I give up someone please help!

[genoism]

I've recently bought a new stick of ram, particularily this one
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=140077

and in my mobo i had this one
http://www.ultraproducts.com/product_info.php?products_id=255

And I don't know if its a faulty stick of ram they sent me(the mushkin one due to it failing many windows memorytest program) or if the two are not compatable.
I've had someone say when you use your computer graphically intensly and the two ram sticks don't match you will have trouble, which is what i got and now my muskin stick of ram just totally doesn't work...and it did for the first week or two perfectly fine...so is it me mismatching my ram (and perminantly killed it)or did i just get a back stick?

thanks guys!

 

[Rugger]

Sounds like you MAY have gotten a bad stick of RAM. What programs are you using to test the RAM (<A HREF="http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4226.html" target="_new">Memtest86+</A>)? Have you tried running the system with only the Mushkin? If yes, then did it work ok? If not, then remove the Ultra stick and try the system with just the Mushkin. If it still gives you problems, then you have a bad stick of RAM. If it runs good with only the Mushkin then your RAM sticks don't like each other...

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<font color=red>You're a boil on the arse of progress - don't make me squeeze you!</font color=red><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by rugger on 04/19/05 03:59 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[genoism]

ya i've tried running it with only the mushkin before and it failed on its own while the ultra seemed to pass them.
I ran the windows memory tester, i've tried memtest before but it looks like the windows one is a lot more effective because you have to run memtest in windows...or maybe i missed something. Eitherway though it's come down to the mushkin failing. But im wondering if its because of the .1 voltage difference in the two sticks...I don't want to go through the trouble of replacing it only to ruin it again.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by genoism on 04/19/05 05:10 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Rugger]

Bump the voltage to the highest of the two default DIMM voltages and see if that helps. That's asssuming you can adjust voltage in the BIOS.

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[genoism]

i've actually given bios a look and there is a voltage feature but im pretty un-knowledgable and i dont' really know what part this voltage is refering to, ie, psu, mobo, cpu?
But atm voltage isn't going to help becuase the ultra has a higher voltage so it was already high enough. Scared to fry my mobo...

 

[Rugger]

Vdimm should be the memory voltage.

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[BrentUnitedMem]

JUST USE MEMTEST86 AND QUIT YER BITCHEN!
haha jk

In some cases a memory modules will have a problem with one board, and then work flawlessly on another board; there is no module with 100% compatibility. Also, two different brands of the same type of memory can still have many differences, together these differences can cause alot problems or may even cause: TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE!

I'd follow RUGGER's suggestion: test the memory in question by itself.

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[genoism]

ok thanks guys ill give it a shot