Twinmos Twister PC3700

Well not very good results right now it could be just plain motherboard incompatibility

only tested on PX865PE PRO2 so far and have 2 major problems

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Problem #1:
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The 512MB Twinmos Twister PC3700 individually tested in PX865PE PRO2 seem to error out in memtest86 (http://memtest86.com) straight away or within 10 passes in tests # 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 when set at the following

* SPD (2.5-3-3-8) at 2.75v and 2.85v
* 2.5-3-3-8 manually set timings at 2.75 and 2.85v
* 2.5-4-4-8 at 2.75v and 2.85v

The system I'm currently using is:

Pentium 4 2.4C Costa Rica Week 20
MCX4000 rev1 + 120x35mm Sunon 120cfm fan on TT fan speed controller
Albatron PX865PE PRO2 1.02 beta bios
128MB Gigacube 9600PRO VIVO @ stock
120GB WD 1200JB on IDE1 port
520W Topower Gold dual fan

cpu:ddr ratio = 1:1
vcore = 1.6v
vAGP = 1.5v and 1.6v
vdimm = 2.75v or 2.85v

Spread sprectrum = disabled
AGP/PCI/SRC = 66.66/33.33/100
Hyperthreading enabled
Promise raid controller disabled
SATA controller disabled

I'ved tested all my other memory and they can run between 217-275mhz 1:1 on this board and with this 2.4C cpu.

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Problem #2:
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The 512MB Twinmos Twister PC3700 physically are hard to insert/install into the dimm sockets on the Albatron PX865PE PRO2 motherboard compared to the other memory I've been testing.

I purchased the memory from memoryx.net and took photos of the memory and uploaded them to my site at http://www.fileshosts.com/memory/twinmos/twister/pc3700/1/web/

It doesn't seem that this memory works on my PX865PE PRO2 at rated timings of 233mhz 2.5-3-3-8 or 2.5-4-4-8 at 2.75-2.85v ... I'm going to test on my Epox 4PCA3+ as well.

I've emailed Twinmos to ask what board validation the memory has done and at 5 twinmos email addresses on their site all bounce back with either username not found or exceeded dropfile size errors

I'll test it on 4PCA3+ soon if i can get the memory installed...

BTW, anyone got a contact email at Twinmos I can take advantage of ?

Sorry to hear about your problems. I also experienced alot more resistance than normal installing the twister memory.

Eva, what do you do with all the memory your left over with after these tests? Too bad you can't test these on an Abit or Asus mobo that most of us have :0

Great tests you do are very infomative. The Twister-series were quite exciting, it's a shame you couldn't get them to work for one of your reviews.

are yours Twister PC3700 dual channel or just 2 unmatched sticks in dual ?

Speed_Mechanic2 said:

Eva, what do you do with all the memory your left over with after these tests? Too bad you can't test these on an Abit or Asus mobo that most of us have :0

Great tests you do are very infomative. The Twister-series were quite exciting, it's a shame you couldn't get them to work for one of your reviews.

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i sold my IC7 a few days ago so i can decide on getting either an Abit IC7 Max3 of P4C800-E Deluxe..

eva2000 said:

i sold my IC7 a few days ago so i can decide on getting either an Abit IC7 Max3 of P4C800-E Deluxe..

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the purpose of my memory testing is I will have 2 - 3 new pcs 800FSB type replace my main pcs.. so i decided to find out for myself what memory works best on what boards.. logically what memory works best for me will be the ones i keep and the others may get some eventually

well these twisters could be the same old Twinmos Pc3700 sticks that did bad with heatspreaders covering it up. Just a thought

nycundaground said:

well these twisters could be the same old Twinmos Pc3700 sticks that did bad with heatspreaders covering it up. Just a thought

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Not likely. The Twister series use the new WLCSP IC and the regular PC3700's use the old TSOP IC.

-Bobby