Tincan Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 hi, The problem i am facing is that when i install both of these sticks the computer fails to POST but when i install only one stick it POSTS without problems. i ran memtest on both sticks seperatly and 1 is fine but the other has over 20 errors within the first 8% then crashes to a blue screen. i was advised to send these back to the supplier (not Corsair). however they are saying that both sticks are working fine at the stated voltage and timings. while i RMAd my sticks i purchaced another set of the same sticks to check and make sure it wasnt my motherboard and both of these new sticks work without a problem. so what could be causing the problem. as i have changed nothing in the bios settings evrything running Auto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted February 8, 2008 Corsair Employee Share Posted February 8, 2008 Your MB Might be picky or you might have set a wrong setting. These should be set to 2.1 Volts at Cas 4-4-4-12 2t CR and set the TRC to 24. But if you are planning to run 4 modules DDR667 would be suggested. In addition with that MB you may have to Disable Legacy USB when running a memory test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tincan Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 Thanks RamGuy, i recieved my memory this morning back from RMA. i installed it with the new ram and lowered the speed as you suggested to 667mhz and it now POSTs with 4GB. i tried running both memtest and orthos but both fail. memtest says Memory Error Detected does not store values accurately. And orthos fails with Fatal Error reading from temp file. Could this be caused by XP?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Assuming you're running memtest from a bootable drive, no, as the HDD is not being accessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tincan Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 no im running it from within windows. Unfortunatly i dont have a PS2 mouse or keyboard. so i have to run it from within windows at this point in time. Is it advisable to run this program from a bootable disk?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 ALWAYS run memtest outside of any OS. In fact, I don't think it CAN be run in windows, which leads me to believe you may not be running the correct one: http://www.memtest.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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