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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. Is the memory listed on the Asus QVL ? http://www.asus.com/999/download/pro...46/1646_10.pdf Try two known good modules next, for several days. Leave the case closed. |
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Hi Bruce,
Yes it is. I have the KVR800D2N5K2/2G the K2 indicates it is a kit of 2. So that should be the same as the KVR800D2N5 / 512 on the list. Just the 2G version. The 512 version is listed as working fine with 4 slots. I had not thought about the fact that the 4 1G sticks might have issue with the 4 slots. "Bruce Xia" 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. Is the memory listed on the Asus QVL ? http://www.asus.com/999/download/pro...46/1646_10.pdf Try two known good modules next, for several days. Leave the case closed. |
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Add ` /pae' switch to the `boot.ini'` file.
Also check with Kingston for the voltage and ram timings for your ram, the bios auto some times gets it wrong for example: Corsair CM2X1024-5400-C4 (ddr2-667) Auto: 1.8v 5.5.5.15 Real: 1.9v 4.4.4.12 Also what psu have you got? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hi,
What does the /pae switch do? I have an Antec Phantom 500. Essentially silent. Very quiet rig. I'll check the voltage and timings from Kingston and manually set them. "ASI Industries" wrote in message news:01c80389$1edd94a0$2000a8c0@asi-01... Add ` /pae' switch to the `boot.ini'` file. Also check with Kingston for the voltage and ram timings for your ram, the bios auto some times gets it wrong for example: Corsair CM2X1024-5400-C4 (ddr2-667) Auto: 1.8v 5.5.5.15 Real: 1.9v 4.4.4.12 Also what psu have you got? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Bluenose 637 wrote:
Hi, What does the /pae switch do? Starting with NT5 the /PAE switch allows 32-bit versions of Windows to address more than 4GB of physical memory. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721 |
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Bruce Xia wrote:
Starting with NT5 the /PAE switch allows 32-bit versions of Windows to address more than 4GB of physical memory. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721 You probably need a server edition to get pae to address above 4GB |
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thx
"jørgen" na@invalid wrote in message k... Bruce Xia wrote: Starting with NT5 the /PAE switch allows 32-bit versions of Windows to address more than 4GB of physical memory. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721 You probably need a server edition to get pae to address above 4GB |
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With the Voltage on the memory up I'm not having any ctds. If I let memtest
86+ run for 8 to 10 hours i will generate and error or two. Not ideal. But functional for now. If I am having issues again I can likely pull one stick and go downn to 3 total and bring the volatge back down to default. "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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