My Ballistix are dead

zaza

zaza

zaza

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I just posted a problem in the Windows forum, I was having a bluescreen every 10-15 minutes, then eventually, pc wouldn't post at all. So, I took out the memory and just left 1 stick, came back on fine... Put another, which also worked, in all the slots. It seems 1 stick of 1gb and 1 stick of 512mb works, but the other 2 sticks don't work, they won't post. I tried them individually too, in all the slots. I just find it hard to believe that one of each pair has both died, and around the same time. That's strange, isn't it? I bought them at different times too, 1 pair of 1gb and 1 pair of 512. Never had one memory die on me till now.
 
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Unlucky.

Phone the nice Scottish bird at Crucial and you should be able to RMA your kits and have received your replacements by next w-end.
 
I spoke to crucial, they said I should try timings first, but I don't know how to change those. How do I change them, in what section? I have a 965p S3 board.

nvm I got it.. they're still dead
 
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Cob said:
Unlucky.
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Famous last words :/

First pair-

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Second pair-

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Explains the Folding EUE's I've been getting. Just thought they were caused by overclocking my new motherboard :(
 
advice for everyone with Ballistix PC2 5300
run it with 1.8 / 1.9V Vdimm at 333mhz maximum

I now they are rated 2.2V,but with that voltage they die very soon( although I had it at 2.25V cause P5B do not have 2.2V option)

my two kits are gone in a period of 4 and 1/2 months( about 2 months each one)
Pc starts to freze, eventual restarts out of nothing,IRQ not less or equal error at boot up,BSOD these are few o the symptoms

take out my trusty memtest86 cd, and right there, lots of errors in 1 / 2 minutes :mad:

I put a new kit ( who came from first RMA) in the pc a few days ago
I´m running it at 333mhz( 12-3-3-3) with 1.9V sistem completely stable, and the sticks are cool ( not even warm)

let´s see how much they last that time around :D
 
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Should I just set it to 44412 when I get the new ones? they were at I think 55518 or something, by default. 6400
 
zaza said:
don't I just send them back to OC?
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Mine were DOA so I returned them to OC who replaced them within about 4 days. I think after 1 month though you will be better phoning crucial direct, with a bit of luck you will get the scottish lass rather than the stroppy asian.
They will require a number off the ram before issueing an rma, so ensure that its infront of you when you call.

I´m running it at 333mhz( 12-3-3-3) with 1.9V sistem completely stable, and the sticks are cool ( not even warm)
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crikey, mine are almost too hot to touch running at 2.2. They errored at 1.8 so I bumped them straight to 2.2 as per instructions. Perhaps I will try to lower the voltage a bit!
 
Mine were unstable (BSOD/application crashes) at 1.8v so I jumped them straight up to 2.2v.
Should I try anything less than 2.2v? Would 2.1/2.0 be safer and still stable? I reinstalled windows anyway when I knew they weren't getting enough volts but would running them unstable corrupt windows?
 
2.2 is OK , but make sure to have standard airflow in your case or cool them with a 80mm fan . mine are cooled by a 80mm and i have never had ram failure. the fan operates at 7V so its dead silent
 
:)

because I have right now one of my kits of Crucial Ballistyx in RMA( flying to UK :p ) and the other is in the PC - I bought some nice 2GB DDR 800 kit in " sales promotion" at the nice price of 47£ / 71 €
( this is half the price I paid 5 months ago for 1GB Ballistix PC2 5300 -unbelievable - :D )

this is going to be a spare ram,just in case!

It´s a JetRam from Transcend,a very good brand with quality products
and it operates with standard 1.8V
This brand is new here ( my country), but I i´m expecting good things from it



 
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