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i've noticed that there is a growing list of games that are BOLD enough to state system requirements that break the 8gb system memory barrier. According to the developers, It appears that Gears of war 4 Gears of war ultimate edition Titanfall 2 Star wars battlefront Recore Dying light...

My system consists of as follows: Win XP sp3 DFI Lanparty 250gb NF3 1.5gb ocz pc3200 @ stock speeds & voltages 2 westerndigitial wd5000aaks in raid 1 via nf3 benq dw1640 amd athlon64 3200+ @ stock speeds & voltages Nvidia geforce 7800gs @ stock spees & voltages i've tried troubleshooting the...

well, i tried each of the two sticks individually again...and this time one stick gave errors, and judging by the fact that i'm typing this message to you on the machine in question...that the other stick didn't. I'm still a little bothered by the fact that i did the exact same thing...

well, i left memtest running overnight... I got: 27 passes....26 errors...with both sticks in...which would imply that it had at least 1 error within the first 2 or 3 passes?! wtf???!!! I ran it yesterday with both sticks in and then each of the two sticks individually...all for 3...

-well, I guess one would have to have a clear identification of "load", but in observing the voltages during the setup process (as that's all i can observe at this point), I got the following: 12v= constant 11.95/11.96, 5v = 5.0x, 3.3v = 3.3xx -i'll have to look into running the memtest & hd...

-yup, the mobo has had the latest bios for years since they've stopped updating it. Same goes for dvd writer firmware and drivers. I guess computers are weird creatures but it would also seem weird to all of a sudden have problems after the system was previously rock solid for the longest...

alright, here's an update: -checked the 12, 5, & 3.3v rails....all checked out fine -rechecked all of the caps, looking for leakage at the bottom-no dice -the system went through 2 consecutive rounds of memtest 1.70 with 0 errors -I noticed that the weird looking characters (and the...

sure, i've got a decent multimeter, just need to know the wiring scheme and/or contact points to test

the system: win xp pro sp2 32bit Athlon 64 3200+ clawhammer DFI Lanparty UT Nforce 3 with Realtek ac97 1gb OCZ Gold PC3200 Gainward Geforce 6800 GT 256mb benq dw1640 Antec slk1650b (with 350w smartpower 2.0) I put this system together ~3 years ago for my lil brother and it's ran...