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Hello... I am having a problem with getting a c1 error and after reading about it on the forums, I downloaded Memtest and went about testing each ram stick individually and in pairs. On one set, One stick will boot up fine, but the other gives me errors and says only approx 933mb available. On the 2nd set, one runs fine, but when I try to boot the second chip, it wont boot by itself, and if I try to run it as a set, gives me a c1 error.

 

If I try to run all 4 chips (in proper dualchannel stacks), on a cold system it will give me a c1 error. After about 2-5 mins of resetting, and rebooting, it will allow me to boot to windows vista 64bit and does say that all 4gb are available. It seems to run fine, but Its just annoying to have to reboot.

 

As a last test, I took the 2 "good" sticks, and ran them as dual channel ram and also ran memtest on them. They booted up just fine, and the tests were successful. Any suggestions?

 

Intel q6600, xfxforce i680, 4gb cm2x1025-8500c5, geforce 800gts 640mb, corsair 100 watercooling, antec 900 case with extra cooling fans,

 

Settings: cpufreq 2400mhz, fsb 1066.7, cpumult 9x, pcie 100mhz, sppmcp ref clock 200mhz, HT multiplier nforcespp-nforcemcp 5x, cpu spread spec disabled, pcie spread spectrumspp auto, pcie spread spectrummcp disabled, sata spread spectrum disabled, sli-ready memory disabled, fsb memory clock mode auto

 

Memory settings: TCL cas latency 5, trcd 5, trp 5, tras 15, command per clock auto 2t,

 

advanced mem settings: tRRD Auto 3, tRC auto22, twr Auto5, twtr auto 9, tref auto 7.8uS

 

System voltages: Cpu core auto 1.24v, CPU FSB 1.2v, Memory 2.200v, Nforce ssp 1.40v, nforce mcp 1.50v, ht nforce spp-mcp 1.20v

 

What temperature ranges should I be seeing?

 

I see cpu at 84c/183f, board at 27c/81f and mcp 46c/115f

 

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Is it just common that the Corsair PC2-8500 does not work? Seems like this RAM fails all the time.:mad:

 

Hello... I am having a problem with getting a c1 error and after reading about it on the forums, I downloaded Memtest and went about testing each ram stick individually and in pairs. On one set, One stick will boot up fine, but the other gives me errors and says only approx 933mb available. On the 2nd set, one runs fine, but when I try to boot the second chip, it wont boot by itself, and if I try to run it as a set, gives me a c1 error.

 

If I try to run all 4 chips (in proper dualchannel stacks), on a cold system it will give me a c1 error. After about 2-5 mins of resetting, and rebooting, it will allow me to boot to windows vista 64bit and does say that all 4gb are available. It seems to run fine, but Its just annoying to have to reboot.

 

As a last test, I took the 2 "good" sticks, and ran them as dual channel ram and also ran memtest on them. They booted up just fine, and the tests were successful. Any suggestions?

 

Intel q6600, xfxforce i680, 4gb cm2x1025-8500c5, geforce 800gts 640mb, corsair 100 watercooling, antec 900 case with extra cooling fans,

 

Settings: cpufreq 2400mhz, fsb 1066.7, cpumult 9x, pcie 100mhz, sppmcp ref clock 200mhz, HT multiplier nforcespp-nforcemcp 5x, cpu spread spec disabled, pcie spread spectrumspp auto, pcie spread spectrummcp disabled, sata spread spectrum disabled, sli-ready memory disabled, fsb memory clock mode auto

 

Memory settings: TCL cas latency 5, trcd 5, trp 5, tras 15, command per clock auto 2t,

 

advanced mem settings: tRRD Auto 3, tRC auto22, twr Auto5, twtr auto 9, tref auto 7.8uS

 

System voltages: Cpu core auto 1.24v, CPU FSB 1.2v, Memory 2.200v, Nforce ssp 1.40v, nforce mcp 1.50v, ht nforce spp-mcp 1.20v

 

What temperature ranges should I be seeing?

 

I see cpu at 84c/183f, board at 27c/81f and mcp 46c/115f

 

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Is it just common that the Corsair PC2-8500 does not work? Seems like this RAM fails all the time.:mad:

 

This is not common, but it happens. Unfortunately as you know, there seems to be a shortage of these parts at this time, and some people have had to wait for replacements longer than they should have. I would encourage you to Please contact our customer service at 888-222-4346 and dial "0", (510) 657-8747 or email rmaservice@corsairmemory.com and see if there is anything that they can do for you!

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