gskill memory problem

[smithxi]

my newly built pc only posts every once and a blue moon because of my gskill memory that i bought. is there anything i can do? is this ram just incompatable?

[ripken204]

incompatible with what? first off we need to know ur comps full specs, then we can assess the problem from there.

[smithxi]

amd 4600 am2 processor

gigabyte ga-m55 SLI-S4 motherboard

chaintech 512mb pci-e video card

gskill 2 1gb dual channel ddr2 800 memory

basically i've narrowed it down to being the problem of the memory, but i guess i'm just wondering if there is anything i can do to make this memory work. i've gotten it to post with 1 stick in slot one, but only sometimes. is there anything i can try before i just go and buy new memory?

[XL-DJK]

lol...yeah...get a better motherboard..........j/k

[smithxi]

the motherboard is more than perfect for me.

i moreless need to get it working.

Edited September 10, 2006 by smithxi

[Jeremy]

Perform Memtest on you RAM.

[Andromeda43]

I work with a professional RAM dealer. gskill is not a name I've ever heard of.

It could be one of them Reman outfits, that sell only remanufactured ram. They buy chips that are rejected by the major manufacturers.

For best performance, you'd be better off spending your money for Name Brand ram from a reputable supplier.

Crucial, would be a good source for you. Kingston and PNY would not.

Yes, test your ram one stick at a time, using memtest86. It's easily downloaded from the internet and fits on a floppy disk.

Good Luck,

Andromeda43 B)

[ripken204]

gskill is not a nonamed brand!

[smithxi]

yeah i actually doubt that the ram is bad because i've had the system running with both of them in at once. i even got as far yesterday and today as to install all of xp, get the updates in, and a few programs installed. for some reason the pc stops turning on. i went to reboot, and access denied. i've been all over yahoo computer chats asking guys and they just think its just incompatable, regaurdless of it being the proper ram type. i figured out with one of the guys that this crucial is recommended, and for a 100 more than this stuff, i'm going to get it. It was all just too odd. I've had bad video cards, and i've bought the wrong ram before, but i've never had the right style of ram not work. or i've never had it work periodically.

also the voltage on the board is 1.8v for the memory modules, and this crucial memory i'm about to buy is 1.9v. Do you think i will have any problems?

[puntoMX]

Did you try to set the timings or the RAM manual? Or tried if it worked on 666+1MHz? Rise the volts?

[smithxi]

the motherboard runs at 1.8v, and i bumped it up by 0.3v. The memory was running at 2.1v like recommended. i did not see an option for running it at 666+1mhz, anywhere. On the package it said DDR2 800mhz. PC2 6400. I did manually set the Cas Latency to 4T which is what the memory is supposed to run at. Like I said I was able to get as far as installing windows and installing a couple apps, but then i needed to reboot, and couldn't boot back up. The tested and recommended system memory is corsair, so i'll try some of that. If this memory is that poor in quality, why would a company make this stuff? Also, I don't understand whats not working about it. Like physically in the RAM, whats wrong? why does ram error. gskill's top of the line stuff seems to have a good reputation, but their bottom of the line stuff i think i read that the controllers are re-manufactured and crummy. i say gskill, don't jipp people.

my mistake. from now on i'll only use recommended and tested system memory on machines i build, and i recommend the same to anyone else building a new pc. in a way i sorf of deserve it for buying such cheap ram.

Edited September 12, 2006 by smithxi

[ripken204]

well 2.1v may be alot... put a fan on the ram if u do that. have u tried just 1 stick of ram?

[smithxi]

yes i tried with one stick of ram, thats when i was able to change the voltage, and thats when i had two sticks working fine for a while, but then it will like stop turning on. its so weird. a bunch of guys on yahoo suggested that its because its cheap ram, or value ram.

[puntoMX]

I don´t think you bought cheap RAM, all DDR2 RAM is pritty good quality to say.

Ow, 666+1 is 667 by the way, I was just joking about that +1 . I use always 667MHz RAM for a 533MHz systems, and 800MHz RAM for 667MHz systems. never I have to use high voltages like 2.1, 1.8 is the max I use.

[smithxi]

yeah i'm not really sure what the problem is, like i said.

also i haven't been able to find any 1.8v memory that is pc2 6400.