Billywill Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I want Adobe Premiere CS4 to run without crashing or locking. It's not. CS4 ran fine with my previous mobo. Not sure if the memory I bought is upto running a high performance app. Maybe I should have plummed for the Dominator kind. I too want no overclocking - just stability. and I'm not sure exactly what bios settings to turn down to improve stability. The volts is 1.65v I have 4 sticks (total 8GB) of cmx4gx3m2a1600c9 - running at 1333mhz - the 1600mhz speed simply doesn't boot! I had 2 sticks, but doubled them to try and help stability. Now I note the revisions are different - I didn't know Corsair memory might be critical in mixing revisions. The options I have seem to boil down to replacing the memory and putting my current Corsair chips on ebay. Athough I don't know for sure that the memory is a problem - memtest runs for hours without an error. Any tips would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Did the system run fine @ 1600 MHz with just one pair? Remove the first pair, replace with the 2nd pair, run @ 1600. Does it run ok? Mixing individual memory packs is never recommended, as the 2 individual packs were NOT tested together. Most memory controllers don't like running full speed with 4 sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 try clocking it down to 1066, the CPU wont run at 1600 without overclocking as it is a native 1333 bus (IIRC) and you are mixing pairs of ram. good luck:): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billywill Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Did the system run fine @ 1600 MHz with just one pair? No - it was probably worse, but Asus have made some bios upgrades since then which might have helped. I will want to run with 8GB of ram for high def movie editing - it doesn't seem that 2x4GB pairs are currently available, so it looks like I'll need to run with 4 sticks. Might this situation change? I'm now in the mood to buy more expensive memory if I can get stability in CS4 - any recommendations? Also memtest v4 runs for hours without errors - so do I need to use another app to test the 8GB memory? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 http://www.corsair.com/configurator/product_results.aspx?id=1105869 CMX8GX3M4A1600C9 CMD8GX3M4A1600C8 CMX8GX3M4B1333C9 there are three 8 gig kits compatible with your board and you cannot run 1600 without overclocking, that's why it didn't boot with 2 sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billywill Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 It is now stable with Premiere with just two sticks in, which is disappointing, as I bought the extra 4GB kit. It's knowledge - I won't do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 With a bit of BIOS tuning, you should easily be able to run 8GB. It may or may be at 1600 but, 8GB is more important than pure memory frequency based on what you have posted. Try adding a little voltage to your memory controller, 1-3 steps above the stock setting using a single kit at 1333. Then, power down, add the second kit and test it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billywill Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanks Yellowbeard. I decided to test the all dimms - by using one dimm at time and running Premiere CS4. With the rig at 1300MHz and everything except the memory voltage set to default, which I set at 1.65v, with one particular dimm it crashed over and over again, all the others were fine, so that kit has gone back to Ebuyer for replacement. It appears I have a dimm that doesn't like Adobe Premiere. With that dimm, it also stumbled to post, losing my DVD drive. The voltage asked for is 1.65v. Are you saying that I could so above that in the cause of using 8GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 With a bit of BIOS tuning, you should easily be able to run 8GB. It may or may be at 1600 but, 8GB is more important than pure memory frequency based on what you have posted. Try adding a little voltage to your memory controller, 1-3 steps above the stock setting using a single kit at 1333. Then, power down, add the second kit and test it. The voltage asked for is 1.65v. Are you saying that I could so above that in the cause of using 8GB? Not the memory voltage, memory controller voltage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billywill Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Hopefully when I get my replacement memory kit that now works with my editing app, I'll be able to run the full 8GB. I'll look at the memory controller voltage if I have any gremlins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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