- May 19, 2003
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I bought this RAM from Newegg and have had nothing but problems with it on my K8NS Ultra 939.
Here is what I can do:
I can run Prime + memtest 9 hours simultaneously stable (on my 3000+ winny) with BIOS set to 133 (160MHz effective speed) @ 2-3-3-6 which are stock settings. The bus was set at 250x9 perfectly stable. I can raise the bus further while maintaining stability, but I really don't care for the extra speed.
Here is what I can't do:
I cannot run the CPU default using BIOS default settings for the CPU at any setting whatsoever with the RAM, including 3-4-4-8. To translate, the CPU default speed/bus is unstable. I get blue screens/registry hive errors, etc.
Any attempt at running this RAM at 200MHz results in Prime failing within 1 minute and memtest finding errors even before starting. I can return stability by setting the RAM to 193MHz (and underclocking my CPU) using bios settings. At 193MHz it is only Prime95 stable for 1 hour max, and memtest will fail within 20 minutes.
What do you guys think? A friend of mine also ordered this RAM from Newegg, and while his IS stable at default speeds, it cannot post over 218MHz at 1:1. I just want 200MHz stable operation. Anything more is just headroom to me.
Am I wrong in assuming that this is a RAM problem? I am kind of bummed because I am at week 6 of RMA'ing motherboards and now RAM. Looks like I am going to await another 3 weeks.
Here is what I can do:
I can run Prime + memtest 9 hours simultaneously stable (on my 3000+ winny) with BIOS set to 133 (160MHz effective speed) @ 2-3-3-6 which are stock settings. The bus was set at 250x9 perfectly stable. I can raise the bus further while maintaining stability, but I really don't care for the extra speed.
Here is what I can't do:
I cannot run the CPU default using BIOS default settings for the CPU at any setting whatsoever with the RAM, including 3-4-4-8. To translate, the CPU default speed/bus is unstable. I get blue screens/registry hive errors, etc.
Any attempt at running this RAM at 200MHz results in Prime failing within 1 minute and memtest finding errors even before starting. I can return stability by setting the RAM to 193MHz (and underclocking my CPU) using bios settings. At 193MHz it is only Prime95 stable for 1 hour max, and memtest will fail within 20 minutes.
What do you guys think? A friend of mine also ordered this RAM from Newegg, and while his IS stable at default speeds, it cannot post over 218MHz at 1:1. I just want 200MHz stable operation. Anything more is just headroom to me.
Am I wrong in assuming that this is a RAM problem? I am kind of bummed because I am at week 6 of RMA'ing motherboards and now RAM. Looks like I am going to await another 3 weeks.
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