only 168 out of pc3200?

gusgizmo · Feb 16, 2004

i have a 512mb stick of pc3200 ram and i cant get it over 168 without serious memtest errors. can anyone help me out, id like to hit 200 like it was advertised.

also, im thinking about just selling the pc3200 to someone and getting 2x256 pc4500, is this doable on ~120 dollars or so? and even if not, what would be a good buy for this type of ram?

craig588 · Feb 16, 2004

What chips is it using? What voltage are you giving it?

gusgizmo · Feb 22, 2004

how do i identify the chips on the stick? would be helpful.

the ram is running at 2.8 volts, with these timings (on an a7n8x) 7, 3, 3, 2.5

Speed_Mechanic2 · Feb 22, 2004

gusgizmo said:
how do i identify the chips on the stick? would be helpful.

the ram is running at 2.8 volts, with these timings (on an a7n8x) 7, 3, 3, 2.5

You read off, or quote here, what it says on the chip itself. Then, using that, you can, or others will for you

, identify (hopefully) what chips are on it. If there's heatspreader covering it, then it gets harder to find out.

rcillig · Feb 22, 2004

I got heat spreaders on mine so how would I tell what timming settings are then ?

craig588 · Feb 22, 2004

be like me and pry it off hoping you dont kill it. I have never killed a ram stick by removing the heat spreader, and only have killed one (out of 5) CPU by removing the IHS.

tom10167 · Feb 22, 2004

How about a BRAND? I'd just RMA it though, it's not even doing it's job.

gusgizmo · Feb 29, 2004

its been more than a year since my dad got it. i just got my hands on it. ill be back in a bit with the information on the chips. btw i dropped the timings to 5-2-2-2, running a bit better now.

jlin453 · Feb 29, 2004

You should be able to run a higher fsb at 2.5-3-3-8 than the 2-2-2-5 you stated.

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