Memory and Motherboard match up error?

z0mb13m4n · Dec 12, 2013

Anyone see something wrong with this memory and motherboard combination? My machine won't boot, and beeps once for a long time when i try to put this ram into it.

Ram: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111219749219?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Motherboard: http://eu.msi.com/product/mb/P6N-SLI-Platinum.html

z0mb13m4n · Dec 12, 2013

It seems like the Chipset that board uses doesn't like anything lower than 800mhz, but i've seen several sites saying otherwise, Can anyone confirm this? Also, I'm thinking of getting this ram instead, and would like if anyone could check it over as well. http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-8GB-4x2GB-PC2-6400-DDR2-800-Non-Ecc-240pin-Desktop-Memory-For-AMD-Chipset-/231050760173?pt=US_Memory_RAM_&hash=item35cbb2cfed

endeavour37a · Dec 12, 2013

The memory is ECC, I think your MB wants non-ECC.....

z0mb13m4n · Dec 12, 2013

Anything wrong with the second ram i posted? I hear that it shouldn't matter too much if my board is AMD or Intel chipset.

endeavour37a · Dec 12, 2013

z0mb13m4n :

This RAM should work fine, it is non-ECC, hope this helps...

endeavour37a · Dec 12, 2013

z0mb13m4n :

Your MB supports DDR2 1333 and should run with it also if you want to get some faster memory.

z0mb13m4n · Dec 12, 2013

Thank you very much. I will try the second ram i posted, and amazingly i was refunded and given the ram i ordered first anyway

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z0mb13m4n · Dec 28, 2013

Second ones didn't work either. In fact i have two sets of 4x2GB sticks. Neither seem to work on this motherboard. The type i'm using that i didn't order is from a friends machine that's running a Intel 2 Quad setup similar to my own. It's UNIFOSA and the stick reads GDDR2-800 2GB 128mx8 1.8V EP. Does the EP mean it's ECC?

endeavour37a · Dec 29, 2013

Please take a look at this thread.....
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277377-30-need-memory

I am sort of lost here, I thought those RAM sticks shoiuld have worked

z0mb13m4n · Dec 29, 2013

I'm going to try checking the voltages, and the timings, but neither set of ram allows me to get much further than post. The only combination thats even gotten past POST is if i mix the two, placing the Ebay (AMD) set and the UNIFOSA (Gddr2) set on seperate channels.

Edit: Well here's some interesting information. I was running my system with 4x1GB sticks before all this started. I was using 3 Crucial DDR2-800 1GB sticks with default timings of 4-4-4-12 @ 2.0V and one UNIFOSA GDDR2-800 1GB stick. This setup worked fine for me and was (mostly) stable. I tried again with all 4 sticks of the UNIFOSA GDDR2-800 2GB sticks and got into windows, but then froze. I've had problems with this ram in another machine, so i wasn't too surprised, but i was glad to have seen a POST this time. After awhile, i tried once more with the Ebay set (Link above) and got it working with 3x2GB sticks and 1x1GB stick, and the 1GB stick is the old Unifosa 1GB i had in the system from the beginning. I'm going to do some switches and see if i cant find a good 2GB stick in the UNIFOSA set i have here.

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