Is it normal to have to increase Vdimm to gain stability with all 3 dimms populated?

[dannybin1742]

i was running my agoia Y at 166fsb with 1 stick of samsung genuine pc2700 @ 2.6volts

i've just added 2 more 256mb sticks so now i have 768mb of ram. the new sticks are corsair xms C2 pc3200

to get stability in windows i had to up the vcore to 2.7 (2.73 in mbm)

are systems supposed to be less stable with all three dimm slots populated?

it should also be noted that i am using an epox 8k3a board

is it alright to run the ram at 2.7V?

RAM IS BEING RUN AT 166MHZ

 

[THUGSROOK]

Is it normal to have to increase Vdimm to gain stability with all 3 dimms populated?

yes

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

and 2.7v is ok

 

[Duvie]

Yes this is common...Also 2.8v on some boards (Epox) may be exceptable since the default is 2.6v and not 2.5v like on most....

 

[dannybin1742]

i still keep getting occational blue screens, its only when i play games thought- mainly ut2k3

should i raise the vdimm to 2.8?


here is another question

right now i have samsung genuine pc2700CTL in dimm slot 1 and the corsair XMS c2 pc3200 in 2 and 3, would this max of ram contribute to the random instability?

right now i'm running 2.5-2-6-2-2T

does the samsung ram not like the corsair?

 

[THUGSROOK]

try just using the XMS sticks ~ do not use slots 2 & 3 at the same time.

get back to us

 

[KingofFah]

Take out the samsung. Then drop the CAS to 2. I doubt you would have any problems with blue screens (your ram is rated at 200Mhz, 166 should be a push over).