Test them in a different slot each individually. if still fails install both. swap back and forth. -Andy
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Florian Philipp <li...@binarywings.net>wrote: > Am 05.03.2013 22:14, schrieb walt: > > On 03/05/2013 09:56 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > >> intel introduced an extension for spd information. The ram should work > >> just fine. Intel motherboards might or might not make use of the > >> additional information. so might or might not amd boards. And no, there > >> won't be any risk. DDR3 is DDR3. > > > > I just discovered some bad DDR2 RAM in an older machine (2GB x 2) and I > > tested each stick separately using memtest86. The result confuses me: > > > > Each 2GB stick fails at exactly the same point in the test (0-32MB), and > > that seems improbable to me. I'm thinking the mobo might be broken > instead > > of the RAM. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks. (I have only the one machine that uses DDR2, unfortunately.) > > > > Try adjusting the timing as noted on this thread. Maybe slower settings > work better, even if they are below SPD. Also look at the voltages (most > BIOSes show them). If they are considerably off, this could affect your > RAM. A bad power supply is always a suspect when something breaks. > > Regards, > Florian Philipp > > >
