Geil 6400 on GA-965P-DS3 - Strange

[DaveGT]

Hi,

Just built my new system and everything seems fine apart from the memory.

System Specs:

E6400 @ Stock with Stock cooler
GA-965P-DS3 @F7 BIOS
GEIL 2X512MB PC2-6400 CAS3
Enermax Liberty 500w
X1950PRO

After the system was installed I have had a few application errors and wondered if the memory was ok so I ran Windows Diagnostic and Memtest86+ to check for problems and I found lots of errors.

I read up and found that this board has a standard mem voltage of 1.8v and high spec memory can have problems so I ran tests at different voltages, here are the results:

Geil Stick 1:
+0.1v = errors on the MATS+ test Windows Diagnostic
+0.2v = errors on the MATS+ test Windows Diagnostic
+0.3v = No errors on either Windows Diagnostic or memtest86+

Geil Stick 2:
+0.1v = No errors on either Windows Diagnostic or memtest86+
+0.2v = No errors on either Windows Diagnostic or memtest86+
+0.3v = Loads of Errors
+0.3v = Loads of Errors

I am not sure what else to try, played about with the timing but didn't seem to do anything.

Should I just return the sticks or is there anything else to try?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers, Dave

 

[doctoe2260]

I've just had probs with my Geil ram, apparantly there is a lot of bad Geil going around at the moment. I'd suggest contatcting OcUK support as they were really helpful for me.

 

[danoliver1]

My geil ram was faulty as well contact ocuk via web note and get an rma number.