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Memory controller test
New system set up consists of:
MSI Neo2 Platinum v 7025(s939) (Bios 1.36) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2x512MB Corsair XML Pro RAM (2.5-3-3-8) BFG 6800 Ultra OC 2x160GB Maxtor IDE HDD (Raid 0) Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI controller LiteOn 811S DVD RW+/- LiteOn 163D DVD R My system remains unstable after changing/testing/upgrading almost every part on this new system. At certain times, seemingly memory intensive apps, predominately during games, my system crashes hard. In order to make it somewhat stable I've lowered my memory speeds (see above specs). The RAM is supposed to run at 2-2-2-5. Additionally, if I try to OC the CPU, using MSI's BIOS tool, the system crashes all the time. Therefore, I'm not able to push memory or CPU at all. I've swapped out the motherboard and that has not helped. I've swapped out the video card and that helped immensely (old card was Bloody Monster GeForce 5200FX). However, it still crashes with new card on occasion without pushing it's limits, and regularly if you do try to push limits. Additionally, I've tested each stick of RAM using memtest (together & independently). With the old video card it came back with memory errors regularly. Now I don't get the memory errors with memtest. I've also tested the memory on another system and it comes back without error. I've talked to tech support at MSI (replaced motherboard) and Corsair (pointed toward video card), both have helped me get the system stable to this point, but they aren't able to do any more. They are now pointing me to look at the CPU and to work with AMD next; thinking it could be a memory controller problem. Are there any tools available to test the stability of the memory controller in the CPU? Are there any other recommendations that any of you could recommend to further determine the root cause of problems. Thank you in advance. Dan |
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get the 1.37 or 1.41B beta bios
I got the 1.41 beta bios by googling it. I was not able to oc at all until I got the 1.41 beta bios. "Dan N" wrote in message news:8zpqd.9446$%C6.8126@trnddc02... New system set up consists of: MSI Neo2 Platinum v 7025(s939) (Bios 1.36) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2x512MB Corsair XML Pro RAM (2.5-3-3-8) BFG 6800 Ultra OC 2x160GB Maxtor IDE HDD (Raid 0) Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI controller LiteOn 811S DVD RW+/- LiteOn 163D DVD R My system remains unstable after changing/testing/upgrading almost every part on this new system. At certain times, seemingly memory intensive apps, predominately during games, my system crashes hard. In order to make it somewhat stable I've lowered my memory speeds (see above specs). The RAM is supposed to run at 2-2-2-5. Additionally, if I try to OC the CPU, using MSI's BIOS tool, the system crashes all the time. Therefore, I'm not able to push memory or CPU at all. I've swapped out the motherboard and that has not helped. I've swapped out the video card and that helped immensely (old card was Bloody Monster GeForce 5200FX). However, it still crashes with new card on occasion without pushing it's limits, and regularly if you do try to push limits. Additionally, I've tested each stick of RAM using memtest (together & independently). With the old video card it came back with memory errors regularly. Now I don't get the memory errors with memtest. I've also tested the memory on another system and it comes back without error. I've talked to tech support at MSI (replaced motherboard) and Corsair (pointed toward video card), both have helped me get the system stable to this point, but they aren't able to do any more. They are now pointing me to look at the CPU and to work with AMD next; thinking it could be a memory controller problem. Are there any tools available to test the stability of the memory controller in the CPU? Are there any other recommendations that any of you could recommend to further determine the root cause of problems. Thank you in advance. Dan |
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What do you have for a Power supply and how old is it,?? You have a great
many cards and storage devices. Men test is not totally reliable and I would not trust it as a accurate. If there is a local shop with a proper hardware memory tester ask to have them checked. Did you try the cas at 3 to see if it ran stable ? Poor Video Ram causes more problems that main system ram. I never heard of BFG but I checked and it would seem that make a good card with Samsung ram chips 1.6ns GDDR3 Sweet. There is a great deal of counterfeit system ram sold over read on tech news that at one time 20% of the Hynix in Europe was fake. Could you borrow a Via chipset board to check its not a chipset problem causing compatible problems with other cards. "Dan N" wrote in message news:8zpqd.9446$%C6.8126@trnddc02... New system set up consists of: MSI Neo2 Platinum v 7025(s939) (Bios 1.36) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2x512MB Corsair XML Pro RAM (2.5-3-3-8) BFG 6800 Ultra OC 2x160GB Maxtor IDE HDD (Raid 0) Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI controller LiteOn 811S DVD RW+/- LiteOn 163D DVD R My system remains unstable after changing/testing/upgrading almost every part on this new system. At certain times, seemingly memory intensive apps, predominately during games, my system crashes hard. In order to make it somewhat stable I've lowered my memory speeds (see above specs). The RAM is supposed to run at 2-2-2-5. Additionally, if I try to OC the CPU, using MSI's BIOS tool, the system crashes all the time. Therefore, I'm not able to push memory or CPU at all. I've swapped out the motherboard and that has not helped. I've swapped out the video card and that helped immensely (old card was Bloody Monster GeForce 5200FX). However, it still crashes with new card on occasion without pushing it's limits, and regularly if you do try to push limits. Additionally, I've tested each stick of RAM using memtest (together & independently). With the old video card it came back with memory errors regularly. Now I don't get the memory errors with memtest. I've also tested the memory on another system and it comes back without error. I've talked to tech support at MSI (replaced motherboard) and Corsair (pointed toward video card), both have helped me get the system stable to this point, but they aren't able to do any more. They are now pointing me to look at the CPU and to work with AMD next; thinking it could be a memory controller problem. Are there any tools available to test the stability of the memory controller in the CPU? Are there any other recommendations that any of you could recommend to further determine the root cause of problems. Thank you in advance. Dan |
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On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:21:40 +0000, Dan N wrote:
New system set up consists of: MSI Neo2 Platinum v 7025(s939) (Bios 1.36) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2x512MB Corsair XML Pro RAM (2.5-3-3-8) BFG 6800 Ultra OC 2x160GB Maxtor IDE HDD (Raid 0) Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI controller LiteOn 811S DVD RW+/- LiteOn 163D DVD R My system remains unstable after changing/testing/upgrading almost every part on this new system. At certain times, seemingly memory intensive apps, predominately during games, my system crashes hard. In order to make it somewhat stable I've lowered my memory speeds (see above specs). The RAM is supposed to run at 2-2-2-5. Additionally, if I try to OC the CPU, using MSI's BIOS tool, the system crashes all the time. Therefore, I'm not able to push memory or CPU at all. I've swapped out the motherboard and that has not helped. I've swapped out the video card and that helped immensely (old card was Bloody Monster GeForce 5200FX). However, it still crashes with new card on occasion without pushing it's limits, and regularly if you do try to push limits. Additionally, I've tested each stick of RAM using memtest (together & independently). With the old video card it came back with memory errors regularly. Now I don't get the memory errors with memtest. I've also tested the memory on another system and it comes back without error. I've talked to tech support at MSI (replaced motherboard) and Corsair (pointed toward video card), both have helped me get the system stable to this point, but they aren't able to do any more. They are now pointing me to look at the CPU and to work with AMD next; thinking it could be a memory controller problem. Are there any tools available to test the stability of the memory controller in the CPU? Are there any other recommendations that any of you could recommend to further determine the root cause of problems. Thank you in advance. Dan Sounds like a power supply problem. The fact that changing the graphics card makes it better is a smoking gun. Which power supply are you using? |
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Power supply is Thermaltake Butterfly PurePower 480
Strings. wrote: What do you have for a Power supply and how old is it,?? You have a great many cards and storage devices. Men test is not totally reliable and I would not trust it as a accurate. If there is a local shop with a proper hardware memory tester ask to have them checked. Did you try the cas at 3 to see if it ran stable ? Poor Video Ram causes more problems that main system ram. I never heard of BFG but I checked and it would seem that make a good card with Samsung ram chips 1.6ns GDDR3 Sweet. There is a great deal of counterfeit system ram sold over read on tech news that at one time 20% of the Hynix in Europe was fake. Could you borrow a Via chipset board to check its not a chipset problem causing compatible problems with other cards. "Dan N" wrote in message news:8zpqd.9446$%C6.8126@trnddc02... New system set up consists of: MSI Neo2 Platinum v 7025(s939) (Bios 1.36) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2x512MB Corsair XML Pro RAM (2.5-3-3-8) BFG 6800 Ultra OC 2x160GB Maxtor IDE HDD (Raid 0) Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI controller LiteOn 811S DVD RW+/- LiteOn 163D DVD R My system remains unstable after changing/testing/upgrading almost every part on this new system. At certain times, seemingly memory intensive apps, predominately during games, my system crashes hard. In order to make it somewhat stable I've lowered my memory speeds (see above specs). The RAM is supposed to run at 2-2-2-5. Additionally, if I try to OC the CPU, using MSI's BIOS tool, the system crashes all the time. Therefore, I'm not able to push memory or CPU at all. I've swapped out the motherboard and that has not helped. I've swapped out the video card and that helped immensely (old card was Bloody Monster GeForce 5200FX). However, it still crashes with new card on occasion without pushing it's limits, and regularly if you do try to push limits. Additionally, I've tested each stick of RAM using memtest (together & independently). With the old video card it came back with memory errors regularly. Now I don't get the memory errors with memtest. I've also tested the memory on another system and it comes back without error. I've talked to tech support at MSI (replaced motherboard) and Corsair (pointed toward video card), both have helped me get the system stable to this point, but they aren't able to do any more. They are now pointing me to look at the CPU and to work with AMD next; thinking it could be a memory controller problem. Are there any tools available to test the stability of the memory controller in the CPU? Are there any other recommendations that any of you could recommend to further determine the root cause of problems. Thank you in advance. Dan |
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:16:36 +0000, Dan N wrote:
Power supply is Thermaltake Butterfly PurePower 480 That should be adequate but it's possible that it has a problem. Try swapping it out for another supply, perhaps an Antec 550. |
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Try testing using prime95 torture test, Superpi or other math type
benchmarks, SisoftSandra also has some, or HotCpuTester "Dan N" wrote in message news:8zpqd.9446$%C6.8126@trnddc02... New system set up consists of: MSI Neo2 Platinum v 7025(s939) (Bios 1.36) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2x512MB Corsair XML Pro RAM (2.5-3-3-8) BFG 6800 Ultra OC 2x160GB Maxtor IDE HDD (Raid 0) Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI controller LiteOn 811S DVD RW+/- LiteOn 163D DVD R My system remains unstable after changing/testing/upgrading almost every part on this new system. At certain times, seemingly memory intensive apps, predominately during games, my system crashes hard. In order to make it somewhat stable I've lowered my memory speeds (see above specs). The RAM is supposed to run at 2-2-2-5. Additionally, if I try to OC the CPU, using MSI's BIOS tool, the system crashes all the time. Therefore, I'm not able to push memory or CPU at all. I've swapped out the motherboard and that has not helped. I've swapped out the video card and that helped immensely (old card was Bloody Monster GeForce 5200FX). However, it still crashes with new card on occasion without pushing it's limits, and regularly if you do try to push limits. Additionally, I've tested each stick of RAM using memtest (together & independently). With the old video card it came back with memory errors regularly. Now I don't get the memory errors with memtest. I've also tested the memory on another system and it comes back without error. I've talked to tech support at MSI (replaced motherboard) and Corsair (pointed toward video card), both have helped me get the system stable to this point, but they aren't able to do any more. They are now pointing me to look at the CPU and to work with AMD next; thinking it could be a memory controller problem. Are there any tools available to test the stability of the memory controller in the CPU? Are there any other recommendations that any of you could recommend to further determine the root cause of problems. Thank you in advance. Dan |
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