This BH-5 Is CRAP!

[Suma]

Today I got a loned 256 BH-5 Stick, probably Generic Winbond, says only: " 6-Layer 7M8RE-SA "

anyway I tried it @ 210 2-2-2-5 no good went to 2.5 3 3 7 (2.9v) still no good, switched a mobo to my old 8rda+ (1.1) which is moded to give 3.2v and again 210 isn't surviving Memtest86.

I'm going to give it back tommorow! this stick it TERRIBLE! :mad:

Suma.

[-=TriX-R4-KidS=]

i had a bad experience w/ some 2x512 buffalo PC3700 as well....would only do around 333 stable :(....I RMA'd it back to Newegg and they gave me my money back....now im going to use that to try some Kingston HyperX PC3000 BH-5....I really hope I dont have any probs w/ it.

[R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3]

try burning it in some, either the motherboard or the ram

my new mobo wouldn't let me run the ram in my sig at 133 2-2-2-6 @ 2.9v without memtest errors, after a few days of 24/7 prime95 it let me run 133 2-2-2-6 @ 2.5v with no memtest errors

[malon]

Maybe its the PCB that is crap, a stick with good chips doent mean that is gonna be a good o/c , the PCB is an important peace too ;)

[Suma]

Originally posted by R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3
try burning it in some, either the motherboard or the ram

my new mobo wouldn't let me run the ram in my sig at 133 2-2-2-6 @ 2.9v without memtest errors, after a few days of 24/7 prime95 it let me run 133 2-2-2-6 @ 2.5v with no memtest errors

Hmm I'll try that.
I trust the mobo, does 220 2-2-2-5 w/ my Corsair PC3200.
and what do you consider burning in?

[Suma]

bump :p

[Scorpius]

My BH-5 does 250 cas2 2 2 5 w out burn in. w 3.2v :D

[-=TriX-R4-KidS=]

/me wishes I knew how to solder so I could do a vdimm mod :'(

[Suma]

I got one mobo soldered, vdimm set to 3.2v this stick can't do 210 cas2, it's horrible!
:mad:

[a12bc3]

How high can [for example] mushkin pc3500 level II ram do[volts]? Can it just go as much as the bios will go? Isn't it kind of dangerous to run your ram at 3.2v[scorpius]? unless im too much of an amateur at this thing. How high has anyone gotten the mushkin ram to?

a12bc3

[Suma]

My TwinMOS ran almost 2 weeks on memtest @ 3.2v still alive :p

[R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3]

run stress tests all at the same time, prime95, folding continuously and using loops of 10 or more 3dmarks01 and 03 when you're not using the comp, do this for a week or two, maybe do some memtest86

[Suma]

Hmm all of these together? Ouch.
how about Prime95 & 3dmark2001se together? will it be enough?

Suma.

[R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3]

depends on what you're testing, i don't think any of these are sufficient to burn ram in by themselves

with my cpu, i get no errors running prime95 for well over 24hrs at high clocks with many things running at the same time, but when i put folding on at the same time it gives me illegal sumout errors within 10 hours, i say the more system stressing proggies running the better to really put load on all components

[DayUSeX]

Originally posted by Suma
My TwinMOS ran almost 2 weeks on memtest @ 3.2v still alive :p

hmm very cool what kidn of twinmos did you ahve as im looking at geting aomse bh-5 twinmos for a athalon sys soon

[Suma]

Where can you find BH-5s????
Mine are CH-5.