cant run Mushkin PC3500 lvl 2 at 3:2

[jlo56]

I have a Asus P4C800Dlx E
2.4C m0
2x512mb Mushkin PC3500 lvl2, 2.85Vdimm

AGP:PCI lock at 66:33


at 298fsb, i try to run at 3:2 mode (which is less than DDR400) 2-2-2-5, PC wont post

if i run 1:1, 200fsb (DDR400) 2-2-2-5, it boots fine


also, if i run each stick separately in single channel mode 3:2 @298fsb, it will post and run memtest fine

if running same DDR at 3:2 and 1:1 but fails at 3:2, is it the memory problem, or mobo problem?

[Freddie]

Sounds like your mobo is not to fond to 3:2 with two sticks. Sticks always work better on their own. If you have it on try turning off dual channel.

[devvingiorgio]

latest bios firmware I'm assuming ?

[flapperhead]

try it with 1 stick at a time. get latest bios. remember your spd is telling the mb that it should be running at 200 so the mb may be geting confused

[devvingiorgio]

yeh, that's always the first thing. I was pushing my systm too hard at a point and was getting memtest errors out the whazooo...until I discovered that one stick wasn't quite as good as the other....plus Soltek's BIOS revisions are seldom and few