Valence Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Is it worth returning my xms3 1600 7-7-7-20 version 3.1 for version 3.2? I already had two gigs of 3.2, i just ordered two more gigs and they arrived as versions 3.1. Installation went smooth, no problems at all so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valence Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Just got home from work and all of a sudden my computer is working again. About 15 minutes after installing those two extra gigs of version 3.1 my system blue screened, then i got sys32 file corruption errors. I tried memory scans and system restore options and nothing worked. I removed the sticks and troubleshooted each one, still would not boot. I reset cmos manually and finally got into windows, yet my internet conection wasnt showing up for some reason? So i gave up last night after hours of tinkering, broken, and dissapointed. I get home today, booted up and here i am, some how, with the origonal two sticks (ver 3.2) installed. So i guess ill try and search a bit more on this version compatibility issue since no one seems to know anything about it. I'll probably try those two sticks again one more time before i return them for ver 3.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valence Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 I just now read about version incompatibilities... I guess i should return my 3.1 sticks before i do some permanent damage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valence Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Well i have some time so i decided to try some troubleshootings anyway, so heres where im at. All clocks are now on default settings, upped voltage to 1.95 and loosened timings to 10-11-11-28. Reboot, startup fine. Shutdown, installed two more sticks v 3.1. Long beep on post, c1 evga memory error code, no errors in win memtest. Took out ver 3.1 agin, reboot and login fine no problem. Now, left ver 3.2 stick in slot 0, and ver 3.1 stick in slot 2. Runs fine, no problems. No matter what combination or slot i use, 2 gigs runs fine. If i install another stick i get post code mem issues or file corruption issues. So im trying vista update KB929777 which mite do something, ill find out after this restart. Seems im having trouble getting more than 2 gigs to work more then getting two different versions working... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valence Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Shutdown after win update KB929777, restarted with 3 gigs (3.2's and a 3.1) with 10-11-11-28 2t timings. Slow load to desktop yet it feels faster once im in, ok makin progress. Restarted with 4 gigs, postcode c1 again (evga memory error). Restarted with 3 gigs, a-ok. Forget 4 gigs for now, uhg:[pouts: Lowered timings to rated 7-7-7-20 @ 1600 mhz unlinked, and bam, possible file coruption codes. Dropped mhz to 1400 unlinked which was my stable clock wall before, 7-7-7-20 1t timings, still c1 mem error. I havenet been able to run these sticks at 1t or auto, now that its set to 2t it runs fine. So im sitting at 10-10-10-26 2t with 3 gigs on vista64, slow but stable, now all i have to do is tweak the timings a bit. I guess theres still issues with vista seeing over 3 gigs of ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valence Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 3 gigs linked and synced @ 1400 - timings wont go any lower than 8-8-8-22 right now, going to run this for a few days and see what happens. Maybe the 4th stick will post if i loosen the timings even further... thats just to slow and im done for the day. Im starting to think its a vista 64 issue, or the mainboards ram controller... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 25, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 25, 2008 More than likely it is because of the CPU you are using. But try testing the modules one at a time and see how they run to make sure one is not failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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