zer0kewl Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 You sound as though you've had lots of issues. The best advice I can give you is to isolate as many variables as you can. Motherboard, Single stick of DRAM, PCI video card, and known good hard drive/optical drive. Then I set the BIOS, test the DRAM and install an OS. Then I move to test the CPU system stability. When these pass, I then install the video card and test both 2 and 3D translations. Then to the sound card. cpu i'm 100% sure off aint problem. psu i'm 50% sure. ram and sound i am 99% sure off are problem tough. 80% likely off my hd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 another update. reseted bios defaults did't alter much besides setting ram to 667. and turning quite lot off that i dont use at all ofc ;>. before playing vid dpc latency checker went highly in red zone once in a while. and odd behavior like sound acting total weird. now considering i'm just playing vid it wont even get in red zone unless i start multi tasking but not as high as before aceptable considering how bad it was before. no odd behavior tough. i also did forget and Derekt maybe you dont got that issue. but cmos settings on p5k can go corrupt sometimes reseting to default i read quite while ago would fix issue just forgot about it. so asuming thats issue for me probaly. or least have something to do with it. atleast corsair sticks aren't totaly to blame ;>. think i do buy new ram tough just be sure. and replace mainboard when intel p45 chipset mainboards come out with both crossfire and sli edit: red zones happen usualy with dpc latency checker altough not as high as before only when for example when i click post reply. edit2: oh yeah before even in idle with latency checker would go into red zone wich does't anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 status update problems gotten worse again. i'm so fed up i decided to just buy new ses 2x 2 gb PC2-6400 - 2 GBx2 - DDR2 - Corsair TWINX C5 what matters are these going run 100% stable or give me problems still. if also noticed when my latency go's up in dpc latency log my sound pops or crackles. and likely crashes locking up my system. if any better sugestions feel free the more stable and good ram the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 another update altough still got issues i'm not sure if they become less worse. defiantly going try remove 1 pair off sticks tonight or tomorow. also new sound card to arive within 3 day's. so i can also see if related to sound or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 9, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 9, 2008 I would strongly suggest testing the modules one at a time to make sure its not a failing module in addition, when running 4 modules you may have to set the memory frequency at DDR667 as mentioned before, but you had refused to test them one up previously, this will help to isolate the memory or the other system components. Or testing them in another system one set at a time at the minimum at their tested settings with http://www.memtest.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 10, 2008 Author Share Posted September 10, 2008 Ramguy if i put in 2 old sticks i have that i'm sure off aren't faulty. put them in just those removing the 4 sticks all together problem not solved. its basicly save to asume i could have a faulty mainboard ?. also considering if tryit with just 2 corsair sticks asswell did't make problem less either. so would take less time trying 2 diferent brand modules see if still happends. if does't happen ofc could be my mainboard is't anything wrong with. ofc i do still buy new set from corsair ;>. also my prelude arived. also reason i thought my ram was faulty i noticed with loser timings i had no basic sound pop crackle issues. besides the random pops i had when latency went up on dpc latency 1.1 wich was completly a new issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 10, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 10, 2008 Let's get them replaced and see what happens, 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...
zer0kewl Posted September 10, 2008 Author Share Posted September 10, 2008 i'm doing some more testst before. if got my ram set ultra lose basicly quite down clocked. doing latency test so far showing improvement but could be due fact if got not everything installed yet as i just did clean install. and will ofc try set even further down clocked as it does no harm anyway. if problems manages to happen still less freq and also test 2 other modules ofc ;>. non corsair ram if all is fine then i'll rma them ;> edit: 1 question tough. can ram cause high interupt rate ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 10, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 10, 2008 NP Please let me know how you make out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 i'm not sure i i found some improvement yet. but if down clocked ram to 6-6-6-24-7-8-7-7-7 etc. before during playback only i would ofc get spikes in dpc latency checker. wich are now less well glad anyway's hope stay's that way. but now next going try other brand modules i got laying here wich are lower timings then if set atm checking if those will cause issues asswell or not at all with ram set to default. altough first need search thru hardware pile ;> edit: old ram does't work on my current mainboard so cant test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burnintestresvc2.gif was talking at computer store etc. had discusion also about cous it could be psu. if had that idea before also but then was't that worse. i dont got multi meter or money atm tough to let them check if is the case. altough for as far i'm aware voltage's show oke in bios altough there aren't acurate. but also to check if its caused by anything else cous i dont known it anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 11, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 11, 2008 With 4 modules I would suggest setting the memory frequency at DDR667 and set the memory Voltage to 2.1 Volts and set the NB/MCH/SPP Voltage to +.05 Volts as well and test the system with http://www.memtest.org. In addition, with some MB's (Mostly ASUS) you have to disable legacy USB in the bios when running any memory test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 i just did mem test with all 4 modules not 1 a time as you sugested tough. i'm considering to. atm testing if nvidia drivers are related to issue its a slight posibility. or psu just being faulty. i'll be testing 1 ram module per time soon. altough burn in test gave me results like this http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burnintestresvc2.gif errors there but not in memtest. my gpu runs 3d mode in vista ofc heck using more power more likely to give errors. psu problem maybe or not i dunno ofc yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 update. atm i think all my issues got fixed. but quite suprised my problems i have had so far before doing masive changes. haven't happend yet so far. people if spoken to so far also think my ram is just fine. these problems also started happening as i changed my previous sound card into diferent pci slot but as i did't trust it put back old slot and then problems started happen but did't instantly notice them yet. likely pci bus damaged but dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 11, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 11, 2008 Please let us know and you can always just remove the PCI sound card and see if the problems go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 i just swapped it to another pci slot and problem went away for most part. as i got dual screen tough 1 normal tft 1 hdtv. as swap media player during playback to another screen i heared 1 pop and saw 1 spike again. as long i dont do that wont happen. also as turn on my hdtv my sound channels swapped for example also just going see as normal. i gess i just turn on hdtv first and swap media player to another screen then playback. but as for now it got waaaaaaaaaaay less or basicly problem totaly gone hoping stay's that way. altough still got hunch posibly psu being little faulty. causing spikes in usage off my psu for example maybe could be or not at all. or just faulty mainboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 question for ramguy. ram bandwith anything to do with bandwith mainboard has. like improving bandwith for components asswell for example insane amount off memory bandwith and no component could ever spike thats verry demanding on bandwith for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 question for ramguy. ram bandwith anything to do with bandwith mainboard has. like improving bandwith for components asswell for example insane amount off memory bandwith and no component could ever spike thats verry demanding on bandwith for example. I doubt if anyone can understand what you wrote but I'll try. Ram Bandwidth works on a ratio with other components. So it depends on the component. The CPU has a different ratio than the memory controller which has a different ratio than the Video card, etc. etc. DRAM is Passive. This means it does not effect other components. If it test correctly with Memtest but you are having other stability problems, then you need to look elsewhere in your system for the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0kewl Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 so basicly its save to say it was't my ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 12, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 12, 2008 That is the conclusion I came to reading your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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