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03-10-2007, 04:02 PM
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Help workin' out the kinks.
My new build, see sig, runs GREAT. I never anticipated such a drastic improvment over my 939 system. There are however some issues that I haven't been able to work out. The problem is that the system appears to be a bit unstable. Almost as if it were an overclock that just wasn't quite there yet, but I haven't overclocked yet. It'll run great most of the time but every now and then I get a strange program crash or programs even refusing to launch. I've gotten a few "UNABLE TO READ/WRITE TO MEMORY" errors too.
When I was shopping around for components I had noticed a rather large number of people warning about RAM issues with my motherboard. Most of the issues seem to have been worked out through BIOS updates, of which I have the latest version, and I made sure to purchase ram that was on the compatability list. I am in uncharted waters here as this is my first time building an INTEL based PC and using DDR2 ram. So I'm a little lost as to what I should try and "fix". Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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03-10-2007, 04:31 PM
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What exact ram model? Your sig says OCZ XMS2..no such thing though. You mean corsair?
If you haven't already, run memtest.
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03-10-2007, 04:36 PM
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DOH!!!
Corsair Indeed! I'll fix that now. Here is a complete list of the new components: Intel® Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe Processor 2.4GHz, 1066FSB, LGA775, 4MB Cache Retail ***Free Shipping*** Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme Performance Memory Retail ***Free Shipping*** Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 P965 Express Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Duo 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free Shipping*** OCZ OCZ600GXSSLI GameXStream 600W Power Supply Retail ***Free Shipping*** EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express Video Card w/Dual-DVI, HDTV-Out Retail ***Free Shipping*** |
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03-10-2007, 08:42 PM
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We'll I would first start out with running a couple rounds of memtest.
And is your ram the CAS4 or CAS5 version? |
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03-10-2007, 11:40 PM
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it is the CAS5
I would REALLY hope that it isn't a ram issue since I had to RMA the first set I got. I'll post back with results. |
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03-11-2007, 12:27 PM
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Memtest ran for about 6 hours with no errors.
Is it possible that maybe I have a corrupt windows installation that is causing the issues? I ask because I installed windows with the first set of ram that I received which I had to RMA cause one stick was clearly bad. |
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03-11-2007, 05:46 PM
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That's very possible. Try a repair reinstall.
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03-11-2007, 06:12 PM
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RGR.
I'll just wipe it and start fresh. Luckily I haven't installed many apps since the install of the OS. |
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