I ordered 2 512 PC2700 sticks from newegg last week, then found out that sometimes Nforce boards have a bit of a problem with that certain stick from crucial. It appears that I am having said problems, and was wondering if anyone knew if, to remedy the problem I have to RMA, or wait for a bios revision or something similar to fix the issue. Thanks 🙂
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Nforce 2 boards and Crucial RAM question
- Thread starter nwhale
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might wanna get the Low latency ram modules, i ordered some Kingston HYPERX (low latency) ram. They cost a bit more but wont have problems. Thats why i went with the kingston hyperX PC2700 512, 74$ shipped at googlegear.com
i receive it on tuesday if u want gimme a pm later next week ill let u know how it works
i receive it on tuesday if u want gimme a pm later next week ill let u know how it works
I have been told by kingston tech support, who are currently sending me replacement sticks of memory. That the nforce2 chipset and certain brands of memory (infineon for example) have stability problems. I have read on several newsgroups that this affects crucial memory sticks of the 512 333 flavor as well.
Some mobo makers have introduced BIOS updates to remedy this problem. (ASUS for example)
The problems I ran into are lockups, reboots, BSOD. Failure to post. Problem goes away when a diff brand of memory is used.
Good luck.
Some mobo makers have introduced BIOS updates to remedy this problem. (ASUS for example)
The problems I ran into are lockups, reboots, BSOD. Failure to post. Problem goes away when a diff brand of memory is used.
Good luck.
Search the threads here and over at the Ars forum.... The people on AMDBoards have probably also commented on the issue but I don't use them so I couldn't say for sure.
Basically though, Crucial isn't going to post the problem for everyone to see as it would not only hurt business terribly but the issue is only w/ certain board chipsets and the PC2700 sticks. They also most likely aren't entirely sure what the problem really is. They've been in the memory game for a while and to experience an issue like this has got ot be pretty new for them.
Basically though, Crucial isn't going to post the problem for everyone to see as it would not only hurt business terribly but the issue is only w/ certain board chipsets and the PC2700 sticks. They also most likely aren't entirely sure what the problem really is. They've been in the memory game for a while and to experience an issue like this has got ot be pretty new for them.
sprockkets
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Memory issues seems to be 10x worse if you use the IGP, otherwise, with Crucial or Kingston Value ram in my Shuttle XPC SN41G2 ran fine WITH a video card, albeit 256 sticks, 333 or 266 or not.
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Lifer
This certainly isn't an nForce2 chipset issue. It could be an SPD timing issue or, more likely, Crucial received a bad batch of chips that they then slapped onto a bunch of their PCBs.
In this case, end users are experiencing very poor results with nForce2 boards (for whatever reason) with Crucial's 512MB PC2700 modules, the modules with those bad batch of chips.
Until Crucial gives us a reason to believe otherwise, you probably are going to want to hold off purchasing Crucial 512MB PC2700 memory for another few weeks.
In this case, end users are experiencing very poor results with nForce2 boards (for whatever reason) with Crucial's 512MB PC2700 modules, the modules with those bad batch of chips.
Until Crucial gives us a reason to believe otherwise, you probably are going to want to hold off purchasing Crucial 512MB PC2700 memory for another few weeks.
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Lifer
Has Kingston admitted that their 512MB PC2700 ValueRAM modules are exhibiting real problems with nForce2 motherboards? Crucial has released a statement saying as much, I would expect Kingston to do so too if it's true. Who's having issues with 512MB PC2700 ValueRAM anyway, I haven't heard anything?
Either way though, Crucial and Kingston could have both received the same bad batch of chips. This has happened to other manufacturers before, where more than one manufacturer gets the same bad batch of chips.
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Lifer
If Kingston tech support (or whoever at Kingston) has declared an issue with 512MB PC2700 ValueRAM and certain nForce2 boards, then that's a statement. It's quite clear that Kingston and Crucial have received the same bad batch of chips (do Kingston and Crucial order Winbond chips, I'm not sure who they order from).
This has happened before as I just said. As an example, Samsung once sent a bad batch of RDRAM chips to OCZ and Kingston, which unfortunately made it into the channel, just like the current Crucial/Kingston modules did. It's not a coincidence that people having issues with nForce2 boards are having them with PC2700 modules from Kingston AND Crucial. It's very likely the same bad batch of chips.
Unfortunately things like this occasionally happen. But then again you aren't exactly short of other choices; you can always look to Corsair, Samsung, Mushkin, Kingston (HyperX series), OCZ, etc. etc. for good low latency PC2700 (and higher) memory modules.
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