File CRC error after a certain amount of time

[zhoutian]

Hi, I have this really odd error with the CRC numbers of all my files and transfer corruptions.

When I first start up my computer, all my files on my hard drives are fine and all file transfers are fine. But after a certain amount of time (this time seems to vary), all my files suddenly don't have the same CRC values anymore, and all file transfers become corrupted. Once I restart my computer, all the CRC values will check out fine again, until the process repeats itself after a period of time.

Now I'm almost certain that this problem is due to the new stick of RAM I put in my computer, seeing how I never had this problem previously, and don't have this problem once I remove the RAM in question. My question is, can anyone explain why this problem is happening, and if there is anything I can do to fix it? I'm very curious as to whether this is actually a problem with my RAM or some other components have a conflict with the RAM.

Here are some hardware specs that might be helpful to you guys, just post if you need more information:

Motherboard: Asus A7N8X Deluxe
RAM1 (working): 256MB Mushkin PC2700 (DDR333) RAM
RAM2 (faulty): 256 MB Samsung PC2700 (DDR333) RAM
CPU: Athlon XP 2000+ (running at 1.24ghz due to problems when running at factory clcok speed)
Hard Drives: 1 Maxtor 15GB HD, 1 Maxtor 120GB HD, 2 Western Digital 120GB HD, 1 Seagate 200GB HD

Thanks for the help guys

 

[Ghouler]

CRC errors mean there is error in data transmission. This does not have to be bad memory stick, it could be bus or port. Did you try using this bad stick instead of a good one in its port?

 

[zhoutian]

Yea, once I take out the 2nd Samsung RAM and run the system with just my original Mushkin RAM, this error doesn't occur.

And again, these CRC errors only occur once the system has been running for some time, and not when it first starts up.