Soltek QBIC EQ3801 very unstable, posts memory failures with Crucial Ballistix DDR400!

[The Internal]

I have had one head ache after another with my new computer, so I was trying to think of anything I could do to get it stable. Oddly enough, my high performance Crucial Ballisitx RAM doesn't want to run at DDR400 on my Soltek QBIC EQ3801, a SFF recommended by anandtech (the system fails the MS RAM diagnostic tests when I leave the RAM settings on AUTO and Windows XP crashes like mad. I underclocked my RAM, and suddenly my system hasn't crashed and it passed the RAM test... wtf?!?!) Sadly, my system will not run stable unless I underclock my RAM to DDR333. Has anyone else encountered this problem? This is, admittedly, also on the same system that has had the physical MAC address change 6 or so times between two different numbers, hangs at least every other time when trying to detect my SATA channels, and doesn't want to boot from a SATA Maxtor Maxline III 300 GB. Am I overlooking something in the BIOS or what? Why can't I stably run my system at the specs it was designed for? Should I just RMA the proc and the barebone system? I'm running the latest BIOS revision, and have all the current drivers. Windows XP Pro, service pack 2.

 

[daveybrat]

Come on now man, this is the "3RD" thread you've opened on this same issue. Mods need to Lock this!
Please stick to your original thread. It only clutters up everything for the rest of us.

Thanks

 

[The Internal]

um, no, this is is a new issue, so new thread. (the last one was about bad RAM, as mentioned in the title, and this one is written after I determined that bad RAM was not the problem). I got my system to work, albeit by underclocking. Now I'm trying to figure out if there is a compatibilty issue. If I made a new thread bitching about my computer crashing, then yeah, your claim would be valid. Anyways, if you're going to waste time whining about someone posting a new thread instead of actually trying to be helpful... not cool.
However, the idea of getting the moderator's attention would be nice. I wonder if they could verify any known incompatibilities between the soltek and crucial and/or any BIOS tweaks I may be overlooking.

 

[CrucialLabs]

So, whats the processor?? Check the voltage and timings in the BIOS. VDIMM 2.8v, CL-2, 2,2,6 make sure these thimings are right in the BIOS and make sure the VDIMM is set right. Take off SP2 and run your system to see if that works.

Let me know what happens...

 

[The Internal]

IT apparantly was a PSU issue... I RMAd the barebones system since Soltek lied to me about the system being able to handle what I put in it. The RAM worked fine in a socket A mobo at default voltage.