ram prob!!!

blohin

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• Mar 22, 2002

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I have 256mb Micron DDR with Thermaltake DDR Memory Cooling and the problem is: If i let it run at 266MHz my system locks up -if I drop it down to 200MHz it works fine?????

Any ideas?!

 

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LiGhTBoY

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• Mar 22, 2002

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Maybe the thermal transfer between the chips and the cooling is't sufficient enough.

 

RnPgrosz

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• Mar 22, 2002

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Is this PC2100 or PC1600 ram? If it's 1600 it probably wont run at 266 MHz.

 

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blohin

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• Mar 22, 2002

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Hi rnpgrosz
as u can see (under) my ddr is 2100 thats why i'm aking, and dont get me wrong but Im no newbie to sytem buiding, but this is first time i'm using memory cooling (Thermaltake DDR Memory Cooling) and first time MSI K7T266 Pro2

 

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• Mar 23, 2002

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What it's not...ram temp, ram heat isn't hot enough to cause problems unless your case is the problem. Let me know your memory timings to see if they coincide with your sticks.

 

RnPgrosz

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• Mar 23, 2002

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Sorry Blohin I missed that. Did you set your memory timings to the fastest speeds? That could be your problem. Or you could have just gotten a lousy stick of ram. If you have other ddr memory take out the stuff your using and try that.