my Corsair PC3500 sucks but why?

[twinkieTHEkid]

ive pinpointed my Corsair PC3500 ram as the reason for my 200FSB wall ive had a 200FSB limit on 3 motherboards the KX7-333R/A7N8X and now my 8RDA+ now i know its the ram that cant do high FSB because on my 8RDA+ and set the FSB to 170 and ram ratio to 133% for about 225MHZ on the ram and it still would not post or be stable now i also did the opposite i set the FSB to 225 and ram ratio to 83$ for something like 170MHZ on RAM and guess what it booted and was stable so that means its not the 8RDA+ NB or anything causing me trouble

so right now the max my Corsair PC3500 XMS can do is 200FSB SYNCH @ 4-2-2-2

also any FSB above 200 on the ram and any mem timings is not stable even 210@ 9-5-5-3 is not stable

so whats up with my ram it should be able to do an easy 234MHZ so WTF is going ondo i just have a bad stick of PC3500?

[JazztrumpetJND]

how long ago did u buy it?? if it doesnt hit what was advertised i would say send that sucker bak and get one that can. but at 200+ fsb dont mobos usually get wacky?? just a thought because i dont have a system with a 200+ fsb.

--jason

[Top Hat Theater]

Have you tried raising your Vdimm to 2.8? If all else fails, RMA it directly to Corsair...the turnaround time to get a new stick is very very short.

~THT

[FACTION95Si]

How long of a period of time is very short? A couple days ? A couple weeks?

I've considered sending mine back as well.

[twinkieTHEkid]

i got it way back in august and i dont even remember were i got it from

[Top Hat Theater]

Send it directly to Corsair. The stick is covered by a lifetime warranty. By a short time, I mean one day of processing after they get the RAM and three days in transit back to you; Corsair ships replacement sticks via UPS 3 Day Select. I sent my RAM in and got it back in about 8 business days.

~THT

[i810 Forever]

Don't feel bad.

My 512MB stick of XMS3500 CAS2 can't even do PC-2700 speeds stable @ CAS2. It causes freakish system instability- random crashing, restarts, and strange colors on the screen when @ CAS2, while at the crappiest settings available on my board it runs fine.

No matter what voltage I try it STILL is incapable of running @ PC-2700 CAS2- no matter what voltage - and this is a PC-3500, CAS2 stick of memory! :mad:

On the RMA form I asked if they could send me a Rev 2.1 stick, since my stick is Rev 1.1- and seem to have a lot of problems with strict timings from what I've read.

Hopefully the Rev 2.1 stuff will help me out.

[FACTION95Si]

I'm curious to see how that new 2.1 stick will work.

[OC Noob]

AH HA!

That is my problem then. My system was running fine for almost a month with this V1.1 XMS stick and all of a sudden it starts acting up on me. I've had different ram in and no problems. This baby is going back to Corsair.

Thanks guys!