On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:57:18 +0000, Anton Gysen
wrote:

This morning I recieved a 256mb module of Spectek DDR333 (non-ECC), and
as soon as I got into Windows, the machine would crash. Sometimes it
didn't even make it into Windows. I changed the speed of it from 333mhz
down to 250mhz and it's running fine at the moment (I haven't had a
chance to test it extensively in games or run MemTest86 on it, yet).

I will be sending it back to the place I got it, though! Apparently
Spectek memory is made by Micron (see
http://www.spectek.com/menus/about.asp) and it's the stuff which has
failed testing for Crucial memory so they pass it off as this Spectek ****.

Before I send it back, though, I'll make sure it's not the fact that I'm
running 2 different makes of DDR333 alongside it (TwinMOS and Samsung)
so I'll take the TwinMOS and Samsung modules out and try it at 333mhz
with just the Spectek (I hate the name already).

No, it did not "fail testing for crucial", it's not "****", it's
simply the lower grade memory, which can't run at the faster timings.
More often than not, when a motherboard won't run the lower grade
memory, it's a flaw with the motherboard, not the memory. Many boards
require higher-spec memory to run at lower spec settings to compensate
for that motherboard's design, especially when multiplie modules are
used.

You're running 3 modules... it was pretty likely you'd have problems
with most modules you try. Many boards required lowering memory bus
speed or relaxing the memory timings to run 3 modules. In other
words, it's "almost" always better to use the least number of modules
possible, though that's 2 if you're running a dual-channel board.