About a week ago, after a short wait, I finally received my new memory. 2GB of G.Skill HS (2.5-3-3-6 DDR400). Now I tried it in the PC it has to go in, no luck.
When I try it with the memory I already had (G.Skill GH 2x512MB, and yes I set the timings to those of the HS memory and turned down the voltage to the maximum for HS that still gives me warranty) and it doesn't boot period, the mobo just gives a beep.
If I just put in the new RAM sticks it boots, somewhat, it boots to where all the PCI devices and their respective IRQ's are listed, but just after that it freezes and reboots. If I put in just my old sticks, everything works again.
Now, you may think the new RAM is broken. Well, I tried them in my parent's old PC (U8788 Biostar mobo, so memory running at PC2100 with insanely high timings because the memory already in there couldn't keep up otherwise). And in that PC, they work like a charm.
So what am I doing wrong on my regular PC? Or is the memory just bad and can't it run at higher clocks? Or is it the memory controller on my CPU? Or am I putting the RAM in the wrong slots? (I put the new ones in the orange ones, old ones in yellow)
Specs of my regular PC:
DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D
Athlon 64 X2 4200+
1GB G.Skill GH
When I try it with the memory I already had (G.Skill GH 2x512MB, and yes I set the timings to those of the HS memory and turned down the voltage to the maximum for HS that still gives me warranty) and it doesn't boot period, the mobo just gives a beep.
If I just put in the new RAM sticks it boots, somewhat, it boots to where all the PCI devices and their respective IRQ's are listed, but just after that it freezes and reboots. If I put in just my old sticks, everything works again.
Now, you may think the new RAM is broken. Well, I tried them in my parent's old PC (U8788 Biostar mobo, so memory running at PC2100 with insanely high timings because the memory already in there couldn't keep up otherwise). And in that PC, they work like a charm.
So what am I doing wrong on my regular PC? Or is the memory just bad and can't it run at higher clocks? Or is it the memory controller on my CPU? Or am I putting the RAM in the wrong slots? (I put the new ones in the orange ones, old ones in yellow)
Specs of my regular PC:
DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D
Athlon 64 X2 4200+
1GB G.Skill GH
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