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Hello there, just got my 2nd system up and running (well kinda... got a 9600xt on the way to replaced the crap s3 pci gfx in at the mo)
This system is just old spare parts i have kept from new upgrades or cheap deals i have found out and about, specs in full are as follows:-
MSI K7N2 Delta (socket A)
s3 gfx pap (9600XT on the way)
AMD athlon 2500 mobile
Geil 512 pc3500 DDR (2x256) Dual channel
80gig western digital ide hdd
Antec 480w trueblue psu
Ok i was having lockups in windows so i decided to run the memtest prog, I think it was about test 5 on pass 1 i got about 3000 errors, so i started the elimination process, I have 3 slots on my mobo and 2 sticks of ram, slot 1 and 3 enables dual channel and slots 2 and 3 enable dual channel. I tried both of these and the errors came in both at the point mentioned above.
Slots 1 and 2 enable single channel, i tried this and it was fine, passed ok. so I then thought it must be the dual channel slot (slot 3) on the mobo that was playing up, i tried 1 stick of mem in slot 3 and it all passed again. i also tried 1 stick in slot 1 on its own and then 1 stick of mem in slot 2 on its own, again all passed.
So to recap, stick 1 works fine in slots 1 2 and 3 on its own and stick 2 works in slots 1 2 3 and its own, both sticks work in slots 1 and 2 (single channel) it when i come to both sticks in either slots 1 and 3 or slots 2 and 3 (dual channel) I get the errors at test 5 on pass 1.
The cpu is set to 200fsb x 12.5 giving me 2.5ghz on 1.7v, this clock was stable when this comp was my 1st comp, the mem is rated at 2.3.3.6 at 217mhz, with the current cpu clock the mem is only running at 200mhz, the mem is running at 2.7v with timings of 2.3.3.6
Thankyou for your patience, any help would be great.
Ta CaNNoN.
This system is just old spare parts i have kept from new upgrades or cheap deals i have found out and about, specs in full are as follows:-
MSI K7N2 Delta (socket A)
s3 gfx pap (9600XT on the way)
AMD athlon 2500 mobile
Geil 512 pc3500 DDR (2x256) Dual channel
80gig western digital ide hdd
Antec 480w trueblue psu
Ok i was having lockups in windows so i decided to run the memtest prog, I think it was about test 5 on pass 1 i got about 3000 errors, so i started the elimination process, I have 3 slots on my mobo and 2 sticks of ram, slot 1 and 3 enables dual channel and slots 2 and 3 enable dual channel. I tried both of these and the errors came in both at the point mentioned above.
Slots 1 and 2 enable single channel, i tried this and it was fine, passed ok. so I then thought it must be the dual channel slot (slot 3) on the mobo that was playing up, i tried 1 stick of mem in slot 3 and it all passed again. i also tried 1 stick in slot 1 on its own and then 1 stick of mem in slot 2 on its own, again all passed.
So to recap, stick 1 works fine in slots 1 2 and 3 on its own and stick 2 works in slots 1 2 3 and its own, both sticks work in slots 1 and 2 (single channel) it when i come to both sticks in either slots 1 and 3 or slots 2 and 3 (dual channel) I get the errors at test 5 on pass 1.
The cpu is set to 200fsb x 12.5 giving me 2.5ghz on 1.7v, this clock was stable when this comp was my 1st comp, the mem is rated at 2.3.3.6 at 217mhz, with the current cpu clock the mem is only running at 200mhz, the mem is running at 2.7v with timings of 2.3.3.6
Thankyou for your patience, any help would be great.
Ta CaNNoN.