ORthos Errors

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Hullo again.

Run orthos to test temps, got an error after 3.5 mins and 1.5 mins regarding "got 0.5 expected less then 0.4" etc. Ive read this might be a RAM issue, but my RAM is running at stock. How would i check timings and adjust them?

E6300, P5N32-E SLi Plus, Crucial Ballistix 6400 (2x1gb), 7900GS and a Scythe Ninja on the CPU (freshly installed so still settling in.)
 
I'm not O/C'd at all, everything is stock, which is why i thought i might need to underclock the RAM. If's it's stability, what else could it be? I have hugely high temps (50+ idle 59 - 60 load) but i've reseated over and over and left for a couple of weeks each time and its just not improving. i dont really want to lap the E6300 in case there actually is something wrong with it.

I'll post my Ram timings when i get home tonight, was going to do it before work but, i woke up at 7:30, start work at 8, takes 35 minutes to drive :P emergency!
 
anyone got any ideas what the settings hsould be? a couple of times ive looked at changing them but changed my mind cause ive got NFI what they should be :/
 
Done. set the voltage and change the timings, but the PC is unstable now and restarts itsef before i can open more than one application :/
 
Cob said:
Ok put it back to how it was before and download and burn MemTest to a cd. Boot from the cd and let it do is thing.

If you get loads of errors then it's time to phone the nice Scottish chaps at crucial and get it RMA'ed.
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Run it on 4-4-4-12 or 5-5-5-18?

doing 55518 atm but its taking ages :P
 
The memory is sitting in the Blue slots of the mobo. with one empty slot between them. I believe this to be correct?

I've replaced the heatsink. It was an AC Freezer Pro 7, and is now a Scythe Ninja, temps have always been bad. I've tried 4 different ways of applying thermal paste (which is AC Silver 5) like leaving as a blob, spreadin with a piece of card, applying in one line along the cores and spreading using my finger in cling film (not as weird as it sounds). Each time ive let it settle for at least a week whilst running loads and letting it heat and cool before trying again.

As the mobo, i couldnt say if the chipset is running hot. It has the stock heatsinks and copper heatpipes on. there is good airflow and lately ive been leaving the sidepanel off. I'm even pointing a 120mm fan at it from my desk (which is a freaking blue LED one and is intensely annoying)

The PSU however might be an issue. It's a 460W PSU by an unknown brand X-Pro (MPT460-P). I made a post earlier in the year regarding it's compatability and drew a handy diagram to help my enquiries regarding *** fact that the EATXPWER cable molex was too short. However everything works and i've manaed to overclock* the 7900GS and PCI bus and the PSU seems to handle it fine. In any case it doesnt look like this system is too power hungry?

*very briefly using nTune, it reset again after reboot. stupid program.
 
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OK. Thanks for the help everyone, i'm at a loss with this sort of thing :)

I've stopped memtest after 2.5 hours. in any case it appears to just be repeating the tests over and over. It had 0 fails and that was at Auto Volts and 5-5-5-18 timings.

Ive rebooted, changed to 4-4-4-12 @2.2v and rebooted again, and memtest has pulled up 356 errors in under a minute, so i assume its going to fail everything.

Should i RMA this?
 
Cob said:
I would return it to Crucial as it's failing MemTest at its rated settings... Either way they'll send you back working memory.
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Yeah, i've emailed them tonight and Asus too, but if i RMA i wont do it till Thursday or so cause im going out of the country for a bit on the friday. That way they have time to respond and if i do RMA, i wont miss it cause i wont be here. I'll just run it till thursday on 5-5-5-18, which works perfectly stable, just holds the system back a bit :)

and Halk, it might be all you did to use Google, but you didnt even have to do that :P

Thanks everyone for the input, i'll return with anything i find (im sure there will a nother thread for my busted Mobo and CPU soon too :P)
 
OK guys, i've been thinking i might sell the board and get another. Maybe the P5N? What board would work well with the Ballistix and a E6300? I'm not really bothered about SLI anymore cause i'll prolly upgrade to an 8800 soon
 
Got an email back from Asus, they reccomend updating the Bios (and on the latest bios it does list "increased memory compatability" as a point.)

Dont have a floppy drive, and when i plug it in, the PC doesnt POST, so tbh, sod it. I'll just run the stuff at 5-5-5-18. cba with all this :P
 
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