A8V-E SE Dual Channel memory problem.

[Tuuling]

Asus A8V-E SE bios 1010(latest) VIA K8T890 North chip
AMD64 Athlon 3200+
Asus AX700 ATI
Chieftec 350W PSU
2x Kingston Value Ram KVR400X63C25/256, DDR 400 PC3200 256mb CL2.5 non-ECC.
Maxtor Diamond <smth> 160GB HDD.
Basicly the prob. is that i cant get both Memories working at the same time, i had them both in at the begining, PC was unstable, rebooting all the time, then took up the bios update (prev. BIOS was 1002) messed that up to, then the PC failed to POST(black screen and the leds and fan working). Then had the BIOS memory chip exchanged and had it updated to 1010( the repair guy said that the last chip was faulty). Anyway, when i got home started my PC it had the same issue, black screen but power on. Then read the forum, and tried it with only one of the memories and it worked fine.

I read the manual to, and in the QVR list there wasent the type of memory i had, only one alike, but only with CL 3 (KVR400X64C3A/256). Went to the Kinston homepage and there was written that my type of memorie should work too.(Dual Channel mode that is).

Is the problem that my type of memory is not suitable for Dual Channel mode, or is it something else.
PS. they were not in a pack of two, bought them seperate.

Thank You!

 

[SuperStruct]

Sounds like my exact same problem. Here's my setup:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Venice) Socket 939
Memory: Corsair Value Select 1024MB (2x 512MB) PC3200 DDR Dual Channel
Motherboard: Asus A8V-E SE Socket 939
Graphics Card: Chaintech GeForce 6600 256MB PCIe
OS Hosting Hard Drive: Seagate 200GB Barracuda Parallel Hard Drive
OS: Windows XP SP2
Extra Hard Drives: 2x Seagate Barracuda 250GB Serial ATA HD 7200/8MB/S-ATA-150

I have the latest BIOS (1010) and when both sticks of RAM are in the motherboard, I get a BSOD and reboot when playing games. I used Memtest with both sticks in place and got tons of errors. Then I tested them individually and they were fine. I think the issue is the BIOS. My serial drives don't work correctly with the 1007 BIOS, but are fine with the 1010.

My suggestion is to get another motherboard. That's what I'm going to do. I'm getting another brand and selling mine on ebay. ASUS obviously can't get the BIOS right with this motherboard, so I'm not going to wait until a new BIOS comes out. Even if a new one comes out, there is no way to tell if ASUS even knows about this problem.