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.

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

Try contacting Kingston tech
There maybe some specific manual settings for your hw combination

"Bluenose 637" wrote in message
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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.

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
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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.

ill try to back off the timing and see.
"Bob Willard" wrote in message
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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

You should always use heat spreaders on all your DDR2 RAM sticks as they run
hot by design.

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DaveW

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"Bluenose 637" wrote in message
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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.

I will grab some from newegg this weekend, thanks!


"DaveW" wrote in message
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You should always use heat spreaders on all your DDR2 RAM sticks as they
run hot by design.

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DaveW

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"Bluenose 637" wrote in message
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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.