Memory Manufacturer

[zacharus]

I recently upgraded my kr7a-133 motherboard from 512mb pc2100 ram to 1gig. However when I did this, I started getting blue screen errors when running 3d games that looked like some type of memory dump in windows xp. I would have to reboot to clear it. Only happens with the new memory stick is in, so I called First choice memory and they said that I should exchange the stick for a stick of the manufacturer of the kind I already have.

Now looking at the brand on the stick I have always had no problem with, the only identification of the manufacturer is sm-com. Is this a valid manufacturer or does it mean something else.

One other thing, I only seem to have problems when I'm running games. Running normal desktop applications has caused no problems and my windows xp system does show 1 gig of memory. could it have something to do with my video card (geforce3 ti500)? Sounds like bad or incompatable memory to me but still worried.

 

[tRiXtA]

why don't u try to run <A HREF="http://www.memtest86.com" target="_new">Mem-Test 86</A> ... very good program, will tell you if your memory is corrupt. One thing though, generic memory is cheap and very unreliable, especially when you have one module already, then in the future buy another generic one and install it. It leads to problems.

Good Luck

Rob

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[Crashman]

When you have memory that's already "close to the edge" of stability with one module, using two can put it over the edge. The more modules you use, the more likely you are to see that problem, which usually only occurs with cheap modules or problematic boards.

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[vegandago]

get some corsair and you won't need posts like this.

"There is no dark or light side, only power and those too weak to seek it."

 

[paulj]

Are there any budget memory brands that you have found work good? Corsair is good but if you are building a budget PC you are willing to trade performance for $. But you don't want to trade reliability.

Kingston
Micron
Kingmax
etc.

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[Crashman]

If you don't need the fastest stuff you can always get reliability with Crucial.

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