Basic Info
CPU: Athlon XP 2800+ Barton core @ 333 Mhz (2.08Ghz clock)
Board: Albatron KX600 Pro w/ latest BIOS
Problem
I recently tried upgrading the memory in this old box from 1 stick of 512MB to two 1GB sticks. All are PC3200 that POST at 400mhz. The system POSTS fine recognizing 2GB at 400mhz. The problem is that XP becomes horribly unstable. It reboots randomly, sometimes after being up for hours, sometimes just after XP loads. Often the program ctsysvol.exe would crash (this is is program that controls the Audiagy 2 sound card).
I removed one of the DIMMs leaving 1GB in the system and it seems to work fine (though I did get one random reboot over about four days). I ran Windows Memory Diagnostics on each stick individually and no errors were found. I've also tried individual sticks in different DIMM slots and they all seem to work fine. I've watched the heat on the board and the CPU and that does not seem to be a problem.
It seems that for some reason two sticks refuse to run at the same time. I'm wondering if this could be caused by incorrect memory timing or voltage settings. What I have now is what the board BIOS puts in by default. I'm really not sure what such things should be. I tried looking on the memory manufacturer's site (Hynix), but couldn't find anything useful.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
CPU: Athlon XP 2800+ Barton core @ 333 Mhz (2.08Ghz clock)
Board: Albatron KX600 Pro w/ latest BIOS
Problem
I recently tried upgrading the memory in this old box from 1 stick of 512MB to two 1GB sticks. All are PC3200 that POST at 400mhz. The system POSTS fine recognizing 2GB at 400mhz. The problem is that XP becomes horribly unstable. It reboots randomly, sometimes after being up for hours, sometimes just after XP loads. Often the program ctsysvol.exe would crash (this is is program that controls the Audiagy 2 sound card).
I removed one of the DIMMs leaving 1GB in the system and it seems to work fine (though I did get one random reboot over about four days). I ran Windows Memory Diagnostics on each stick individually and no errors were found. I've also tried individual sticks in different DIMM slots and they all seem to work fine. I've watched the heat on the board and the CPU and that does not seem to be a problem.
It seems that for some reason two sticks refuse to run at the same time. I'm wondering if this could be caused by incorrect memory timing or voltage settings. What I have now is what the board BIOS puts in by default. I'm really not sure what such things should be. I tried looking on the memory manufacturer's site (Hynix), but couldn't find anything useful.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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