Hey guys - heres the problem, any advice would be great!
I have Abit KX7-333R mobo with 1 x 512mb DDR333 vdata RAM (I'll call this STICK1) . I haven't OC'ed it - it was all running sweet - until I added a second vdata 512mb stick (this one DDR400)(I'll call this STICK2.
The machine booted into XP, but Farcry crashed with "Critical Exception" as soon as I ran it (which had been working without issue).
Rebooted and this time it loaded the game, but crashed with similar Critical Exception after 5 minutes of playing.
Used Memtest 86 bootable cd and it found about 8 errors (during test5). (With STICK1 + STICK2 in Slot1&2)
I then removed the STICK2 and tried Memtesting only STICK1. Passed all tests.
Then I removed STICK1 and put in STICK2 only - Passed Memtests.
I've since tried every combination of CMOS ram settings and STICKs in different Slots etc.... still reporting errors in Memtest86 under every combination of the two sticks i try... when i change combinations of CMOS settings and retry memtest, the number of errors found changes also.
I haven't flashed the latest BIOS just yet. That was going to be my next plan of attack.
Ok well I finally found a combination of the two sticks which passed all Memtests... DDR400 in Slot1 and DDR333 in Slot2.
HOWEVER, after booting into XP programs soon started crashing and when i started loading Farcry it rebooted the machine! The machine runs perfectly on either of the two sticks - just not both!
This is very frustrating.
Anyone had experiance similar to this? Or know of issues when using two different DDR-rated sticks? I had heard that mobo would simply limit the 400 down to my mobos max - which is 333.
Seems strange that those heavy duty Memtests would finally pass, and yet programs under XP would freak out after only a couple of minutes of running.
Sorry for the long post, but I'd really appreciate any help with this problem!
Thanks.
I have Abit KX7-333R mobo with 1 x 512mb DDR333 vdata RAM (I'll call this STICK1) . I haven't OC'ed it - it was all running sweet - until I added a second vdata 512mb stick (this one DDR400)(I'll call this STICK2.
The machine booted into XP, but Farcry crashed with "Critical Exception" as soon as I ran it (which had been working without issue).
Rebooted and this time it loaded the game, but crashed with similar Critical Exception after 5 minutes of playing.
Used Memtest 86 bootable cd and it found about 8 errors (during test5). (With STICK1 + STICK2 in Slot1&2)
I then removed the STICK2 and tried Memtesting only STICK1. Passed all tests.
Then I removed STICK1 and put in STICK2 only - Passed Memtests.
I've since tried every combination of CMOS ram settings and STICKs in different Slots etc.... still reporting errors in Memtest86 under every combination of the two sticks i try... when i change combinations of CMOS settings and retry memtest, the number of errors found changes also.
I haven't flashed the latest BIOS just yet. That was going to be my next plan of attack.
Ok well I finally found a combination of the two sticks which passed all Memtests... DDR400 in Slot1 and DDR333 in Slot2.
HOWEVER, after booting into XP programs soon started crashing and when i started loading Farcry it rebooted the machine! The machine runs perfectly on either of the two sticks - just not both!
This is very frustrating.
Anyone had experiance similar to this? Or know of issues when using two different DDR-rated sticks? I had heard that mobo would simply limit the 400 down to my mobos max - which is 333.
Seems strange that those heavy duty Memtests would finally pass, and yet programs under XP would freak out after only a couple of minutes of running.
Sorry for the long post, but I'd really appreciate any help with this problem!
Thanks.
