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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 12:18 PM
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Memory issues (Solved)
>
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>
> Here are my temps at idle according to Speed
Well I'm going to have to fess up to being an idiot on this one. After
several of your suggestions (and my own low confidence in the determination
of bad RAM as that has never happened to be before) I did some more
testing. Turns out the culprit was overheating in the system.
When I was doing my
I've build a few A/V editing systems using almost the same basic components
every time, e.g. true CAS2 RAM from Kingston.
One day, when designing a system with an AMD processor (normally I'd use Intel for A/V), this particular RAM didn't play at all. Blue and black screens everywhere, in no
par
I have to agree. They treated me well on the single return I had to
make. I did not even buy through their memory configuator on the WEB
but got what "seemed to be" the same exact model number from Best Buys.
NOTE: They add extra numbers (a suffix) to "hone-in" more exactly to your
"exact system"
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Winterlight wrote:
. I think I've pinned it
down to the Crucial ram.
That would be very surprising. I have never heard of a documented proven case
of Crucial RAM going bad. I'm not saying it can't happen, but Crucial RAM
would be the last thing I would suspect right
Planning on trying that (and a few other combinations) tonight. It will not
allow for dual channel (which means the RAM will run at 400 Mhz instead of
800Mhz) but otherwise should work.
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Brian
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:01 PM, DHSinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian,
> Can you do slot 1+
Brian,
Can you do slot 1+3 or slot 2+4? (and/or all the permutations!)
I suspect this may defeat the "dual channel" business, but just a
thought ATM. Only way I know to remove focus to the m/b.
But, as you guys are light years ahead of me, I may just
be barking in the breeze on this one..
Yep. Started with RAM in slots 1&2 for dual channel capability. Crashes.
Kept just one in slot 3. Stable. Moved both to slots 3&4. Crashes. Kept
just one in slot 4. Stable.
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Joe User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Winterlight,
>
> Tuesday, August 26, 200
Hello FORC5,
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 2:16:39 PM, you wrote:
> sounds like a bad memory slot on the MB, only seen this a couple of
> times and it was the motherboard both times. YMMV
> fp
Yeah, thats my idea 2 more pieces of RAM would be the way to find out.
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Regards,
joeuser - Still looki
Hello Winterlight,
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 2:11:50 PM, you wrote:
> Do this one stick at a time. If they both work individually OK then
> you have your answer it's not the ram it's the board or
> something on the board that doesn't like dual channel access.
He did. Either one work
sounds like a bad memory slot on the MB, only seen this a couple of times and
it was the motherboard both times. YMMV
fp
At 10:34 AM 8/26/2008, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with:
>When I rebuilt my HTPC I used an AMD 780G motherboard (GIGABYTE
>GA-MA78G-DS3H), Athlon X2 4850e, and 2x2GB Crucial B
Like I said, with just one stick of the Crucial in there it seems to work
just fine (3.5 days of uptime since pulling one stick).
Brian
Do this one stick at a time. If they both work individually OK then
you have your answer it's not the ram it's the board or
something on the board
Right now I can't replace both sticks unless I can toss some older DDR in
there - I don't have any extra DDR2 sticks on hand. Not sure if that's
possible. If it is, I can do that tonight.
Like I said, with just one stick of the Crucial in there it seems to work
just fine (3.5 days of uptime sinc
Hello Brian,
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 1:32:09 PM, you wrote:
> I had that same assumption. I've never had a case where RAM went bad on me
> in the 10+ years I've been building machines. But it seems to be the only
> part swap that correlates with the crashes. I changed the motherboard and
> t
Hello Winterlight,
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 1:17:05 PM, you wrote:
> That would be very surprising. I have never heard of a documented
> proven case of Crucial RAM going bad. I'm not saying it can't happen,
> but Crucial RAM would be the last thing I would suspect right under a
> PCP&C PS...
>
> >. I think I've pinned it
> >down to the Crucial ram.
>
>
> That would be very surprising. I have never heard of a documented
> proven case of Crucial RAM going bad. I'm not saying it can't happen,
> but Crucial RAM would be the last thing I would suspect right under a
> PCP&C PS...and they
I had that same assumption. I've never had a case where RAM went bad on me
in the 10+ years I've been building machines. But it seems to be the only
part swap that correlates with the crashes. I changed the motherboard and
the boot drive and the crashes continues, the only card in the machine is
. I think I've pinned it
down to the Crucial ram.
That would be very surprising. I have never heard of a documented
proven case of Crucial RAM going bad. I'm not saying it can't happen,
but Crucial RAM would be the last thing I would suspect right under a
PCP&C PS...and they never break e
Brian,
How about try 00 and 02; and then 01 and 03.
Like one yellow and one orange.
Best,
Duncan
At 14:51 08/26/2008 -0400, you wrote:
Tried it both ways - 2 DIMMS in orange slots and 2 DIMMS in yellow slots,
same amount of instability either way.
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Joe User <[EMA
Tried it both ways - 2 DIMMS in orange slots and 2 DIMMS in yellow slots,
same amount of instability either way.
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Joe User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello DHSinclair,
>
> Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 12:37:07 PM, you wrote:
>
> > Brian,
> > This one is a toughy! I
Hello DHSinclair,
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 12:37:07 PM, you wrote:
> Brian,
> This one is a toughy! I've yet to have trouble with Crucial RAM. Odd.
> Have you tried all the RAM slots? And, in different combinations; well
> what the book suggests? Like one in the yellow bank and one in the
> or
Hello Brian,
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 11:34:57 AM, you wrote:
> My question is, could this be something else causing the problems? Should I
> return both for replacement to Crucial? Just one? Will they even accept it
> when there doesn't appear to be any defects with the RAM? Or should I ju
Brian,
This one is a toughy! I've yet to have trouble with Crucial RAM. Odd.
Have you tried all the RAM slots? And, in different combinations; well
what the book suggests? Like one in the yellow bank and one in the
orange bank? Perhaps one of the slots you use has busted connections.
Certainly
When I rebuilt my HTPC I used an AMD 780G motherboard (GIGABYTE
GA-MA78G-DS3H), Athlon X2 4850e, and 2x2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800.
Ever since then I've been getting a lot of errors, bluescreens crashes and
it's been a real beast to track down the root cause. I think I've pinned it
down to the
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