: 12 CMD: 2T Vdimm: 2.1v Test again with Memtest. Were you planning on overclocking at all? Once you get the other 2GB you probably will not be able to run at those settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 My main goal when building this computer was for reliability & killer graphics. At this point I have no plans to over clock my system in any way unless I could greatly increase system performance without compromising reliability. Allot of this stuff is still new to me, so any advice would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck08 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I have the same motherboard and havent had any problems, minus user error lol, with it while overclocking. You also have the E6850 which I believe has GO stepping which allows for a better OC. It is all up to you though. Like you said I would go for stability first. Before coming here I never overclocked either, but to be honest I find it kind of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 Bigbuck08, Would I be better off going with the Ram you have or just stay with what I’ve got? Have you run into any of the same problems I have and if so how did you fix them? Last, what settings would be best in Bios with 4 sticks of Ram? Thanks for the help. :D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 12, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 12, 2007 With that MB I would check that Command Rate AKA CPC is set to 2T and set the TRC if its listed to 24 and when running http://www.memtest.org make sure that Legacy USB is disabled. If you still have problems let's get them replaced, please use the On Line RMA Request Form and we will be happy to replace them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 It seems the settings Bigbuck08 had given me, worked. I have not crashed yet but still have some lag issues going on. What settings will I have to use in Bios for four 1GB sticks of ram? Can I use the same settings Bigbuck08 gave me or do I have to tweak those some? Thanks for all the help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 13, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 13, 2007 How many modules are you using and what do you have the memory frequency set to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 I have 2 modules and expect 2 more today. I have not mest with the frequency yet but I installed a Vista hot fix for my board. These are the settings I have adjusted: tCL: 4 tRCD: 4 tRP: 4 tRAS: 12 CMD: 2T Vdimm: 2.1v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 14, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 14, 2007 You should be good to go but I would make sure the Command Rate is set to 2t an the TRC is at 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilapidated Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 I’m back and still having problems lol. I received two more sticks of (CM2X1024-6400C4DHX) and installed them but despite everything I’ve tried all I get is blue error screens. I tested each stick of memory with Memtest 86+ at the default Bios settings and ran each stick twice with no errors. I have the most up to date Bios (0805) and the settings I’ve configured are as follows: tCL: 4 tRCD: 4 tRP: 4 tRAS: 12 CMD: 2T Vdimm: 2.1v TRC: 24 These settings appear to be working fine with two sticks and only some freezing from time to time. I would greatly appreciate any advice, Thank you :sigh!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 18, 2007 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 18, 2007 How many modules total in the system? And have you tried running them one for one day and the other for another day to see if that happens with either module running one up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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