15-10-2004, 22:15
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Memory problems
I replaced my Asus A7n8x as it had a capacitor that had started whining, a shame, as it was a very stable motherboard. I chose an ABIT NF7-S 2.0 as I'd heard good things about them, I also bought a 512mb stick of Corsair CMX 3200 LLPT memory, trouble is, if I use that memory in this board the PC constantly reboots with all sorts of BSOD's, if I take it out and put in my sh*tey generic PC3200/2700 mix, it works perfectly. Is this a known problem with the Abit boards or am I doing something tremendously wrong?
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15-10-2004, 23:20
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Re: Memory problems
It can be a problem, it also depends what slot you have it in, try them all, I couldn't get mine to run it dual channel mode unless I put it in the slots it specified not to put them in!
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15-10-2004, 23:23
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Re: Memory problems
It's nothing to do with the dual channel setup as it blue screens when it's on it's own. I'm just shocked that so called quality memory that costs me £129 for a single 512mb stick is that flakey, I certainly won't be buying Corsair again 
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15-10-2004, 23:23
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by Bifta
I replaced my Asus A7n8x as it had a capacitor that had started whining, a shame, as it was a very stable motherboard. I chose an ABIT NF7-S 2.0 as I'd heard good things about them, I also bought a 512mb stick of Corsair CMX 3200 LLPT memory, trouble is, if I use that memory in this board the PC constantly reboots with all sorts of BSOD's, if I take it out and put in my sh*tey generic PC3200/2700 mix, it works perfectly. Is this a known problem with the Abit boards or am I doing something tremendously wrong?
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As you know i had trouble with my A7N8X Deluxe rev 2 so, i`ve just bought an Abit A7N Motherboard, Don`t tell me i`ll have the same problems with my Crucial PC3200 DDR as before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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15-10-2004, 23:26
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by budwieser
As you know i had trouble with my A7N8X Deluxe rev 2 so, i`ve just bought an Abit A7N Motherboard, Don`t tell me i`ll have the same problems with my Crucial PC3200 DDR as before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
I recommend you go and buy the cheapest nastiest memory you can ... just like I did, works like a charm and I still hit nearly 6000 with 3d mark 05.
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15-10-2004, 23:30
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Re: Memory problems
so is it a case of paying for a brand name or have you just got a duff stick of ram ????????? 
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15-10-2004, 23:33
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by paulyoung666
so is it a case of paying for a brand name or have you just got a duff stick of ram ????????? |
Brand new, supposedly tested duff stick of ram, either way I'm far from impressed.
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15-10-2004, 23:34
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Re: Memory problems
I'm running 1GB of Corsair XMS Pro and have never had RAM problems.
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15-10-2004, 23:34
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by Bifta
Brand new, supposedly tested duff stick of ram, either way I'm far from impressed.
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i'll bet you are , whats the chances of returning it and getting a replacement/refund ???????????
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15-10-2004, 23:34
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by Richard M
I'm running 1GB of Corsair XMS Pro and have never had RAM problems.
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Yeah, that helps no end, thanks.
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15-10-2004, 23:35
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by Bifta
Yeah, that helps no end, thanks.
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So you got a bad stick of RAM, it happens.
Don't blame Corsair because it could happen to any manufacturer.
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15-10-2004, 23:36
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by paulyoung666
i'll bet you are , whats the chances of returning it and getting a replacement/refund ???????????
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Refund hopefully, I was hoping to nail it down to a problem elsewhere, e.g. timings, BIOS etc, but it looks just to be faulty.
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15-10-2004, 23:42
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by Bifta
Refund hopefully, I was hoping to nail it down to a problem elsewhere, e.g. timings, BIOS etc, but it looks just to be faulty.
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as long as they will accept it back as faulty then i suppose you are ok , what makes me wonde though is how much better it will be compared to generic s**t ram
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15-10-2004, 23:48
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Re: Memory problems
just as a question why is 'generic' ram really bad ? compaired to a branded stick ?
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16-10-2004, 00:00
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Re: Memory problems
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Originally Posted by kronas
just as a question why is 'generic' ram really bad ? compaired to a branded stick ?
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Its nothing to do with being branded or not, it's down to the timings and overclockability. You can buy sh*t branded memory if you wanted to, but the stuff I bought was low latency
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