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According to HP web site my a530n (AMD 64 3200+) should be able to use
PC3200/2700/2100/1600 DDR DIMMs (184-pin), and is HP/Compaq approved for
maximum of 2 x 512 MB (1024 MB total). It came with 1 x 512 MB PC2700.
I purchased a 1 GB matched set of OCZ PC3200 RAM (2 x 512) which BIOS
recognizes as PC3200 (I was going to use original PC2700 in another PC).
Memtest-86 v3.1 showed that it is faster than the PC2700 RAM, but also
more than 1000 errors in 30 minutes of testing, and each stick by itself
showed many errors within 10-15 minutes. I exchanged it for another pack
that showed more Memtest errors. CPU-Z and Sandra programs seem to
indicate it is running with correct timings and speed. CMOS setup does
not have any settings to fine tune RAM.
Original single 512 MB PC2700 RAM does not show any errors at all in 1 hr
Memtest.
I did get an RMA from OCZ and will see if they can provide something that
works. I was just wondering if HP computers are overly picky about RAM,
because I have never purchased RAM before that failed testing? I usually
buy either Crucial or PNY RAM, but Crucial did not list the HP a530n (just
PC2100 RAM for apparently different HP 530n).
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David Efflandt - All spam ignored http://www.de-srv.com/
According to HP web site my a530n (AMD 64 3200+) should be able to use
PC3200/2700/2100/1600 DDR DIMMs (184-pin), and is HP/Compaq approved for
maximum of 2 x 512 MB (1024 MB total). It came with 1 x 512 MB PC2700.
I purchased a 1 GB matched set of OCZ PC3200 RAM (2 x 512) which BIOS
recognizes as PC3200 (I was going to use original PC2700 in another PC).
Memtest-86 v3.1 showed that it is faster than the PC2700 RAM, but also
more than 1000 errors in 30 minutes of testing, and each stick by itself
showed many errors within 10-15 minutes. I exchanged it for another pack
that showed more Memtest errors. CPU-Z and Sandra programs seem to
indicate it is running with correct timings and speed. CMOS setup does
not have any settings to fine tune RAM.
Original single 512 MB PC2700 RAM does not show any errors at all in 1 hr
Memtest.
I did get an RMA from OCZ and will see if they can provide something that
works. I was just wondering if HP computers are overly picky about RAM,
because I have never purchased RAM before that failed testing? I usually
buy either Crucial or PNY RAM, but Crucial did not list the HP a530n (just
PC2100 RAM for apparently different HP 530n).
--
David Efflandt - All spam ignored http://www.de-srv.com/