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    Unhappy New RAM system crashing !

    Hello,

    As some of you may know i have just installed 1Gb of RAM to my brothers PC.

    The RAM is 512MB DDR400 PC3200 RAM (major brand) got 2x sticks of it.

    Running in a Abit BD7-RAID mobo with a P4 1.8A CPU.

    System is crashing all the time, just complety freezing

    I just set the timings to the lowest, 2.5, 7, 3, 3 and its still crashing. Was set to SPD before and was still crashing.

    Can you people suggest anything else to try ?

    Should i try giving it some more voltage, its at 2.5v at the moment.

    Also i should add i have not overclocked anything yet !

    Cheers
    Last edited by Ben_UK; 12-05-2004 at 07:30 PM.

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    What brand is the RAM? (or major, as in a the name is "Major Brand"....)
    Have you tried each stick individually?
    Run www.memtest86.com to test the sticks.

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    Could try using a memory testing program such as Memtest to make sure it is the RAM.

    What chipset is the motherboard? Certain motherboards don't like certain brands of RAM. What brand is it?
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    also try the RAM in diff slots. some mobos dont like some RAM in certain slots n stuff.
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    Running that www.memtest86.com program now in DOS

    Running it on 1 stick of 512Mb, how long should it take been going for 30 minutes now.

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    Question

    Right found something out

    If i run the system with just 1 stick of RAM it works fine.

    Can be either stick, as long as its running by itself.

    As soon as i run the system with both 512Mb sticks system crashs after a few minutes

    Any ideas ?

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    Have you moved each of the sticks in other slots...so 1+2, then 1+3, then 1+4 (if you have that many) then 2+4, 2+3?
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    Only got 2 slots for RAM on mobo.

    So when both sticks are in no more slots to play around with.

    Gonna call the people i brought it from later today.

    Cheers

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