Asus A8V with Crucial Ballistix DDR400 Dual Channel

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Asus A8V Deluxe rev. 2 with lasted 1008 bios
A64 939 3500+ w/ zalman cnps7000 fan
2-512mb Crucial Ballistix DDR400
Antec 480w PSU
Geforce 6800GT
120gb WD 7200rpm IDE HDD

The problem i am having is when i run this ram in dual channel mode i get random freezes in windows with no mouse movement, no hdd activity and sometimes i get BSODs and also get freezing in memtest86. when i run just one DIMM the computer is perfectly stable, i can run games fine, burn cd's etc etc. and also both sticks pass all test in memtest86 when checked seperately. I have tried using the recommened timings of 2-2-2-8 and 2.8v and also 2.7v and also tried the auto timings

Does anyone else out there have the same ram/motherboard/cpu? Could you list your memory timings in bios? Did you expierence anything like this with windows? Any other ideas on what could cause this?

Thanks for the help

 

[flawlssdistortn]

Hmm, is Crucial Ballistix on the compatibility list for your motherboard? I'd have to say that is weird cause my board seems to have 3 times the amount of dual channel memory issues than the A8V, but Crucial Ballistix is one of the few modules that is guarranteed to work with the K8NSNXP-939.

 

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No, it is not on the recommended list for this mobo, but ive read alot of post here and on other forums of people running the same ram/motherboard with no problems, that why i was trying to find someone who could post their settings.

 

[Squally Leonharty]

Try relaxing the RAM timings to something like 2-3-2-8, as recommended by Crucial.

I'm running my Crucial Ballistix DDR400 (PC3200) at 2-2-2-8 just fine on my A8V Deluxe motherboard, revision 2.

I think it's most likely your RAM that's dodgy. RMA and get new Ballistix modules. I think that's the case, because you said memtest86 also freezed. That's very very very unlikely to happen with good RAM modules.

Edit: And it IS on the recommended list by Crucial. Link