Computer problems

butters · Post by **butters** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:41 am

Run memtest86 on it. If it passes the full test, there's nothing wrong with your ram.

LyingWake · Post by **LyingWake** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:34 pm

Nick wrote:Where do I go to figure out the timings?

First, you need to know them. When you bought your RAM, they give you number in a 2-3-3-6 fashion and are labeled in the following order:

CAS Latency?RAS to CAS Delay?RAS Precharge?TRAS

The settings are located in your BIOS. Most likely under Frequency/Voltage Control if you have AMI BIOS.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:59 pm

butters wrote:Run memtest86 on it. If it passes the full test, there's nothing wrong with your ram.

Passed the test four times in dual channel.

LyingWake wrote:
Nick wrote:Where do I go to figure out the timings?
First, you need to know them. When you bought your RAM, they give you number in a 2-3-3-6 fashion and are labeled in the following order:

CAS Latency?RAS to CAS Delay?RAS Precharge?TRAS

The settings are located in your BIOS. Most likely under Frequency/Voltage Control if you have AMI BIOS.

The timings are 3-3-3-8 on the RAM (according to Corsair spec).

The RAM timing settings are set to 3-3-3-8 in the BIOS and have been since day one.

I'm honestly running out of ideas here. Should I just RMA the RAM back to Newegg and see if it's some undetected problem? Or should I not take the 15% hit or w/e it is, and just buy a new heatsink for my processor? Or maybe scrap the mobo. I dunno. Any other programs/diagnostics I can run on various components?