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Basically what ram are you using and did you run memtest to check it?
Here's my story.
I got ASUS P5w DH Deluxe. Specs says that it can use 8GB of ram up to 800Mhz. I bought 2x 2 Corsair twinx 6400C4 (4GB together). Everything seems ok till I ran memtest. I got erros (all bios settings auto so memory ran as 667 5-5-5-15). I tested all combinations (usually min 10 hour tests)
-all 4 stick alone (no errors)
-all 4 sticks in defferent slots (no errors)
-2 sticks (sometimes errors sometimes not)
I took different brand ram (some APT systems) also 4GB 4stics 1Gb each. and... NO ERRORS !!!
So to finally check corsair I put it to different computer with some asus nvidia chipset board and no errors in all above combinations!!!
I read a lot on forums and I noticed not many people are using 4GB.
There are different opinions. Usually that with 4GB I won't be able to run it as 800Mhz.Ok I don't care as long as it's error free. Another thing I heard is that it's not good to take all 4 slots! Becasue there's buffering is heavy and for example in server board there is special memory on board to be able to use 4Gb and more. So my question is. What to do now. I'm sure I have to get rid of corsair and get soemthing new but what brand and maybe I should get 2x 2GB stics so I don't take all 4 slots. But I also read that 2GB sticks are unmature. ALso when checking compatibility on different producers site 2GB sticsk usally were compatible with ASUS P5B and this memory didn't show with my P5W? It's strange becasue I though 975 chipset is more powerful than 965. I really need 4GB RAM. WHat brand would you recommend so I don't have problems like with corsair.ANd should I get 2x 2GB or stick with 4x1GB?
Here's my story.
I got ASUS P5w DH Deluxe. Specs says that it can use 8GB of ram up to 800Mhz. I bought 2x 2 Corsair twinx 6400C4 (4GB together). Everything seems ok till I ran memtest. I got erros (all bios settings auto so memory ran as 667 5-5-5-15). I tested all combinations (usually min 10 hour tests)
-all 4 stick alone (no errors)
-all 4 sticks in defferent slots (no errors)
-2 sticks (sometimes errors sometimes not)
I took different brand ram (some APT systems) also 4GB 4stics 1Gb each. and... NO ERRORS !!!
So to finally check corsair I put it to different computer with some asus nvidia chipset board and no errors in all above combinations!!!
I read a lot on forums and I noticed not many people are using 4GB.
There are different opinions. Usually that with 4GB I won't be able to run it as 800Mhz.Ok I don't care as long as it's error free. Another thing I heard is that it's not good to take all 4 slots! Becasue there's buffering is heavy and for example in server board there is special memory on board to be able to use 4Gb and more. So my question is. What to do now. I'm sure I have to get rid of corsair and get soemthing new but what brand and maybe I should get 2x 2GB stics so I don't take all 4 slots. But I also read that 2GB sticks are unmature. ALso when checking compatibility on different producers site 2GB sticsk usally were compatible with ASUS P5B and this memory didn't show with my P5W? It's strange becasue I though 975 chipset is more powerful than 965. I really need 4GB RAM. WHat brand would you recommend so I don't have problems like with corsair.ANd should I get 2x 2GB or stick with 4x1GB?
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