not sure if this is the right forum - semi mobo related

[robphelan]

system:
MSI K9N Platinum (non-sli) mobo
AMD X2 3800+ dual core
2 x 1GB OCZ DDR2 PC5400 in slots 1 & 3
Nvidia 7900 GT KO vid card

Long Story: a few months ago. my PC contracted some nasty viruses. After a lot of frustration, I wound up formatting & re-installing WinXP. Everything was working great up until that point - BF2142 & Oblivion ran like a champ at high settings.

Post reinstall, however, I can't get 2142 to run for more than 10-15 mins. I even bought StarWars Battlefront II and that will randomly crash to desktop.

I d/l Prime95 & Orthos Prime - both give me RAM errors within 30 seconds - something about a number < .04 was expected(error at home). I ran the CPU test and it was fine. I double checked and RAM is seated properly. heat isn't an issue.

I remember when I first built this system, I had to manaully change my memory speed settings in BIOS to get Oblivion to play at all. And, I think that may be the culprit here.

Can someone refresh my memory as to what settings I should have for my RAM?

thanks,
robert.

cliffs:
For DDR2 PC5400, what settings should I have in my BIOS for my MSI K9N platinum mobo?

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Check OCZ's website or give them a call. Use Memtest86 to check RAMs.

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: SerpentRoyal
Check OCZ's website or give them a call. Use Memtest86 to check RAMs.

I forgot to mention that Memtest was successful after about 12 hours - I think it was 23 passes complete.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Run S&M's MEMTEST. Also lower FSB by 5MHz and retest.

 

[JustaGeek]

As someone has mentioned, check the OCZ Website first.

Then run CPU-Z to read the SPD chip in the memory modules - it will give you your basic sub-timings' value.

For more complete SPD reading, use Everest 4.0 from Lavalys.

Good luck!