NOTICE: X38/X48 Ballistix Tracers Compatibility Dropped

Davy644 · 19 Mar 2008 at 08:23

I was looking on the Assus help forum and was pointed here
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20080319042718843&board_id=1&model=P5E&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

And original source I think

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=168119&page=95

New i should have gone with P5E3 :mad:

+ApocalypsE+ · 19 Mar 2008 at 11:10

Davy644 said:
I was looking on the Assus help forum and was pointed here
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20080319042718843&board_id=1&model=P5E&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

And original source I think

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=168119&page=95

New i should have gone with P5E3

but the P5E3 is x38???

Davy644 · 19 Mar 2008 at 13:17

+ApocalypsE+ said:
but the P5E3 is x38???

I know but with ddr3 As it would seem that no body is having problems with ddr3 X38 chipsets,unless there is only a few about

fornowagain · 26 Mar 2008 at 17:11

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=182063

mauricio hermes: hello
Eric : Hi Mauricio
mauricio hermes: can you check this? some friend told me that INTEL X38/48 does not support well the BALLISTIX pc8500?
Eric : sure. Let me check.
mauricio hermes: this is his statement
mauricio hermes: http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showp...61&postcount=1
Eric : Yes. We have invalidated the Ballistix on this board.
mauricio hermes: maximus formula too? tht's horrible!
mauricio hermes: the intel X38/48 is "killing" the DIMM?
mauricio hermes: I'm going to work, tanks for your time
Eric : The Ballistix are very finicky modules. The *NEED* steady voltage at 2.2v
mauricio hermes: understood "

http://www.blazingpc.com/forum/showthread.php/notice_x38_x48_ballistix_tracers-11830/index.html

Datamonkey · 26 Mar 2008 at 17:17

its odd,

i have had nothing but problems with my ballistix 8500 with led's on my ip35-pro
have since swapped back to my gskill hz's and its running fine again.

Im pretty sure crucial have dropped a ^&*^*%$% with recent batches of this memory now days, since they have gone single sided.

fornowagain · 26 Mar 2008 at 17:19

Funny that mines the other way round, 4x1 HZ gave me nothing but problems and the tracers have been fine on my IP35 Pro.

Datamonkey · 26 Mar 2008 at 17:30

fornowagain,

are yours double sided or single?

fornowagain · 26 Mar 2008 at 18:31

The original double sided.

netby · 26 Mar 2008 at 18:49

Ballistyx DDR2 at 2.2Vdimm die after some time of intensive use
I have said that time after time in these foruns (no one believe me

)

and PC2 8500 are just same chip´s as PC2 5300 (only factory overclocked)

mine are at 1.95V almost 24/7 ,nine months and counting....

JeffyB · 26 Mar 2008 at 20:08

No problems at all with my tracer red's on my maximus formula.

Datamonkey · 26 Mar 2008 at 20:38

fornowagain said:
The original double sided.

Mine are single sided

shame they were screamers when they were working lol.

Oh well rma then onto the famous auction site i think.