Jeff Taylor Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Please advise and how I can get this ram to not crash the pc on start up. I have the most up to date BIO flashed in the board and that didn't resolve the issue. The other thing is where in the BIOs menu is there a place to set it up for this ram? Please help, Thanks Jeff The stats are: 1 - Operating System ---------------------------------- 0101 - Operating System : Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533) 0102 - Language : English (Regional Setting: English) 0103 - BIOS : BIOS Date: 12/21/11 13:08:34 Ver: 08.01 0104 - Processor : AMD Athlon II X2 220 Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz 0105 - Memory : 4096MB RAM 0106 - Available OS Memory : 3840MB RAM 0107 - Page File : 1813MB used, 5863MB available 0108 - Windows Dir : C:\Windows 0109 - DirectX Version : DirectX 11 0110 - DX Setup Parameters : Not found 0111 - User DPI Setting : 96 DPI (100 percent) 0112 - System DPI Setting : 96 DPI (100 percent) 0113 - DWM DPI Scaling : Disabled 0114 - DxDiag Version : 6.01.7601.17514 ---------------------------------- 02 - Processor ---------------------------------- 0201 - Caption : AMD Athlon II X2 220 Processor x2 ~2800MHz 0202 - Current Clock Speed : 2800MHz 0203 - L1-Cache : 256.00 KB 0204 - L2-Cache : 1.00 MB ---------------------------------- 03 - Video Adapter ---------------------------------- 0301 - Card Name : ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 0302 - Manufacturer : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0303 - Chip Type : ATI display adapter (0x9616) 0304 - DAC Type : Internal DAC(400MHz) 0305 - Device Key : Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9616&SUBSYS_83881043&REV_00 0306 - Display Memory : 1916 MB 0307 - AdapterRAM : 256.00 MB 0308 - Current Mode : 1360 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) 0309 - Monitor Name : Generic PnP Monitor 0310 - Driver Name : aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll 0311 - Driver Version : 8.17.0010.1129 0312 - Driver Language : English 0313 - DDI Version : 10 0314 - Driver Model : WDDM 1.1 0315 - Driver Beta : False 0316 - Driver Debug : False 0317 - Driver Date : 11/16/2012 14:49:04 0318 - Driver Size : 1081856 0319 - VDD : n/a 0320 - Mini VDD : n/a 0321 - Mini VDD Date : n/a 0322 - Mini VDD Size : 0 0323 - Device Identifier : {D7B71EE2-D556-11CF-9A77-82A3BEC2C535} 0324 - Vendor ID : 0x1002 0325 - Device ID : 0x9616 0326 - SubSys ID : 0x83881043 0327 - Revision ID : 0x0000 0328 - Driver Strong Name : oem21.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_RS780:8.970.100.7000:pci\ven_1002&dev_9616 0329 - Rank Of Driver : 00E62001 0330 - Video Accel : ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ---------------------------------- 0401 - Total Memory : 3.75 GB 0402 - Free Memory : 2.38 GB 0403 - Total Pagefile : 7.50 GB 0404 - Free Pagefile : 5.71 GB 0405 - Bank Label : BANK2 0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz 0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits 0408 - Capacity : 2.00 GB 0405 - Bank Label : BANK3 0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz 0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits 0408 - Capacity : 2.00 GB ---------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted May 8, 2013 Corsair Employees Share Posted May 8, 2013 The CPU you have may not support DDR1333. AMD Memory Compatibility with speeds above DDR1333! The CPU you have shows it only supports DDR1066 with two modules or DDR800 with all four slots filled, and I would make sure command Rate is set to 2T and set the memory Voltage to 1.6 Volts and test the system again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Taylor Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 You kind of lost me on by saying my CPU "may not support ddr1333" because in my system info above it shows I'm running on ddr1333. This xms3 8G did initial get recognized by the machine and did show up in the windows7 system properties as a total of 12 gig with my 4 gig of ddr1333 but after 4 hours of run time it charshed the pc. Since this happened the pc will not boot propely with the xms3 8G installed. Thank you for the information. These two settings you mentioned above, where will these be found? If in BIOS under what section because in the bios for this ASUA M4A78LT-M there is nothing showing a place to set voltages or "T2". I also looked in the ASUS EPU-4 Engine where you choose mode of cpu function and see nothing there. Do I need some other program installed on the PC to make these setting you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Taylor Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 I have a update. My CPU dose not have access to the settings you mentioned. All the other AMD Athalon II do, mines the bargin basement offering is one way to look at it but I did some testing. It seems one of these XMS3 sticks is bad and causing the crash because if I do not install it all is good and happy. Here is the good stick installed in bank one of this system diag. 04 - Memory ---------------------------------- 0401 - Total Memory : 7.75 GB 0402 - Free Memory : 6.16 GB 0403 - Total Pagefile : 15.50 GB 0404 - Free Pagefile : 13.49 GB 0405 - Bank Label : BANK1 0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz 0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits 0408 - Capacity : 4.00 GB 0405 - Bank Label : BANK2 0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz 0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits 0408 - Capacity : 2.00 GB 0405 - Bank Label : BANK3 0406 - Speed : 1333 MHz 0407 - Total Width : 64 Bits 0408 - Capacity : 2.00 GB If I put the other 4 gig stick in any of the four dim slots the machine won't start... your thoughts on my findings?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 You kind of lost me on by saying my CPU "may not support ddr1333" because in my system info above it shows I'm running on ddr1333 Your CPU natively only has a 1066mhz memory controller. So running memory at 1333mhz with that CPU is actually an overclock, and why RamGuy said that 13333mhz may not be supported. Your MB on the other hand does support the 1333mhz memory and in most cases a CPU will be able to handle 1333mhz memory . But that is not a given. When you start adding capacity to that speed the memory controller might have a hard time running all 12gigs (especially with mixed kits) without some BIOS tweaking if they will play nice at all.. Most AMD boards are speced to be able to run 1333mhz memory with two slots filled and because of memory controller load, 1066 with all four slots filled...at least in your case. Newer boards are capable of much higher memory speeds but also fall subject to the memory limitations RG linked you to. http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Athlon%20II%20X2%20220%20-%20ADX220OCK22GM.html I have a update. My CPU dose not have access to the settings you mentioned. Well, actually this is the fault of the MB. With a board that would have better overclocking options, those listed by RG would be shown. However I looked through the owners manual for that MB and for the most part it's locked down and doesn't allow for much adjustment. If I put the other 4 gig stick in any of the four dim slots the machine won't start... your thoughts on my findings?? Just so we are clear, you are trying this module all by itself and not trying to add it to the other three you have? If this is the case then it's pretty cut and dry. The kit would need to be replaced. If this only happens when you try to achieve a total of 12gigs, then it's possible that because of the extra load placed on the memory controller you would need to adjust both the DIMM voltage and memory controller voltages. And when mixing kit's there are no guarantees that they will run together or not because even though they may have the same or close to the same specs, they would be made from different chips that may not play well with each other. A single 4 stick kit would be the ideal way to go about this. That way all sticks are matched and guaranteed to all run exactly the same. If that is the case then it's pretty cut and dry. That kit would need to be replaced. If you are trying to add it to your other memory just swapping the slots around, it's en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Taylor Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thank you for the detailed info peanutz94. Powered down the pc and I removed all the sticks of memory, installed the two new sticks of xms3 the machine wont boot now. Powered down the pc, removed one of the new sticks of xms3 and the pc started and ran on that one stick of xms3. Powered down, swapped out the stick of xms3 that ran for the other stick of xms3 and the pc wont boot. Bad stick of xms3... cut and dry as you say. So I powered down and put the two sticks of existing ram back in the blue slots and the one stick of working xms3 in one black slot and the pc boots , runs, recognizes the added stick of ram. So the question is, should both sticks be warranty or just the one? Now I'm looking for that RMA link... maybe ramguy will reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 So the question is, should both sticks be warranty or just the one? Now I'm looking for that RMA link... maybe ramguy will reply. Yes, you would want to send in both sticks so you receive a matched set back. The RMA link is at the top of this page on the left side bar at the very bottom. It in bold face type. Or just use this http://corsair.force.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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