A7V, very picky about ram?

[Shaftatplanetquake]

I'm wondering if all the crashes I have been getting are because of a bad mb, a bad cpu, bad power supply, bad heatsink/fan, or a bad power supply.

I ordered a new heatsink/fan and a new ps(both which are top of the line, and I spared no expense on them), but I can't just go out and by the very very best ram without breaking the bank, I mean damn, I make $6 an hour...

So, I would like to know what the best ram for the money is, from someone that is running the a7v, so I can purchase it(and if that doesn't clear up all the crash probs I can use the ram on another system I am currently building). I would like name brand, pc133, 128 megs worth, with a lifetime guarentee.

Any suggestions?

 

[sleepdragon]

why don't you post your system's configurations here...

so far...i have no problem at all with my asua a7v.....
ASUS A7V
T-Bird 750 oc 1100 w/ FOP32-1 (also had a Duron 650 oc 900 before)
256mb Micron PC-133 SDRAM
Matrox G400 32mb DH
SB Live
3Com 3C905B
IBM 75gxp 30gb
Pioneer 10X IDE DVD-ROM
Antec KS282 w/ 300w Power (was using another Antec case w/ 250W before)

 

[Shaftatplanetquake]

I don't see what system configuration details are going to do, because I am just wondering what the best ram is for that motherboard, but here it is:

asus a7v picky pile 'o crap
800 mhz thunderbird
64 megs generic pc100(I had better ram.. but still generic... don't ask what happened to it...)
Geforce 2 mx (Asus V7100)
Win98 SE
300 watt generic power supply
16x pioneer dvd 115 (ide dvd drive)
Diamond monster sound mx300
Maxtech xpv56p (modem)
Netgear 10/100 lan card
generic heatsink/fan
wd 20.5 7200 rpm hd
yeah, and everything is updated with the newest drivers, painstakingly I might ad.. and then reinstalled again... more painstakingly...

 

[Shaftatplanetquake]

Whats FOP-32?

 

[Gandalf90125]

<< Whats FOP-32? >>



It's a GlobalWin heatsink; supposed to be pretty good.

You can get more information from these sites:

http://www.3dfxcool.com/
http://www.plycon.com/

Also, http://www.hardocp.com/ has a fairly recent review of several cooling solutions you can also take a look at.

 

[sleepdragon]

I think your problem is your sound card or vga card..
there are some reports about au8830 and kt133 can't co-exit..
and others report problem with their geforce and kt133..

i think your ram should be fine..
why don't you take out the sound card and run your system for a while
and see if you still has all the crashes..

oh..you might want to monitor the cpu temp...don't let it go over 55c..

 

[rmblam]

I am using the Kingston KVR VC133 128mb ram (see sig) and have been very pleased. Expect to pay $150 for quality RAM.

Other top notch RAM: Corsair, Micron, Mushkin but $$$

You might want to go Here for more tips on A7V tweaking and problem solving. Many of these guys over there are putting the sound card in slot 3 and nothing in slot 1 and 2 to ease IRQ issues. There are some good bios issues covered over there also.

 

[Kreff]

Not sure if this will help... Does your system lock up? Mine does.
Somebody sent this to me today. I'm going to try it tonight.


>Did you try setting &quot;System Performance Settings&quot; to Normal and
>&quot;Byte Merge&quot; to disabled in BIOS?

>Fixed the freezing problem for me and others.

Good luck

 

[Technonut]

I have installed MX300 sound cards in a couple of TYAN Trinity KT mobos with Durons, and have had no problem with them. I used the Vortex AU8830 drivers version 4.06.2048, not the ones on the install CD.

EDIT: I also put GeForce DDR's in them, no problems.

 

[Shaftatplanetquake]

Bah!

I bought a new heatsink/fan and the fan didn't turn. I assumed the fan was bad, but just to make sure today(i got the hs/fan in the mail about 3 days ago and already am in the process of RMA)I checked it in my other system. The fan turned real nice and fast... at which point I shouted obsenities that you make sailors think less of me and would have Howard Stern blushing... well it turns out the cpu fan pins and the 3 other places that could have powered up my cpu fan must be bad. And since they are all bad, and I have had nothing but problems in my system, I must assume that the motherboard is the cause for all my problems, Bottom Line. Well, the purchase date on the mb was 8-17 and the place only gives exchanges for 1 month after buying the item. Today being sunday, I have been unable to contact them.