OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 5400 Issues

The Asgard · 13 Nov 2007 at 20:56

Received the kit today. After a load of hassle I found 1 of the sticks to be faulty. One stick wouldn't boot into XP while the other seemed fine.

After some more testing with the working stick it appears that too as issues. I have had some BSOD's while copying files. I'm running at stock 5300 5-5-5-15 at 1.85 .

I will try upping the voltage but I would have thought stock voltage should have no problems with 5300.

Running a P5W64 Pro with the lastest 903 Bios.

So far not impressed to say the least

dC2006 · 13 Nov 2007 at 22:17

Damn ! I was hoping to get this kit also, let us know how your replacements do.

The Asgard · 13 Nov 2007 at 22:21

Just going to send them back, too much hassle.

Must have got a Friday Batch.

pegasus1 · 14 Nov 2007 at 09:42

Work fine for me but i was putting 2.0V through them. No issues at all. mine arrived Tuesday btw.

man_from_uncle · 14 Nov 2007 at 19:48

How upsetting. I've got mine yesterday too. I haven't had a chance to use them, but I was counting on them to at least work.

That said i've got no problem upping the volts a bit to get them stable. Any chance, Asgard, that you're motherboard is undervolting them?

The Asgard · 14 Nov 2007 at 21:32

man_from_uncle said:
How upsetting. I've got mine yesterday too. I haven't had a chance to use them, but I was counting on them to at least work.

That said i've got no problem upping the volts a bit to get them stable. Any chance, Asgard, that you're motherboard is undervolting them?

The motherboard is sound with my other memory. Kingston, ballistix, gskill.

I ran the sticks at 2 Volts and I also dropped the speed to 4200 with no joy. I'm hoping its just a bad pair but in all honesty i'm slightly put off and might just ask for a refund. I have requested an RMA from OcUK and I'm just waiting for them to get back to me.

pegasus1 · 15 Nov 2007 at 08:28

The Asgard said:
The motherboard is sound with my other memory. Kingston, ballistix, gskill.

I ran the sticks at 2 Volts and I also dropped the speed to 4200 with no joy. I'm hoping its just a bad pair but in all honesty i'm slightly put off and might just ask for a refund. I have requested an RMA from OcUK and I'm just waiting for them to get back to me.

I might stick mine back in and run a few tests, as i said they worked fine for me at 2V and stock speed but that was just using desktop stuff.

The Asgard · 15 Nov 2007 at 08:41

Well just tried these with one of my other machines based on a P5N32-E Sli and I can't get past the BIOS post. So that rules out the motherboard!

Requested a refund