I've a whinchester 3500+ and i've upgraded the ram: from 2x256 Twinmos cl2,5 (they was ok) to 2*512 g.skill 3200 (2-3-3-6). My Motherboard is Asus: A8N SLI DELUXE. First boot setting auto, system starts with cl2,5 for ram, so i manually i set from bios cl2.0. The system crash quickly (when load the asus a8n logo, and stops, don't go on). I must reset and set cl2,5 to start pc. I search on some hardware forum, and i get the answer that the winchester has problems with g.skill cl2.0. Is it real? How can i resolve the problem?
Thank you

if your chip really does have a problem running that, then i dont think there is much you can do about it. you can try to play around with the other ram settings and see what happens.

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What is your Command Rate set at...1T or 2T?

If at 1T, try 2T to see if that helps...



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Originally posted by: kirbalo
What is your Command Rate set at...1T or 2T?

If at 1T, try 2T to see if that helps...

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Yeah, you could do that, but then your memory would be clocked down substantially. I seem to be having a similar problem with my A8V Deluxe: I have 2x512 Crucial Ballistix 2-2-2-6 DDR400, but anything faster than 2.5-2-2-8 will cause sporadic BSODs. I don't know yet whether it is a problem with the motherboard or if it is just the particular batch of memory Newegg ended up sending me. It is quite a strange problem, though, as my system is Prime stable and can pass an 8-hour run of memtest86, yet I still get random BSODs.

Anyways, what voltage is your memory supposed to run at? I'm thinking it probably is not getting enough power, so it will occasionally crash under load. I don't know about your board, but mine only runs up to 2.8V on the VDIMM, and my memory is supposed to run at 2.85V (though this should be within the tolerance of the memory's voltage range)...

You could RMA it through the manufacturer, since it is not performing to spec. If that does not help, then you may just have to set it at CL2.5 like I did, and just deal with it, although I would much prefer a product I bought to perform to the specifications it is rated at /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="<_<" border="0" alt="dry.gif" />

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Originally posted by: kirbalo
What is your Command Rate set at...1T or 2T?

If at 1T, try 2T to see if that helps...

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1T @ CAS 2.5 should outperform 2T @ CAS2. You could concievably RMA your RAM for some Crucial Ballistix or maybe now's a great time to get that X2 3800 you've been drooling over

I tested my compnents as you told: cl 2.0 - 2T. The system starts, but the system automatically reboot when i load an application as a game or photoshop ecc...
The question is: Which is the componet cause that crash? So, which component i have to change?
Thank you.

P.s. Sorry for my english, i'm italian.