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Memory Issue
Hi all,
I've got my new rig up and going. Asus P5K Deluxe,4 gb Kingston RAM, Nvidia GTS 8800, WD SATA 2 HDD, SATA 2 RW DVD, SATA 2 DVD, Intel core 2 duo E6850. Win xp sp2 / Vista 32 dual boot Got things up and running fine. But I started getting random CTDs in some programs and the error message referred to memory issue (could not copy, etc). I installed my old 3.5" drive and ran MEMTEST 86. Let it run all night and sure enough I had some errors. I could not tell which stick though so opened up the case and installed the sticks one at a time (total of 4) and ran MEMTEST 86. No errors. So then I took one stick and move it to each DIMM slot and ran the MEMTEST 86. No errors. 8 runs total no run less than 6 hours (I seem to recall more than 15 passes). The only thing I can think of is that there is a heat issue when I have all 4 sticks in and the cover on. The memory is "bare" does not have the heat shields I have had on other memory. I have checked my MB temps and it never seems to get above 125F when I am looking and is usually around 110F. My CPU temp is usually about 100 - 105F under load, sub 100 when idle. My CPU fan hangs around 410RPM. two other fans in the case - one 120mm on back and one 120 mm on top. Power supply is in seperate compartment with own fan. Fans are only 3 prong so I can't see RPMs, but they are always running. Using the fan control on the MB. Do it look like heat or could it be something else I can check. |
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Bluenose 637 wrote:
Hi all, I've got my new rig up and going. Asus P5K Deluxe,4 gb Kingston RAM, Nvidia GTS 8800, WD SATA 2 HDD, SATA 2 RW DVD, SATA 2 DVD, Intel core 2 duo E6850. Win xp sp2 / Vista 32 dual boot Got things up and running fine. But I started getting random CTDs in some programs and the error message referred to memory issue (could not copy, etc). I installed my old 3.5" drive and ran MEMTEST 86. Let it run all night and sure enough I had some errors. I could not tell which stick though so opened up the case and installed the sticks one at a time (total of 4) and ran MEMTEST 86. No errors. So then I took one stick and move it to each DIMM slot and ran the MEMTEST 86. No errors. 8 runs total no run less than 6 hours (I seem to recall more than 15 passes). The only thing I can think of is that there is a heat issue when I have all 4 sticks in and the cover on. The memory is "bare" does not have the heat shields I have had on other memory. I have checked my MB temps and it never seems to get above 125F when I am looking and is usually around 110F. My CPU temp is usually about 100 - 105F under load, sub 100 when idle. My CPU fan hangs around 410RPM. two other fans in the case - one 120mm on back and one 120 mm on top. Power supply is in seperate compartment with own fan. Fans are only 3 prong so I can't see RPMs, but they are always running. Using the fan control on the MB. Do it look like heat or could it be something else I can check. Might be cooling. Might also be timing -- having 4 sticks of RAM on the memory bus may require backing off the timing a bit. -- Cheers, Bob |
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Try contacting Kingston tech
There maybe some specific manual settings for your hw combination "Bluenose 637" wrote in message . .. Hi all, I've got my new rig up and going. Asus P5K Deluxe,4 gb Kingston RAM, Nvidia GTS 8800, WD SATA 2 HDD, SATA 2 RW DVD, SATA 2 DVD, Intel core 2 duo E6850. Win xp sp2 / Vista 32 dual boot Got things up and running fine. But I started getting random CTDs in some programs and the error message referred to memory issue (could not copy, etc). I installed my old 3.5" drive and ran MEMTEST 86. Let it run all night and sure enough I had some errors. I could not tell which stick though so opened up the case and installed the sticks one at a time (total of 4) and ran MEMTEST 86. No errors. So then I took one stick and move it to each DIMM slot and ran the MEMTEST 86. No errors. 8 runs total no run less than 6 hours (I seem to recall more than 15 passes). The only thing I can think of is that there is a heat issue when I have all 4 sticks in and the cover on. The memory is "bare" does not have the heat shields I have had on other memory. I have checked my MB temps and it never seems to get above 125F when I am looking and is usually around 110F. My CPU temp is usually about 100 - 105F under load, sub 100 when idle. My CPU fan hangs around 410RPM. two other fans in the case - one 120mm on back and one 120 mm on top. Power supply is in seperate compartment with own fan. Fans are only 3 prong so I can't see RPMs, but they are always running. Using the fan control on the MB. Do it look like heat or could it be something else I can check. |
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thanks
"old man" wrote in message ... Try contacting Kingston tech There maybe some specific manual settings for your hw combination "Bluenose 637" wrote in message . .. Hi all, I've got my new rig up and going. Asus P5K Deluxe,4 gb Kingston RAM, Nvidia GTS 8800, WD SATA 2 HDD, SATA 2 RW DVD, SATA 2 DVD, Intel core 2 duo E6850. Win xp sp2 / Vista 32 dual boot Got things up and running fine. But I started getting random CTDs in some programs and the error message referred to memory issue (could not copy, etc). I installed my old 3.5" drive and ran MEMTEST 86. Let it run all night and sure enough I had some errors. I could not tell which stick though so opened up the case and installed the sticks one at a time (total of 4) and ran MEMTEST 86. No errors. So then I took one stick and move it to each DIMM slot and ran the MEMTEST 86. No errors. 8 runs total no run less than 6 hours (I seem to recall more than 15 passes). The only thing I can think of is that there is a heat issue when I have all 4 sticks in and the cover on. The memory is "bare" does not have the heat shields I have had on other memory. I have checked my MB temps and it never seems to get above 125F when I am looking and is usually around 110F. My CPU temp is usually about 100 - 105F under load, sub 100 when idle. My CPU fan hangs around 410RPM. two other fans in the case - one 120mm on back and one 120 mm on top. Power supply is in seperate compartment with own fan. Fans are only 3 prong so I can't see RPMs, but they are always running. Using the fan control on the MB. Do it look like heat or could it be something else I can check. |
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ill try to back off the timing and see.
"Bob Willard" wrote in message ... Bluenose 637 wrote: Hi all, I've got my new rig up and going. Asus P5K Deluxe,4 gb Kingston RAM, Nvidia GTS 8800, WD SATA 2 HDD, SATA 2 RW DVD, SATA 2 DVD, Intel core 2 duo E6850. Win xp sp2 / Vista 32 dual boot Got things up and running fine. But I started getting random CTDs in some programs and the error message referred to memory issue (could not copy, etc). I installed my old 3.5" drive and ran MEMTEST 86. Let it run all night and sure enough I had some errors. I could not tell which stick though so opened up the case and installed the sticks one at a time (total of 4) and ran MEMTEST 86. No errors. So then I took one stick and move it to each DIMM slot and ran the MEMTEST 86. No errors. 8 runs total no run less than 6 hours (I seem to recall more than 15 passes). The only thing I can think of is that there is a heat issue when I have all 4 sticks in and the cover on. The memory is "bare" does not have the heat shields I have had on other memory. I have checked my MB temps and it never seems to get above 125F when I am looking and is usually around 110F. My CPU temp is usually about 100 - 105F under load, sub 100 when idle. My CPU fan hangs around 410RPM. two other fans in the case - one 120mm on back and one 120 mm on top. Power supply is in seperate compartment with own fan. Fans are only 3 prong so I can't see RPMs, but they are always running. Using the fan control on the MB. Do it look like heat or could it be something else I can check. Might be cooling. Might also be timing -- having 4 sticks of RAM on the memory bus may require backing off the timing a bit. -- Cheers, Bob |
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You should always use heat spreaders on all your DDR2 RAM sticks as they run
hot by design. -- --------------------- DaveW --------------------- "Bluenose 637" wrote in message . .. Hi all, I've got my new rig up and going. Asus P5K Deluxe,4 gb Kingston RAM, Nvidia GTS 8800, WD SATA 2 HDD, SATA 2 RW DVD, SATA 2 DVD, Intel core 2 duo E6850. Win xp sp2 / Vista 32 dual boot Got things up and running fine. But I started getting random CTDs in some programs and the error message referred to memory issue (could not copy, etc). I installed my old 3.5" drive and ran MEMTEST 86. Let it run all night and sure enough I had some errors. I could not tell which stick though so opened up the case and installed the sticks one at a time (total of 4) and ran MEMTEST 86. No errors. So then I took one stick and move it to each DIMM slot and ran the MEMTEST 86. No errors. 8 runs total no run less than 6 hours (I seem to recall more than 15 passes). The only thing I can think of is that there is a heat issue when I have all 4 sticks in and the cover on. The memory is "bare" does not have the heat shields I have had on other memory. I have checked my MB temps and it never seems to get above 125F when I am looking and is usually around 110F. My CPU temp is usually about 100 - 105F under load, sub 100 when idle. My CPU fan hangs around 410RPM. two other fans in the case - one 120mm on back and one 120 mm on top. Power supply is in seperate compartment with own fan. Fans are only 3 prong so I can't see RPMs, but they are always running. Using the fan control on the MB. Do it look like heat or could it be something else I can check. |
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I will grab some from newegg this weekend, thanks!
"DaveW" wrote in message ... You should always use heat spreaders on all your DDR2 RAM sticks as they run hot by design. -- --------------------- DaveW --------------------- "Bluenose 637" wrote in message . .. Hi all, I've got my new rig up and going. Asus P5K Deluxe,4 gb Kingston RAM, Nvidia GTS 8800, WD SATA 2 HDD, SATA 2 RW DVD, SATA 2 DVD, Intel core 2 duo E6850. Win xp sp2 / Vista 32 dual boot Got things up and running fine. But I started getting random CTDs in some programs and the error message referred to memory issue (could not copy, etc). I installed my old 3.5" drive and ran MEMTEST 86. Let it run all night and sure enough I had some errors. I could not tell which stick though so opened up the case and installed the sticks one at a time (total of 4) and ran MEMTEST 86. No errors. So then I took one stick and move it to each DIMM slot and ran the MEMTEST 86. No errors. 8 runs total no run less than 6 hours (I seem to recall more than 15 passes). The only thing I can think of is that there is a heat issue when I have all 4 sticks in and the cover on. The memory is "bare" does not have the heat shields I have had on other memory. I have checked my MB temps and it never seems to get above 125F when I am looking and is usually around 110F. My CPU temp is usually about 100 - 105F under load, sub 100 when idle. My CPU fan hangs around 410RPM. two other fans in the case - one 120mm on back and one 120 mm on top. Power supply is in seperate compartment with own fan. Fans are only 3 prong so I can't see RPMs, but they are always running. Using the fan control on the MB. Do it look like heat or could it be something else I can check. |
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