Gigabyte 8SG667 unstable with 2 sticks of pc3200...

[Elvis2]

running @ 400 mhz? I recently sold my one 512mg stick of Corsair XMS3200C2 which ran @ 402 mhz stable and solid as a rock at cas2 in order to get two 256mg sticks of the same ram (plan on moving over to Granite Bay and needed two identical sticks of ram and couldn't afford another 512 stick ). Problem is, it's unstable @400mhz resulting in random BSOD's and reboots in XP Pro. I back it down to 356mhz and no problems. I'm not real concerned since I'm moving to GB and the performance hit is negligible. Just wondered if anyone else has encountered this.

 

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Originally posted by: Elvis2
running @ 400 mhz? I recently sold my one 512mg stick of Corsair XMS3200C2 which ran @ 402 mhz stable and solid as a rock at cas2 in order to get two 256mg sticks of the same ram (plan on moving over to Granite Bay and needed two identical sticks of ram and couldn't afford another 512 stick ). Problem is, it's unstable @400mhz resulting in random BSOD's and reboots in XP Pro. I back it down to 356mhz and no problems. I'm not real concerned since I'm moving to GB and the performance hit is negligible. Just wondered if anyone else has encountered this.

EDIT: Opps, nevermind.

You should be able to run three sticks at 400MHz. Back off on your timings and see what happens. Then trying backing off on any other aggressive performance settings in the BIOS.

 

[Jonsio]

How did you manage to set CAS2 for your Corsair 512MB PC3200 on this board? I bought a 512MB Corsair PC3500C2 (can't find PC3200C2 Corsair), and set the timings to 2-5-2-2 from the Auto-6-3-3, but wasn't able to boot and had to reset the CMOS to go back to the Auto setting.
My BIOS is F4.

 

[Elvis2]

How did you manage to set CAS2 for your Corsair 512MB PC3200 on this board

Ah...who knows. Luck of the draw I guess. That boards outta here anyway
Sorrry.