Does this mean I got to exchange the ram or is there some way to fix this? Here are the specs BTW: AMD 64 3500+ Winchester w/arctic silver and Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu HSF Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Crucial Ballistix 2x512MB Seagate 120GB SATA 2 Leadtek 6600GT TDH Extreme Antec 480W TrueBlue NEC Dual Layer DVD Burner 3520-A Windows XP Pro SP1
what are the settings for the ram, and speed? also what are the temperatures? My suggestion would be to exchange them, or get them replaced.
ive got a program called tufftest you boot of it and u can run tests on all you harware id try something like this first, if you have trouble finding some if you mail me i will e-mail what i have. hope this helps Dave :good:
Also, what sw did you use to test your memory? Did this happen during boot-up? Remember that during a memory test, you must shutdown all running programs in the background like anti-virus and firewalls. Any memory resident program will impact your memory test.
I'd try one stick at a time and up the voltage a tad, like from 2.6->2.7V. See what that does for ya.
That's the timings, and while those should work, they may require some extra juice. I had to up the voltage on my RAM with my new A64 setup before it'd run Memtest w/o errors. I don't recall any motherboard with a way to measure temps of the RAM, but I could be wrong. Like I said, those are the timings you've got. In addition to upping the voltage a little, you might back off those timings a little. You should feel the sticks as being warm, but if they burn your finger after a few seconds, it's way too hot.
It sounds like it's likely your RAM or your northbridge, which can also manifest as memory problems. The ideal way to troubleshoot this is to put your RAM in a compatible and known working environment, and see how it fares on a memtest. Conversely, swap the RAM from the known working system into yours, and hit that with memtest as well. It's also possible that another component is sending bad stuff down your PCI buss, which screws up pretty much everything. Try removing all non-critical components, and even try a different video card if possible. If your results change, you have something to go on. -AT
