More failed Ballistix...Check it...

Rob43 · 30 Apr 2006 at 12:37

Its a goner

RMA time

cymatty · 30 Apr 2006 at 15:39

Take it Ballistix isn't the most reliable of memory then?

ted34 · 30 Apr 2006 at 20:07

cymatty said:
Take it Ballistix isn't the most reliable of memory then?

On the contrary its the most reliable stuff out there and more reliable than the royal mail for delivering on time.

At least crucial have good customer support though

DrSteve · 3 May 2006 at 15:37

My 2 gig kit just died too. Running stable for few months then suddenly BSODs and Photoshop crashing every time I run a filter. Bloody annoying. Guess it's RMA time here too.

Soul Rider · 3 May 2006 at 18:42

It's quite amazing that nearly all the Ballistix RMA's are running on DFI boards.

Is this down to Crucial or DFI?

Augustus · 3 May 2006 at 18:53

Ok then, try 4 sets on an Asus A8n-SLi Premium and two of the dividers won't even allow it to post, on all sets.

Pulsedriver · 3 May 2006 at 20:02

Soul Rider said:
It's quite amazing that nearly all the Ballistix RMA's are running on DFI boards.

Is this down to Crucial or DFI?

No, my last RMA for them was on my old MSI K8N NEO4 board.

trojan698 · 3 May 2006 at 20:58

I was also using an MSI board when mine failed.

Ashcrapper · 4 May 2006 at 13:11

3rd set with Asus A8N32 sli...

DrSteve · 4 May 2006 at 15:03

Been playing about with these Ballistix in memtest - changing slots etc. When I just have one 1gb stick in then there are no errors with either stick. When both are in then I get lots of errors. Odd.
Any thoughts?

Ashcrapper · 4 May 2006 at 15:09

my thoughts are get rid of them as quick as possible.

Dutch Guy · 4 May 2006 at 15:31

Errors in tests 1 -4 are usually VCore or HTT(FSB) related, maybe the warmer ambient temp is the cause of the instability?

DrSteve · 4 May 2006 at 15:31

Ashcrapper said:
my thoughts are get rid of them as quick as possible.

hehe RMA request sent

DrSteve · 4 May 2006 at 15:36

Dutch Guy said:
Errors in tests 1 -4 are usually VCore or HTT(FSB) related, maybe the warmer ambient temp is the cause of the instability?

Have tried tinkering around with all my settings. Dropped the CPU multi so it was at stock and also tried underclocking it. Have tried various HTT and divider settings. Have upped the vcore to over 1.6 (watercooled). Also have a great big 120mm fan aimed straight at the memory.

Dutch Guy · 4 May 2006 at 15:46

DrSteve said:
Have tried tinkering around with all my settings. Dropped the CPU multi so it was at stock and also tried underclocking it. Have tried various HTT and divider settings. Have upped the vcore to over 1.6 (watercooled). Also have a great big 120mm fan aimed straight at the memory.

hmmmmm, looks like you tried everything possible, mind you I'm not surprised it is the memory that is failing, it's just a little strange that it fails at test 1 -4 and not test 5 or 8

Ashcrapper · 4 May 2006 at 15:51

DrSteve said:
hehe RMA request sent

Did you buy from Crucial direct? If so get a refund and get some new stuff, otherwise contact the place you got them from and say you want something different. The fail rate on this rubbish is ridiculous.

I contacted trading standards over it just in case I got grief and its within your rights as the goods basically arent up to the standard they should be.

DrSteve · 4 May 2006 at 16:17

Dutch Guy said:
hmmmmm, looks like you tried everything possible, mind you I'm not surprised it is the memory that is failing, it's just a little strange that it fails at test 1 -4 and not test 5 or 8

Hmmmm. Hope it's not the CPU that's failing. Memory controller perhaps? When I ran memtest for longer today I did get errors that weren't in test 2. Funny thing is that all the errors seem to be at 1984.4MB.

Ashcrapper said:
Did you buy from Crucial direct? If so get a refund and get some new stuff, otherwise contact the place you got them from and say you want something different. The fail rate on this rubbish is ridiculous.

Got the memory from OCUK at the end of last year. Would like to go for something different but not too sure what to go for. Quite fancy some OCZ.

OV3RCLOCK3R · 4 May 2006 at 20:02

Had mine since august last year and paid £270 for them. Still going strong and running them at 280 3-3-3-8 2.6v for 24/7 use and 310 3-3-3-8 2.7v for benching

Pulsedriver · 4 May 2006 at 20:16

Its frustrating...BUT

I sent mine back to Crucial Tuesday, and I have just been told the replacement is arriving tommorow guaranteed.

I honestly cannot fault the service, its superb.

I will get my DDR2 ram from them when I get an M2 CPU next year.