Hi All,
Have been running (2) sticks of 512MB/DDR400 Markvision memory for quite some time with an XP2100+ proc. Machine has been nothing but stable. Santa brought an XP3200+ proc, which of course, upped the FSB to 400. Since then, I've been experiencing some reboots.
Memtest86 shows one of the DIMMs having issues, but here's the kicker. I had them running in a dual-channel config (slots 2 and 3). The questionable stick fails memtest in slot 3, but works in the others. The 'known good' stick passes in all slots. With both sticks installed in slots 1&2, memtest passes the system. Granted, dual-channel isn't the end of the world, but if the "single stick in slot 3" was an unsupported config, the other stick should have failed as well". Do I have a bad stick of ram ? Next test is how to get the vendor to swap (lifetime warranty) if it tests okay in their system ?
Antec Sonata Case w/ 380Watt PSU
MSI K7N2 Delta2 (MS-6570E) Bios V11.4 081604
2 x Markvision 512MB/DDR400
XP3200+ @ 400FSB
TT SilentBoost
ATI Radeon 9800Pro
1 x Seagate 200GB SATA
1 x IBM Deskstar 80GB, 1 x IBM Deskstar 60GB
Temps: 35C/43C
Have been running (2) sticks of 512MB/DDR400 Markvision memory for quite some time with an XP2100+ proc. Machine has been nothing but stable. Santa brought an XP3200+ proc, which of course, upped the FSB to 400. Since then, I've been experiencing some reboots.
Memtest86 shows one of the DIMMs having issues, but here's the kicker. I had them running in a dual-channel config (slots 2 and 3). The questionable stick fails memtest in slot 3, but works in the others. The 'known good' stick passes in all slots. With both sticks installed in slots 1&2, memtest passes the system. Granted, dual-channel isn't the end of the world, but if the "single stick in slot 3" was an unsupported config, the other stick should have failed as well". Do I have a bad stick of ram ? Next test is how to get the vendor to swap (lifetime warranty) if it tests okay in their system ?
Antec Sonata Case w/ 380Watt PSU
MSI K7N2 Delta2 (MS-6570E) Bios V11.4 081604
2 x Markvision 512MB/DDR400
XP3200+ @ 400FSB
TT SilentBoost
ATI Radeon 9800Pro
1 x Seagate 200GB SATA
1 x IBM Deskstar 80GB, 1 x IBM Deskstar 60GB
Temps: 35C/43C
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