I recently replaced my memory with 2 - 1Gig sticks of Crucial Ballistx DDR500/PC4000 memory. I immediately changed my CPURAM ratio to 1:1 and run the memory at 250 MHz. I let the voltage default to 2.8 volts.
Although Memtest and Prime ran without any issue, Windows would just freeze at some seemingly random interval. I took all timings to max and this did not really seem to effect this problem. I then raised the voltage to 2.9 volts and found this made the problem significantly worse. I therefore lowered the voltage to 2.7 volts and the freezing seemed to occur less frequently. I am now at 2.65 volts and the problem seems to have dissappeared.
This seems butt backwards. I would have expected to need more voltage to stabilize the memory, not less. Is this reasonable?
Although Memtest and Prime ran without any issue, Windows would just freeze at some seemingly random interval. I took all timings to max and this did not really seem to effect this problem. I then raised the voltage to 2.9 volts and found this made the problem significantly worse. I therefore lowered the voltage to 2.7 volts and the freezing seemed to occur less frequently. I am now at 2.65 volts and the problem seems to have dissappeared.
This seems butt backwards. I would have expected to need more voltage to stabilize the memory, not less. Is this reasonable?