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Strange memory problem

  • 28-01-2007 2:12am
    #1
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭


    I was installing windows today and it BSOD'd :(

    So I ran memtest, and sure enough there was thousands of errors...

    I tried testing the sticks individually and they are fine, but no matter what speeds, timings or configurations I use, I cannot get them stable in Dual Channel?

    I cant even run them in single channel, It just beeps.....

    Any ideas? DAMN DFI! :p


Comments

  • #2
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    I have had this problem so many times. What i found worked is overvolting the ram to 3.2v. And going back a few bios versions.


  • #3
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Why so much overvolting? I dnt think Crucial ballistix would like 3.2 volts...

    Can you recommend a certain Bios? Thinking of selling this stuff and going C2D:o


  • #4
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    This is the version i use " Bios 7-04BTA "

    And i have no idea why i have to overvolt. Sometimes i need to, other times i dont. Prolly a bug with the board.


  • #5
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    ok, im gonna try a few beta bioses and ill be back :(


  • #6
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Did you change slots? ie yellow to orange


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  • #7
    Anti
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    I use orange myself for dual chan. But strangly the pc will not boot with any other config. even a single dimm.

    This is what i hate about dfi boards. Great clockers and amzing features. But fook me they are sooooo finickey and tempramental.


  • #8
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    I have tried orange/orange dual channel, yellow/yellow dual channel, upper yellow/orange single channel, lower yellow/orange single channel.... Everything!

    TonyM is sending me a 2*256 kit, so I will be able to test tomorrow...

    The errors are always around the 512mb or 1024mb area depending on which way the sticks are inserted? does this mean there is instablility with one of the sticks?


  • #9
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    ok peel the onion... why where you installing windows again? what changed so that you had to do a fresh reinstall? Also you've been running that gear overclocked for nearly a year now, I wouldn't be surprised if you've just worn out the hardware.


  • #10
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Good point. 365 days of running every component pasts its limit will take its toll.

    If the ram that tonym sent works, you know its something else, If it fails, its time o change the mobo/cpu

    Mine will be up for sale soon. same with the cpu. and everything else really.


  • #11
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    The reason i was reinstalling windows was, random programs kept crashing, I was due a reinstall anyway as i done a lot of messing with this install, but when i got a bsod at the start of the reinstall, I decided to run memtest and here I am :)

    I suppose a year of overclocking may have taken its toll, but The ram was at stock voltage and the CPU was only at 1.47v...

    Im going to do a good 3 or 4 runs of Memtest on each stick tonight and see if i can find the culprit...

    ***UPDATE***

    One Error 25 minutes in:

    cimg0673lj6.jpg

    The second stick also has a few errors on test 5 :/

    To the RMA mobile!


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