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memory failure on my MSI mobo

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wanderica

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I just built my first rig. Thanks to Mechbgon's guide, things went together smoothly, the comp posted and passed the memory test. I am not overclocked, so I left everything at stock voltages and timings. Now when I boot up, it fails the memory test. I am lost. It registers both 1Gig sticks, but it shows the timmings at 2,3,5,2 : 2T.

I have:
MSI Neo4 platinum SLi
2Gb OCZ platinum EL
4400+ X2

I downloaded and ran Microsoft's Windows Memory Diagnostic and it failed every single test in 2 passes. Please help me. Is this a simple n00b mistake? Did I get bad memory? Or is this a mobo issue?

BTW I am on bios version 3.7 ( I think)
 
I really need some input on this. I'm starting to think it is a compatibility issue with the mobo. The system boots and appears to run fine, but it fails every memory test known to man. I really don't know what to make of this.
 
ok, I think this is what was reported.

ECC - off (don't even know what this does)
Test - Std.
Pass - 0
Errors - 3072
ECC Errors - 0

200 MHz (DDR 401) / CAS = 2-3-2-5 / DC (128 bits)


I didn't see any specific errors, but I really didn't know what to look for either. Thanks for the help BTW. I really am clueless on this.
 
i cant be sure, but those timings seem pretty aggressive for 1 gb sticks....maybe slack up a bit on the timings and see if that helps.
 
Originally posted by: bchivers
What voltage are you running on the memory,I know with my Muskin I had to increase it to get it stable?
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Right now, I just have it on auto(1.6, I think, but the most I've bumped it up to manually was 1.7
 
Originally posted by: ColossusX
i cant be sure, but those timings seem pretty aggressive for 1 gb sticks....maybe slack up a bit on the timings and see if that helps.
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yeah, I thought so too, but that is what the sticks are advertised as being timed at(the timings listed on the sticker). Any recommendations on what timiings to try?
 
I'm feeling kinda stupid here. Thanks for the help, but it appears that 1 of my mem sticks was bad.

Do you guys know if it causes problems using 2 different kinds of RAM for dual channel?
 
Originally posted by: wanderica
Originally posted by: bchivers
What voltage are you running on the memory,I know with my Muskin I had to increase it to get it stable?
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Right now, I just have it on auto(1.6, I think, but the most I've bumped it up to manually was 1.7
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Thats your Vcore.

Make sure your memory voltage is atleast 2.7v
 
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