Is my Ballistix failing?

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I'm starting to think I got a poor set of Ballistix(2x1gb).....When I first got this set they ran fine at 265fsb then after awhile my system started becoming unstable with random reboots, so I backed it off to 255fsb and over the past coupld weeks I started getting more random reboots. It's now down to 250fsb and BF2 started to close or reboot my system after 5 to 30 minutes of play. And just now BF2 won't get past loading all the map data, it shuts down and I get a window pop up saying bf2 ran into a memory error. I'm running 3-4-8-4 1T @ 2.8v

Does this sound like my Ballistix is starting to crap out? What memory diagnostics can I use to figure out?

:( :(

edit I'm running the bootable Memtest right now, will it stop at an error? Are there any settings I should use?
 
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Well I let it memtest run for 11 hours and the error count stayed at 0. I'm not sure if the program ran through every on it's own though?

What could my problem be?

AMD64 3000+ @ 2.3GHz (max load temp is 44c)
9800 pro (395/714 passes artifact test)
Antec PP-412X 400W (12v = 12.1v-12.2v, 3.3v =3.15v-3.2v, 5v = 5.07v)
MSI K8N Neo2 Plat.
 
*UPDATE*

I can pass many loops of memtest #5 @260fsb(5fsb higher than I was experiencing my recently problems at) and @ 2.6v....But I cannot get into windows with at least 2.8v....(have always used 2.8v)

Here aremy dram settings

cas=3
trcd=3
tras=8
trrd=3
trwt=3
trc=12
trfc=18

btw I'm using SideEffects 1.CB3 bios on my K8N Neo2 Plat
 
Larok said:
Buddy, it's your Crucial ballistix memory. Get rid of it. Mine and others failed in the same way and memtest was fine on mine too.

You can confirm this by trying some other memory in your system, then you'll know for sure.
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If it passes memtest why would they send you a new set??? Do they have other diagnostics tests they use?
 
Well after a few prime tests I got some very un-settling results from my ballistix. I just put in my old 512 stick and am running at the same clock speed with less volts and it's gone further than my ballistix has recently. I will post the logs later tonite, hopefully leading to more certain answers.
 
I think my fears of failing Ballistix are comming true. Here are my Prime logs when I tested with my Ballistix I thought might be failing:

Type: Blend - stress CPU and RAM Min: 8 Max: 4096 InPlace: No Mem: 1951 Time: 15
CPU: 2295MHz FSB: 255MHz [255MHz x 9.0 est.]
3/1/2006 12:15 PM Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Press Stop to end this test.
Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 2, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922943 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 3, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19374367 using 1024K FFT length.
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.4970703125, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
Torture Test ran 9 minutes 45 seconds - 1 errors, 0 warnings.
Execution halted.

Type: Blend - stress CPU and RAM Min: 8 Max: 4096 InPlace: No Mem: 1951 Time: 15
CPU: 2249MHz FSB: 250MHz [249MHz x 9.0 est.]
3/1/2006 12:28 PM Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Press Stop to end this test.
Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
Torture Test ran 3 minutes 24 seconds - 1 errors, 0 warnings.
Execution halted.


Type: Blend - stress CPU and RAM Min: 8 Max: 4096 InPlace: No Mem: 1951 Time: 15
CPU: 2249MHz FSB: 250MHz [249MHz x 9.0 est.]
3/1/2006 3:00 PM Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Press Stop to end this test.
Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 2, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922943 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 3, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19374367 using 1024K FFT length.
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
Torture Test ran 10 minutes 45 seconds - 1 errors, 0 warnings.
Execution halted.

I decided to try one of my old 512 PC3200 sticks of Samsung and run the same test at the same speed(I used a 166MHz divider and 3-3-3-8 1T in order to get a stable 250fsb)

I put the Samsung ram into my PC and set the fsb to 250 and also put the Vcore down 0.02v and When I came and checked on my computer next it was over 3 hours later and the prime blend test was still running fine. Does this verify my Ballistix are crapping out???
 
I'm confused now....I decided to run prime again with my ballistix and it's been going for over 2 hours and seems fine. Could the problem be something else?
 
I haven't had any problems getting my system to POST. I ran prime again the other day after my computer was on for awhile and it failed around the hour mark. Which leads me to believe it's heat thats starting to cause instability in the ram. Seems like it's only a matter of time before they completly fail..... :mad:
 
I am using that version of memtest. I can't play BF2 at 2.75v on my ram without it freezing within 1 minute of being in the map and at 2.8v it overheats in prime with the blend test within an hour or sometimes within a few minutes. This stuff is so unrealiable, but I'm unsure if I should send it back yet incase they say it's ok because it ussually runs fine in memtest, but never well in games or prime. I would happily send this back for a cheaper set of G.Skill.

I just really hate the fact that I spent a lot of money on this ram(because it was a HUGE buy for me) and if I get new stuff from ballistix they would send me 4x512......It's something that really bugs me now......I've been trying to get a half decent computer with what I can afford and it's just been killing me :(
 
Why don't you hold Crucial up to they gaurantee. it is for a life time ad if they cant deliver you the same product demand you get money back.
 
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