Ballistix's die again....

Overlag

Overlag

Overlag

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now this is getting silly.... i really dont understand this what so ever, ive got standard/value crucial ram running thats 5-6years old, however ive had to replace EVERY ballistix chip ive brought (or receved as a replacement), within a year of getting them and im really starting to get fed up......

First system,
A64 3200
Asus A8V deluxe(VIA)

2x 512mb A and B (DS)
B dies 3 months later, and gets replaced by C (DS)
A and C work along side each other for 9 months without issue.

Upgrade to A64 4400, A8N Premium (3 months ago)
A and C work for 1 month in this system before
A Dies, and is replaced by D (single sided), C doesnt work with D, so C is replaced by E (so they both single sided)
C and E work for 2 months, and now they have BOTH failed?!?!?!


What the hell is going on here? :mad: thank god Crucials RMA service is the best ive EVER had to use, but im using it WAY too often
 
My mates just had his ballistixs fail on him although this is his first set so hopefully his rma will go smoothly and his replacements should be alright. Could it be that somehow the sticks are gettings damaged somehow when you have recived them? as i would say that ammount of failure is very unusual
 
Just had my Ballistix Tracer die too, they passed the booting problem I had with them when they tested them at Crucial, but lucky that they wouldnt do the 250mhz that there spose to so they replaced them.

The initial problem has gone, but it will take a couple of months of use for the same problem to appear.

Possibly a bad batch for the UK? The Yanks have had no such problems.

I bough direct too if thats a factor.
 
Last time i had 3 crucial sticks die on me PC3200, that was ages ago when i was using thunderbirds and the abit KG7 board...they died under strange reasons...the last one without even been overclocked...they RMAD the sticks and told me that would have been the last time they do so...i never bought crucial again...

Check if your board is short circiuiting anywhere with the case...of if you have dropped anything on the board...dunno a screw or whatever...yes i have seen this in the past while building mates pcs...

You changed boards and cpus...so this kinda proves it should be the ram.

Are your power rails all fine?Check with a multimeter too.
 
Brwmogazos said:
Last time i had 3 crucial sticks die on me PC3200, that was ages ago when i was using thunderbirds and the abit KG7 board...they died under strange reasons...the last one without even been overclocked...they RMAD the sticks and told me that would have been the last time they do so...i never bought crucial again...

Check if your board is short circiuiting anywhere with the case...of if you have dropped anything on the board...dunno a screw or whatever...yes i have seen this in the past while building mates pcs...

You changed boards and cpus...so this kinda proves it should be the ram.

Are your power rails all fine?Check with a multimeter too.
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if i was honest.... the problems started when my 460watt Enermax decided it couldnt power this rig anymore... And the ram was dead when i fitted my 620watt Enermax.
 
hmhmh could be a power prob...cos one of my sticks died due to dodgy PSU mate.when i bought ages ago my enermax everything stopped...

BTW how youve been man....been away for months...national service you see...you may remember me
 
Brwmogazos said:
hmhmh could be a power prob...cos one of my sticks died due to dodgy PSU mate.when i bought ages ago my enermax everything stopped...

BTW how youve been man....been away for months...national service you see...you may remember me
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i think the psu took the ram out with it.... but its funny how it only killed one?

i not sure i remember ya? lol
 
I have been through 4 sets of Ballistix Pc4000 so i know your frustrations all too well. First 2 sets were the 2.5,4,4,8 stuff, then i got sent a pair of single sided 3,4,4,8 sticks, then after that they sent me a single 1gb stick and told me that i could have a 30% discount if i wanted to buy another lol. The guy i spoke to on the phone was actually very cool, and he let me know in a roundabout way that they have serious problems with Ballistix returns, which apparently is pcb related and not a problem with the IC's.

All of the sets worked fine for a few months then i'd suddenly start getting crashes left right and center. Fingers crossed this 1gb stick is ok atm, but i wont hold my breath, i just wish Intel had decent chips atm so i could just hurry up and move to DDR2 already, i really dont see the point in buying more DDR now.
 
p0rks0da said:
I have been through 4 sets of Ballistix Pc4000 so i know your frustrations all too well. First 2 sets were the 2.5,4,4,8 stuff, then i got sent a pair of single sided 3,4,4,8 sticks, then after that they sent me a single 1gb stick and told me that i could have a 30% discount if i wanted to buy another lol. The guy i spoke to on the phone was actually very cool, and he let me know in a roundabout way that they have serious problems with Ballistix returns, which apparently is pcb related and not a problem with the IC's.

All of the sets worked fine for a few months then i'd suddenly start getting crashes left right and center. Fingers crossed this 1gb stick is ok atm, but i wont hold my breath, i just wish Intel had decent chips atm so i could just hurry up and move to DDR2 already, i really dont see the point in buying more DDR now.
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aye, i cant beleive the fail rate. These 2 chips have NEVER run at there rated speed 2-2-2-8 200mhz the max they can do is 2.5-3-3-8 200mhz, but i needed my pc so just kept quiet. i might email them today, and tell them 1 has totaly failed, while the other one cant even run at rated speed (again!!!)

might ask if i can RMA the 2x512mb and get 2x1gig back
 
i brought some PC4000 crucial, 2gig of it...

the 2nd chip has died within a month... So it looks like my Asus A8N-SLI premium is burning up anything i put in the second slot.....

Who do i turn to now? What do i say to crucial? What do i say to Asus? Or do i go to where i brought it from?

this means more time without my system :mad:
 
Overlag said:
i brought some PC4000 crucial, 2gig of it...

the 2nd chip has died within a month... So it looks like my Asus A8N-SLI premium is burning up anything i put in the second slot.....

Who do i turn to now? What do i say to crucial? What do i say to Asus? Or do i go to where i brought it from?

this means more time without my system :mad:
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just send them back to crucial - they never complain if the memory is faulty. I found that my memory was stable at 250mhz in slots a1 b1 but in slots a2 b2 i can get 270mhz so i suggest try the other two slots.
 
ted34 said:
just send them back to crucial - they never complain if the memory is faulty. I found that my memory was stable at 250mhz in slots a1 b1 but in slots a2 b2 i can get 270mhz so i suggest try the other two slots.
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ive sent back like 5 chips in the last year, sooner or later they will blacklist me.

ive got no idea what is going on
 
few years back i had 2 512mb crucial pc 2700 sticks die in a KG7 board, ram was ecc registered running in server. both sticks died for no reason what so ever.
got replacements from crucial and they still working fine today. very odd.

i myself have loads of crucial sticks in use and even a 512mb ballistix 3200 stick and no problems so far touch wood.
 
I have just taken delivery of a gig of Ballistix and I had now idea about their failure rate. doh!. :D . At least the RMA process is smooth.
 
just got my 2gb tracer back from RMA as first set start to develop errors then it failed to boot.
new set seems fine so far, will see 2-3 months down the line.
good thing crucial are quick with turn around time to me,sent set on monday,replaced set back sat morning
 
A8V
2 x 512mb ballistix

I have had 1 stick that I know of screw up, sent both for rma in the end.

I did notice they where running very hot when I finally found out the memory was at fault.
 
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