This is not an overclocking question, but I was hoping I could get some advice.
So far this week, I have purchased and exchanged 4 boxes of 512MB PC3200 Kingston ValueRAM (KVR400/512R). All of them had problems.
The first one had Micron chips and was single-sided it checked out OK with both Memtest86+ and GoldMemory. But then when I put my other stick in with it (ULTRA ULT30215, 512MB, Samsung chips, double-sided), my system would just freak out or hang. If I ran with just one stick (either one) it was fine. Only when I had both of them in at the same time (no matter which slots they were in) did I have problems.
So I returned it, and got another one, this one had no-name chips, it failed in both Memtest and GoldMemory on the same single bit several times.
The next one I got, again no-name chips, failed with over 300 errors.
The next one (I believe this one had Samsung chips, but not sure) also failed with a single bit error the first time I ran GoldMemory (first pass). I have now ran memtest86+ for 5 passes with no errors (I just started testing this stick), but that one error in GoldMemory is enough for me to trash this stick too.
The last three sticks I got were all double-sided, so I don't know it that has anything to do with them working together with my ULTRA memory, only the single-sided Micron chips had that problem.
Has anyone had this bad an experience with memory? Kingston?
My system is an HP/Compaq Presario sr1010z with an Athlon 64 3400+ (2.4 GHz Newcastle) socket 754 Asus K8S-LA motherboard.
I'd appreciate any insite or advice you can give (please don't tell me to buy a better brand of memory, unless you know of better memory I can get for $18, which is what this cost me, although I probably spent twice that on gas just going back and forth to the store.)
Thanks!
So far this week, I have purchased and exchanged 4 boxes of 512MB PC3200 Kingston ValueRAM (KVR400/512R). All of them had problems.
The first one had Micron chips and was single-sided it checked out OK with both Memtest86+ and GoldMemory. But then when I put my other stick in with it (ULTRA ULT30215, 512MB, Samsung chips, double-sided), my system would just freak out or hang. If I ran with just one stick (either one) it was fine. Only when I had both of them in at the same time (no matter which slots they were in) did I have problems.
So I returned it, and got another one, this one had no-name chips, it failed in both Memtest and GoldMemory on the same single bit several times.
The next one I got, again no-name chips, failed with over 300 errors.
The next one (I believe this one had Samsung chips, but not sure) also failed with a single bit error the first time I ran GoldMemory (first pass). I have now ran memtest86+ for 5 passes with no errors (I just started testing this stick), but that one error in GoldMemory is enough for me to trash this stick too.
The last three sticks I got were all double-sided, so I don't know it that has anything to do with them working together with my ULTRA memory, only the single-sided Micron chips had that problem.
Has anyone had this bad an experience with memory? Kingston?
My system is an HP/Compaq Presario sr1010z with an Athlon 64 3400+ (2.4 GHz Newcastle) socket 754 Asus K8S-LA motherboard.
I'd appreciate any insite or advice you can give (please don't tell me to buy a better brand of memory, unless you know of better memory I can get for $18, which is what this cost me, although I probably spent twice that on gas just going back and forth to the store.)
Thanks!