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A7N8X Deluxe Problems
Hi all,
I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason |
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Jason wrote:
Hi all, I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. All I can say is to try backing off the FSB and RAM slightly, 10% would be a good starting point. You could get MBM5 and see if your core voltage is dropping at any time, or try bumping the core voltage up notch (quarter or half a volt - be sure temps are ok before doing this). You could try running the RAM on 2.7V. Is RAM and FSB in synch? If not this can also be the cause of random BSODs. I presume AGP is 66MHz? And everything else "normal". Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:51:22 +0100, "Jason" wrote:
Hi all, I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason Try changing the FSB to 197. I would also lock the RAM to 100% for stability. In the BIOS go to: Advanced Chipset Features- System Performance- User Define- Memory Frequency- 100% ------------ When your PC gives a little they give a lot. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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Hi all,
Having tried both the SPD and manual settings (when I use SPD the BIOS comes up with the wrong latency values - it displayes 8-3-3-2.5 when the settings should be 6-3-3-2), as well as tweaking the core voltage (which btw stays constant), as well as tweaking the RAM voltage, as well as slowing down the fsb, agp bus and the processor the problems still remain - I'm thinking either a HW conflict or bad RAM. Would anyone have any ideas how to reproduce these errors? I've tried memory intensive apps and various loading programs to try and get the computer to malfunction, but during all of these it seems strangely stable... Regards, Jason Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creative SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason |
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"Jason" wrote in message .. . Hi all, Having tried both the SPD and manual settings (when I use SPD the BIOS comes up with the wrong latency values - it displayes 8-3-3-2.5 when the settings should be 6-3-3-2), as well as tweaking the core voltage (which btw stays constant), as well as tweaking the RAM voltage, as well as slowing down the fsb, agp bus and the processor the problems still remain - I'm thinking either a HW conflict or bad RAM. Would anyone have any ideas how to reproduce these errors? I've tried memory intensive apps and various loading programs to try and get the computer to malfunction, but during all of these it seems strangely stable... Regards, Jason Does it work at 8-3-3-2.5?? I can get stable at these settings without TwinX modules. Corsair website says 7-3-3-2 he http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/xms.html#twinx and then in their asus mobo memory guide, they recomment using only one stick of TwinX (??) See that he http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair...us-Jul2003.pdf Have you tried memtest86? This showed me some errors at faster timings and I learned to never boot into windows if memtest is showing errors because corrupt files are almost guaranteed. If you can show Corsair that a respected testing program is showing errors at their recommended settings then I think that deserves an RMA without question. Good luck. Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creative SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason |
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KCB (all),
Lacking a floppy drive im finding it am little tricky to run memtest (this graphics workstation never noprmally needs an FDD!). However I will scrounge one from somewhere, and let you know how I get on. Thanks very much for your advice Regards, Jason "KCB" wrote in message news:jcu9b.464679$YN5.311058@sccrnsc01... "Jason" wrote in message .. . Hi all, Having tried both the SPD and manual settings (when I use SPD the BIOS comes up with the wrong latency values - it displayes 8-3-3-2.5 when the settings should be 6-3-3-2), as well as tweaking the core voltage (which btw stays constant), as well as tweaking the RAM voltage, as well as slowing down the fsb, agp bus and the processor the problems still remain - I'm thinking either a HW conflict or bad RAM. Would anyone have any ideas how to reproduce these errors? I've tried memory intensive apps and various loading programs to try and get the computer to malfunction, but during all of these it seems strangely stable... Regards, Jason Does it work at 8-3-3-2.5?? I can get stable at these settings without TwinX modules. Corsair website says 7-3-3-2 he http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/xms.html#twinx and then in their asus mobo memory guide, they recomment using only one stick of TwinX (??) See that he http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair...us-Jul2003.pdf Have you tried memtest86? This showed me some errors at faster timings and I learned to never boot into windows if memtest is showing errors because corrupt files are almost guaranteed. If you can show Corsair that a respected testing program is showing errors at their recommended settings then I think that deserves an RMA without question. Good luck. Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creative SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason |
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Hi all,
I ran Memtest, and lo and behold I had errors at 12 different memory addresses, spread across both sticks of RAM. I ran it at both standard settings (normal voltage, latencies by SPD 8 3 3 2.5) and corsair settings 7 2 2 2, and both times I ran it I got errors at exactly the same addresses. Thanks for all your help, problem solved! Regards, Jason "Ed" wrote in message ... Memtest is available in ISO, burn it to a CD and boot off it. Ed On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:49:30 +0100, "Jason" wrote: KCB (all), Lacking a floppy drive im finding it am little tricky to run memtest (this graphics workstation never noprmally needs an FDD!). However I will scrounge one from somewhere, and let you know how I get on. Thanks very much for your advice Regards, Jason "KCB" wrote in message news:jcu9b.464679$YN5.311058@sccrnsc01... "Jason" wrote in message .. . Hi all, Having tried both the SPD and manual settings (when I use SPD the BIOS comes up with the wrong latency values - it displayes 8-3-3-2.5 when the settings should be 6-3-3-2), as well as tweaking the core voltage (which btw stays constant), as well as tweaking the RAM voltage, as well as slowing down the fsb, agp bus and the processor the problems still remain - I'm thinking either a HW conflict or bad RAM. Would anyone have any ideas how to reproduce these errors? I've tried memory intensive apps and various loading programs to try and get the computer to malfunction, but during all of these it seems strangely stable... Regards, Jason Does it work at 8-3-3-2.5?? I can get stable at these settings without TwinX modules. Corsair website says 7-3-3-2 he http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/xms.html#twinx and then in their asus mobo memory guide, they recomment using only one stick of TwinX (??) See that he http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair...us-Jul2003.pdf Have you tried memtest86? This showed me some errors at faster timings and I learned to never boot into windows if memtest is showing errors because corrupt files are almost guaranteed. If you can show Corsair that a respected testing program is showing errors at their recommended settings then I think that deserves an RMA without question. Good luck. Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creative SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason |
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I was having some weird issues with my An8X-DX with OCZpc3200 EL RAM....so I
started playing...what it turned out to be was in the Device Manager...it did not show but SB16 Emulation was causing SM Bus conflicts..disabled it in the DM and all is fine...you don't really seem to require it anyways but that fixed my issue. |
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I have run those modules at 5-2-2-2 with no problems. I am running three
sticks of 512 meg Corsair PC-3500 XMS now at 5-2-2-2 timings without problems. "KCB" wrote: "Jason" wrote in message .. . Hi all, Having tried both the SPD and manual settings (when I use SPD the BIOS comes up with the wrong latency values - it displayes 8-3-3-2.5 when the settings should be 6-3-3-2), as well as tweaking the core voltage (which btw stays constant), as well as tweaking the RAM voltage, as well as slowing down the fsb, agp bus and the processor the problems still remain - I'm thinking either a HW conflict or bad RAM. Would anyone have any ideas how to reproduce these errors? I've tried memory intensive apps and various loading programs to try and get the computer to malfunction, but during all of these it seems strangely stable... Regards, Jason Does it work at 8-3-3-2.5?? I can get stable at these settings without TwinX modules. Corsair website says 7-3-3-2 he http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/xms.html#twinx and then in their asus mobo memory guide, they recomment using only one stick of TwinX (??) See that he http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair...us-Jul2003.pdf Have you tried memtest86? This showed me some errors at faster timings and I learned to never boot into windows if memtest is showing errors because corrupt files are almost guaranteed. If you can show Corsair that a respected testing program is showing errors at their recommended settings then I think that deserves an RMA without question. Good luck. Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creative SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason -- .. |
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"Jason" wrote in message ...
Hi all, I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason First, make sure that it is a memory problem and not something else. Try running memtest86 overnight and if you don't get any memory failures then your problem is not memory. Assuming that memory is OK then, if you could, remove: Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller and see if that changes anything. Basically, try to eliminate as many variables as possible and build up from there. Arnie |
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