Help With Recently Bought RAM

Joshh101 · 19 Mar 2011 at 18:58

Hi,

I've recently bought some (2X1GB) RAM From overclockers UK

Link:https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-284-CS

My Motherboard is as follows: GA-8VT880P Combo (Rev 1.x) - GIGABYTE - Produk - Motherboard - Overview

My Motherboard supports 400-533Mhz of ram, the ram iv'e purchased is 667mhz i keep hearing that my motherboard should downclock my ram to 533 to match its speed but for some reason its not doing so, ive added some pictures here, to show my bios settings, where it freezez, my computer, and the RAM That i previously used that works.[/COLOR]

PLEASE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TAKE A LOOK AT THE ALBUM

any help would be GREATLY Appreciated

ImageShack Album - 7 images

Surveyor · 20 Mar 2011 at 04:00

Go to the page in the BIOS on the second image you uploaded.

Change DRAM Clock from Auto to 533 and save the change.

If you can't get to this screen with your new RAM installed then put back the old RAM, change to 533 in the BIOS, save the change, let the PC reboot and go into the BIOS (no need to load Windows), switch off the PC, put the new RAM in and reboot.

Hopefully this will work.

Joshh101 · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:36

Hi there thanks a lot for the reply

I've Done Exactly what youve said, now heres the tricky part, for some reason i can only put 1 stick in and boot up, if i put 2 sticks in the computer wont load it will just crash,

So 1stick will work WHICH Should be 1gigabyte? but only comes up as 512mb on cpu-z or dxdiag etc.

Im starting to think overclockers sent me the wrong item?

Cheers,

Josh

Alasdairhurst · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:39

Well check on the label at the side of the RAM stick to be sure

Joshh101 · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:41

Im looking at the container now, it says 2GB Memory module kit, 2x1gb module
240-Pin ddr2 Ram.

So now im really confused, 512MB In supposedly a 1gb stick, Cant start with 2 sticks only 1.

Thanks.

EDIT: If you see on the album the 4th picture, BOTH Sticks are in and its only detecting 1gb ram?

EDIT2: Im now looking at the ramsticks, in small writing it says 128mb on 8 small squares which im presuming is the memory, one ram stick adds up to 1024mb so add 2
ramsticks thats 2gig, so its got to be my computer not recognizing or faulty. Help.

Alasdairhurst · 20 Mar 2011 at 14:45

Sounds like some of the memory chips may be faulty.
check the voltage on the ram ( OC says its 1.8-1.9v and the board supports ddr2 1.8v)

Surveyor · 20 Mar 2011 at 14:51

On the same page in the BIOS where you changed the RAM frequency you can adjust the DDR voltage.

Try increasing it a bit.

Joshh101 · 20 Mar 2011 at 14:53

hi im looking at it now, my dram voltage control is set to normal, so it will supply however much voltage is needed, im starting to get really ****ed off as to why this wont work, wether its my motherboard, the ram, or maybe the slot the ram goes into,

Any other ideas?

Many thanks
Josh

EDIT: Just booted up again one of my occuring Problems is the file is possibly corrupt. the file header checksum does not match the computed checksum,

Does this mean anything to you guys?

Surveyor · 20 Mar 2011 at 15:12

No, "normal" will apply whatever is set as the "normal" value, perhaps 1.8V, it will not automatically change the voltage.

Try the +0.1V setting and see what happens.

If you're not happy doing this then you'll just have to send the RAM back to OCUK.

What file is possibly corrupt? There are a lot of them on your PC.

Joshh101 · 20 Mar 2011 at 15:16

it says on the bios setting "normal will supply whatever DRam voltage is needed to run", and it says nothing but the file checksum is corrupt etc.

i tried the +0.1v, no difference unfortunately

:L

thanks

Surveyor · 20 Mar 2011 at 15:23

Does this error go away if you put back the old RAM?

I've had situations where Windows wouldn't boot if there was a problem with the RAM but booted fine as soon as I changed it.

Try setting the DDR2 to a lower speed, DDR400 or DDR333 and see if it works.

Joshh101 · 20 Mar 2011 at 15:29

Yeah as soon as i put the old ram back in boot up fine, everything perfect,

Just the new ram that causes problems,

i tried lowering the dram clock still no difference i went to 400 then 333 nothing happened

thanks for your effort

any other ideas?

Surveyor · 20 Mar 2011 at 15:42

May seem daft but I assume you're not trying to run the old and the new RAM together?

You can try the lower settings of 266 and 200 to see if that gets you anywhere.

Try with each stick one at a time, try them in the different memory slots.

Other than that I'm at a loss and it sounds like you'll have to send them back.

Perhaps you motherboard just doesn't like PC2-5300 RAM and you need to source some PC2-3200 (400 MHz) or PC2-4200 (533MHz).

Joshh101 · 20 Mar 2011 at 15:46

yeah im not trying to run them together mate, i think i might just give up and buy some different sticks of ebay or something, thanks for your effort and help

Surveyor · 20 Mar 2011 at 15:58

Hope you get this sorted.

The challenge now is getting your money back from OCUK.

If you've had the RAM less than 7 days you can send it back under the Distance Selling Regulations for a full refund (including postage) and for any reason. You need to let OCUK know you are doing this in advance.

This might be easier than trying to RMA it as the RAM may not actually be faulty, just incompatible, and you'll just get it sent back to you.

Let us know how you get on.