Hi all
Like others who've found this place... I wish I had seen this forum before purchasing my funky Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800 PC2-6400 4GB Kit (2x2GB) with flashy LEDs. They look great and they were on special at the time I bought them...
First pair was flakey and had to be RMA'd. Got a new pair, and I'm getting 1 memtest error in the same address... I swapped the 2 sticks around using the same slots, and the memtest error was at the same address...
Test 4
Pass 10
Address 507.3Mb
Test 1
Pass 6
Address 507.3Mb
I then swapped the positions of the memory sticks.
Test 4
Pass 1
Address 507.3Mb again..........
1. So I'm hoping this is due to incompatibility rather than the mobo being faulty? Tonight I will try testing with one stick in slot 1 only.
2. I'm running the memory at stock voltage (1.8v) and timings (5-5-5-18) with no overclocking. I would be open to try some different memory settings and voltages and test overnight, if you have suggestions for my motherboard EP35-DS4. I tried updating the bios to the latest beta one and it didn't help.
3. This is for a business computer and needs to be stable....overclocking is a bonus, but it may be better to just avoid the incompatibility issue of Crucial altogether since my PC shop allows me to exchange the RAM... my options would be the following, which would you recommend? I will have about $165AU store credit... but i dont mind paying a little extra to get extra performance boost with maybe PC-8500 RAM instead
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! :)
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INTEL XEON QUAD-CORE X3360 2.83GHZ
Gigabyte S775 GA-EP35-DS4
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Scythe S-FLEX 120mm Fan SFF21E
Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800 PC2-6400 4GB Kit (2x2GB)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 BIT
Thermaltake Toughpower 750w
Sapphire HD 3870x2
Like others who've found this place... I wish I had seen this forum before purchasing my funky Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800 PC2-6400 4GB Kit (2x2GB) with flashy LEDs. They look great and they were on special at the time I bought them...
First pair was flakey and had to be RMA'd. Got a new pair, and I'm getting 1 memtest error in the same address... I swapped the 2 sticks around using the same slots, and the memtest error was at the same address...
Test 4
Pass 10
Address 507.3Mb
Test 1
Pass 6
Address 507.3Mb
I then swapped the positions of the memory sticks.
Test 4
Pass 1
Address 507.3Mb again..........
1. So I'm hoping this is due to incompatibility rather than the mobo being faulty? Tonight I will try testing with one stick in slot 1 only.
2. I'm running the memory at stock voltage (1.8v) and timings (5-5-5-18) with no overclocking. I would be open to try some different memory settings and voltages and test overnight, if you have suggestions for my motherboard EP35-DS4. I tried updating the bios to the latest beta one and it didn't help.
3. This is for a business computer and needs to be stable....overclocking is a bonus, but it may be better to just avoid the incompatibility issue of Crucial altogether since my PC shop allows me to exchange the RAM... my options would be the following, which would you recommend? I will have about $165AU store credit... but i dont mind paying a little extra to get extra performance boost with maybe PC-8500 RAM instead
- Corsair Twin2X 4096MB 240-pin DDR2 800Mhz PC-6400 Twin Pack (2x 2048mb sticks) w/heat spreader, 5-5-5-18 $176.00
- Corsair Twin2X 4096MB 240-pin DDR2 800Mhz PC-6400 Twin Pack (2x 2048mb sticks) w/heat spreader, 4-4-4-12 $198.00
- Corsair Dominator 4096MB 240-pin DDR2 XMS2-8500 Twin Pack (2x 2048mb sticks) w/heat spreader, 5-5-5-15 $203.50
- Corsair Dominator 4096MB 240-pin DDR2 XMS2-8500 Twin Pack (2x 2048mb sticks) w/heat spreader and fan system, 5-5-5-15 $214.50
- Geil EVO One 4096MB DDR2-800 Twin Pack PC-6400 240-pin DDR2 RAM, 2x 2048MB sticks, 4-4-4-12, special heatsink $220.00
- Geil 4096MB DDR2-800 Twin Pack PC-6400 240-pin DDR2 RAM, 2x 2048MB, 5-5-5-15 $126.50
- Geil 4096MB DDR2-1066 Twin Pack PC-8500 240-pin DDR2 RAM, 2x 2048MB, 5-5-5-12 $181.50
- Patriot 4096Mb PC-6400 800mhz DDR2 RAM, 2x 2048mb 240-pin DDR2 sticks $126.50
- Patriot 4096Mb Viper PC-8500 1066mhz DDR2 RAM kit, 2x 2048mb 240-pin DDR2 sticks $179.30
- Corsair Twin2X 4096MB 240-pin DDR2 800Mhz PC-6400 Twin Pack (2x 2048mb sticks) w/heat spreader, 4-4-4-12 $198.00
- Corsair Dominator 4096MB 240-pin DDR2 XMS2-8500 Twin Pack (2x 2048mb sticks) w/heat spreader, 5-5-5-15 $203.50
- Corsair Dominator 4096MB 240-pin DDR2 XMS2-8500 Twin Pack (2x 2048mb sticks) w/heat spreader and fan system, 5-5-5-15 $214.50
- Geil EVO One 4096MB DDR2-800 Twin Pack PC-6400 240-pin DDR2 RAM, 2x 2048MB sticks, 4-4-4-12, special heatsink $220.00
- Geil 4096MB DDR2-800 Twin Pack PC-6400 240-pin DDR2 RAM, 2x 2048MB, 5-5-5-15 $126.50
- Geil 4096MB DDR2-1066 Twin Pack PC-8500 240-pin DDR2 RAM, 2x 2048MB, 5-5-5-12 $181.50
- Patriot 4096Mb PC-6400 800mhz DDR2 RAM, 2x 2048mb 240-pin DDR2 sticks $126.50
- Patriot 4096Mb Viper PC-8500 1066mhz DDR2 RAM kit, 2x 2048mb 240-pin DDR2 sticks $179.30
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! :)
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INTEL XEON QUAD-CORE X3360 2.83GHZ
Gigabyte S775 GA-EP35-DS4
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Scythe S-FLEX 120mm Fan SFF21E
Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800 PC2-6400 4GB Kit (2x2GB)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 BIT
Thermaltake Toughpower 750w
Sapphire HD 3870x2
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