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8KNXP & memory issues... HELP!
My issues are pretty straight forward. When i orginially got my 8KNXP
motherboard I got two generic DDR400 sticks of ram that gave me issues. Both were identical, but only 1 stick would actually boot the system at all. The second stick gave fast, repetitive beeps nonstop. The stick that did boot the system, I checked it with memtestx86 and that said it had 60,000+ errors in 3 hours of testing so I knew there were compatitbility issues. So I went out and got two sticks of Corsair XMS CMX512-3200C2PT brad/model memory thinking this would solve my problems. No such luck, BOTH sticks of Corsiar when inserted individually or at the same time give the nonstop, repetitive beeps acting as if there were no memory there. What is wrong here? I've updated the BIOS to F6e, tried everything... HELP! Brad |
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If you can get your money back on the RAM you've already purchased, try
Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512, which is what I'm running (2 x 512mb modules) on my 8KNXP with no issues. You can buy a matched pair at a good price at www.mwave.com (Product catalog Memory Kingston DDR DIMM Second item from the bottom [KVR400X64C3AK2/1G ]). YMMV, but it might be a good option to try. You're not alone having trouble with RAM compatibility on this board. Regardless of what you do, please let us know how you make out. "modem" wrote in message ... My issues are pretty straight forward. When i orginially got my 8KNXP motherboard I got two generic DDR400 sticks of ram that gave me issues. Both were identical, but only 1 stick would actually boot the system at all. The second stick gave fast, repetitive beeps nonstop. The stick that did boot the system, I checked it with memtestx86 and that said it had 60,000+ errors in 3 hours of testing so I knew there were compatitbility issues. So I went out and got two sticks of Corsair XMS CMX512-3200C2PT brad/model memory thinking this would solve my problems. No such luck, BOTH sticks of Corsiar when inserted individually or at the same time give the nonstop, repetitive beeps acting as if there were no memory there. What is wrong here? I've updated the BIOS to F6e, tried everything... HELP! Brad |
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I definately have some good news regarding that situation. I came to
find out that the non-booting and instability issues at first were not memory related, but rather power related. That 4 pin power connector that feeds current directly to the CPU wasn't inserted all the way due to a broke clip. Anyway once I fixed that everything worked. I went ahead using my Corsair XMS CMX512 sticks in dual memory mode and it worked absolutely perfect. I have been able to even use those sticks RELIABLY at 2-5-2-2 timings when they are detected and recommended as 2.5-8-3-3. I even ran memtest x86 on the most agressive timings and even after hours of testing 0 errors were reported. With Sandra2003 here are my scores with the various timings: 2.5 - 8 - 3 - 3 = 4677/4665 2.0 - 7 - 2 - 2 = 4720/4724 2.0 - 6 - 2 - 2 = 4731/4738 2.0 - 5 - 2 - 2 = 4759/4734 Brad On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 03:14:03 GMT, "Bob Davis" wrote: If you can get your money back on the RAM you've already purchased, try Kingston KVR400X64C3A/512, which is what I'm running (2 x 512mb modules) on my 8KNXP with no issues. You can buy a matched pair at a good price at www.mwave.com (Product catalog Memory Kingston DDR DIMM Second item from the bottom [KVR400X64C3AK2/1G ]). YMMV, but it might be a good option to try. You're not alone having trouble with RAM compatibility on this board. Regardless of what you do, please let us know how you make out. |
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