Need help from someone with XMS3200 Please!!!

Armageddon415

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I recently bought a stick of what was suppose to be xms3200. But when I use Aida to check the SPD on it, it tells me that its XMS2700. Now before anyone flames me about the JEDEC standard for 3200 ram, I'm talking about the actual model number for the ram. Aida is reporting the model # for XMS2700, not XMS3200. Heres what I'm talking about Pic

If someone with XMS3200 could take a screenshot or tell me what they get with AIda I'd be extremely grateful.
 

Wolfsraider

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mine is bought from newegg and i still have the invoice. his?

forget it my stick is xms3000 my bad sorry
 

chizow

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Both sticks of my 1024 TwinX PC3200LL show up as Corsair CMX512-3200LL....

Are you guys using C2 or LL?

Chiz
 

Armageddon415

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I'm pretty sure mine is c2.

Thing is that my stick will run at 400mhz, but at cl2.5. XMS3200 is suppose to be rated at 400mhz @cl2.

Wolfsraider: Will your stick run at 400mhz @cl2 with default mem voltages?
 

Wolfsraider

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374 is my max stable at default

if i up the voltage i still get errors
and i can get to 3230
but as i said i get errors every once in a while at that .
i have to raise voltage .20 i believe

platinum heatspreader

did you get yours from newegg?
 

chizow

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It just might be luck or unluck of the draw. When booting up with SPD settings on your boards, what settings come up? I've never used Aida before 5 minutes ago, but it looks like it actually checks the SPD and then checks it against its reference files. If your SPD is set to PC3200 speeds by default in the BIOS, but Aida is reporting something else, it makes me think its just referencing a product string. Kinda confirms the rumors that Corsair used to hand pick certain batches of memory/dimms and then sell them at the next higher speed bin. The reason why I was wondering whether it was C2 or LL is b/c C2 was kind of an inbetween speed bump; older C2 modules might have been hand-picked PC2700 6ns chips vs. true PC3200 5ns chips.

Chiz
 

Wolfsraider

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true but mine is showing up as xms 3000 not 3200

i paid 185 for a 512 stick back around september

looks like i'll be upgrading this ram shortly then

 

Wolfsraider

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Originally posted by: chizow
It just might be luck or unluck of the draw. When booting up with SPD settings on your boards, what settings come up? I've never used Aida before 5 minutes ago, but it looks like it actually checks the SPD and then checks it against its reference files. If your SPD is set to PC3200 speeds by default in the BIOS, but Aida is reporting something else, it makes me think its just referencing a product string. Kinda confirms the rumors that Corsair used to hand pick certain batches of memory/dimms and then sell them at the next higher speed bin. The reason why I was wondering whether it was C2 or LL is b/c C2 was kind of an inbetween speed bump; older C2 modules might have been hand-picked PC2700 6ns chips vs. true PC3200 5ns chips.

Chiz

i'd agree

especially with seeing the xms 3000 and me buying mine back in september of last year

i always thought it was funny it wouldn't run at 400 or better

i was looking to do an upgrade to my daughters pc a willie 1.5 and rdram but wanted to go ddr

so i may invest in an rdram board here or go pc 3500 and see if i can push this 2.8 higher and demote the ram to their rig
but its nice to know that i may have been right all along on the bottle neck being the ram

mike
 

chizow

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Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
true but mine is showing up as xms 3000 not 3200

i paid 185 for a 512 stick back around september

looks like i'll be upgrading this ram shortly then

Yah PC3000 was the increment before PC3200. Its still binned 6ns. Just checked that white paper and it confirms its 6ns chips on their PC3200C2. I also read on a product description page that its only guaranteed its rated timings @ DDR400 with 1 stick. Before you buy more RAM, maybe you can try for an RMA. Try getting RamGuy's attention in the HoH Forums. He's official Corsair Tech Support and I've seen lotsa posts where he offer RMAs to those who can't get their sticks to run their rated speeds. You might get lucky and get an upgraded true 5ns stick.

Chiz
 

Wolfsraider

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Originally posted by: chizow
Originally posted by: Wolfsraider
true but mine is showing up as xms 3000 not 3200

i paid 185 for a 512 stick back around september

looks like i'll be upgrading this ram shortly then

Yah PC3000 was the increment before PC3200. Its still binned 6ns. Just checked that white paper and it confirms its 6ns chips on their PC3200C2. I also read on a product description page that its only guaranteed its rated timings @ DDR400 with 1 stick. Before you buy more RAM, maybe you can try for an RMA. Try getting RamGuy's attention in the HoH Forums. He's official Corsair Tech Support and I've seen lotsa posts where he offer RMAs to those who can't get their sticks to run their rated speeds. You might get lucky and get an upgraded true 5ns stick.

Chiz


thanks for that info

mine lists only
manual
by speed
and turbo
i have it set at 2 5 2 2
and .20 volts added
running fsb @150(i changed this just now as it is what i usually run at and i still get errors once in a while
by speed shows 2 6 3 3


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lol my bad never mind