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Test them in a different slot each individually. if still fails install |
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both. swap back and forth. |
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>wrote: |
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> Am 05.03.2013 22:14, schrieb walt: |
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> > On 03/05/2013 09:56 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> >> intel introduced an extension for spd information. The ram should work |
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> >> just fine. Intel motherboards might or might not make use of the |
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> >> additional information. so might or might not amd boards. And no, there |
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> >> won't be any risk. DDR3 is DDR3. |
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> > I just discovered some bad DDR2 RAM in an older machine (2GB x 2) and I |
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> > tested each stick separately using memtest86. The result confuses me: |
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> > Each 2GB stick fails at exactly the same point in the test (0-32MB), and |
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> > that seems improbable to me. I'm thinking the mobo might be broken |
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> > of the RAM. Any ideas? |
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> > Thanks. (I have only the one machine that uses DDR2, unfortunately.) |
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> Try adjusting the timing as noted on this thread. Maybe slower settings |
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> work better, even if they are below SPD. Also look at the voltages (most |
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> BIOSes show them). If they are considerably off, this could affect your |
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> RAM. A bad power supply is always a suspect when something breaks. |
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> Regards, |
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> Florian Philipp |
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