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A Memory Mystery!

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CRX_Si

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Hello, Ive been using a Abit KX7-333 with an Athlon XP 2500+ for some time now with 1 stick of 256 MB MUSHKIN PC2700 RAM.

This ram has a gold heatsink on it (Factory heatsink).

A couple months ago, I got another 256mb stick of mushkin pc2700 ddr ram. The only difference is that this one does not have a heatsink.

The problem is, when I use this RAM, the computer sometimes randomly restarts, and UT2003/2004 crashes all the time. A while back I turned off auto-restart on system failure and the errors all pointed to memory. Right now im using my old mushkin stick with the heatsink on it, but I need the 512 mb.

I also ran the memory test program that microsoft put out, and after running it several times, it found nothing wrong with the ram. (This is the newer one without the heatsink im referring to)

So, could this be bad ram, or could it be overheating?
Im running at about 1.9 GHz. (11.5 X 166 DDR)
If its overheating, would a ram heatsink help, or do they not work very well?
 
Originally posted by CRX_Si
Hello, Ive been using a Abit KX7-333 with an Athlon XP 2500+ for some time now with 1 stick of 256 MB MUSHKIN PC2700 RAM.

This ram has a gold heatsink on it (Factory heatsink).

A couple months ago, I got another 256mb stick of mushkin pc2700 ddr ram. The only difference is that this one does not have a heatsink.

The problem is, when I use this RAM, the computer sometimes randomly restarts, and UT2003/2004 crashes all the time. A while back I turned off auto-restart on system failure and the errors all pointed to memory. Right now im using my old mushkin stick with the heatsink on it, but I need the 512 mb.

I also ran the memory test program that microsoft put out, and after running it several times, it found nothing wrong with the ram. (This is the newer one without the heatsink im referring to)

So, could this be bad ram, or could it be overheating?
Im running at about 1.9 GHz. (11.5 X 166 DDR)
If its overheating, would a ram heatsink help, or do they not work very well?
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Its not a mystery as u called it. Its just that it doesn't like 2 sticks of ram at the same time for whatever reason. I had the same exact problem and i tried cranking down the memory timings but it won't took longer before it crashed. Luckily for you, you can stick 1 512 meg stick to upgrade but seeing as i already have 1 512 meg and i want to go higher i have to most likely get a matched dual stick package for it to work.
 
I tried different slots, and it doesn't help.

I forgot to mention that if i use my brothers ram, which is off brand (it says samsung on the chips), it works fine. He has 2 256mb sticks of PC2700. We also tried my ram in his computer, and it does the same thing. I think its just a wierd ram stick.
 
I bet that new stick is ecc some mother boards can't use ecc causing rebooting and weird errors.
 
i dont think its overheated... i never heard of ram overheating

but its possible
 
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