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I'm trying to run MemTest on a new PC, but evertime I run it, it starts up and the causes my computer to reboot. Is there perhaps a BIOS setting that I need to alter in order for MemTest to stop doing this? I've tried it twice using two different floppies with the same result.
 
I don't think so. Everything is reporting very cool. I might be still fighting a bad Xp install so that could explain it. I've had problems from the get go...possibly to a bad cd or the fact I installed from a dvd drive.
 
The only thing I could think would be to check memory timings in BIOS, might be bad memory, heat issues, or just unstable seystem. Is your PSU voltages in BIOS correct?
 
NO HEAT ISSUES! I don't know how many times I've stated this.

the rails are testing better than some more expensive higher wattage supplies.

I really think it's a combination of memory voltage and a bad xp install. I just turned the voltage from auto to 2.6 and it really didn't like that. Xp wouldn't start at all. Is there any way to figure out what memory voltages are when set to auto? This would give me a good starting place and I could increase by .05 until I found a more stable solution.
 
It would help if you included specs in your post or your sig.
I got a new DFI lanparty NFII board and memtest was acting strange until i updated the bios. I would get reboots and BIOS settings would not save when i exited from memtest. Everything was fixed with a BIOS flash.
 
I've got the newest BIOS, however the BIOS hasn't officially been released yet. Do you think I should switch back to an official BIOS release?

My board is an AOpen AK86L, AMD 64 3000+, 1Gig of Kingston KHX3200/512 2-2-2-6 and a gf4 ti 4400. I'm having some memory issues running at 2-2-2-6 and I'm wondering if I should kick up the voltage. It's rated at 2.6v but when I set that manually it doesn't like it at all. :(
 
Originally posted by logo29a
NO HEAT ISSUES! I don't know how many times I've stated this.

the rails are testing better than some more expensive higher wattage supplies.

I really think it's a combination of memory voltage and a bad xp install. I just turned the voltage from auto to 2.6 and it really didn't like that. Xp wouldn't start at all. Is there any way to figure out what memory voltages are when set to auto? This would give me a good starting place and I could increase by .05 until I found a more stable solution.
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Becaue of a bad xp install? Does this mean you arn't runnnig memtest off a floppy?

If you are booting and running memtest from a floppy, the contents of your hard disk are 100% irrelavent.
 
Originally posted by logo29a
I've got the newest BIOS, however the BIOS hasn't officially been released yet. Do you think I should switch back to an official BIOS release?
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Yes.
Originally posted by logo29a My board is an AOpen AK86L, AMD 64 3000+, 1Gig of Kingston KHX3200/512 2-2-2-6 and a gf4 ti 4400. I'm having some memory issues running at 2-2-2-6 and I'm wondering if I should kick up the voltage. It's rated at 2.6v but when I set that manually it doesn't like it at all. :(
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Try more relaxed settings and see if that fixes your problem.
 
No, I was talking about some of the errors I have been getting in Windows. I apologize as my statement was unclear. I know that running memtest has no direct relevance to the contents of a hard drive. My question, however, still remains unanswered.
 
Originally posted by EnderW
Yes.
Try more relaxed settings and see if that fixes your problem.
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I suppose I could do that, but what would it solve? The memory is rated at the stated settings and runs flawlessly on other systems.
 
Originally posted by logo29a
I suppose I could do that, but what would it solve? The memory is rated at the stated settings and runs flawlessly on other systems.
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maybe you could try it and then report back?
 
i was having a similar problem, i was running at stock voltage on my mushkin 2-2-2-5 on p4 3.0c and when ever the mem was being stressed even the slightest bit i would get a reboot, up the voltage on the DIMM's to +1 and everything is flawless, also try a burn in on your stuff to make sure every this is properly running and what have you
 
Thanks devo. What exactly do you mean by burn-in? I had worse problems at the default voltage than at the auto voltage. What I am wondering is if there is a way to see what the auto voltage is so I have a starting point when upping the voltage. The last thing I want is to fry something. However, this is BH5 so I doubt going from 2.6 to 2.7 would hurt anything. I just dont want to take any chances unless I have to.
 
a burn in strains the memory to its max and back down again, ill put it this way, you get a new baseball glove, you can't expect to go out and play your best game and catch everything hit to you with a brandnew glove, it has to be worn in to be loose and get everything, same with your proc. and mem, it has to be broken in and uesd to its enviroment, thats what a burn in does, you def don't wnat to put user configured voltages on for your mem, auto will be too low for that mem, def up it +1 and you will have Much better out comes, (+2 if you are using faster than pc400)


good luck man, PM me if you have any other questions

-devo
 
Your mailbox if full!

Like I said, the memory is new but works fine in other systems so I don't know if a burn-in is necessary. I really think that upping the voltage will solve the issue but I don't know where to start. Do you know of any software that will detect what voltage my BIOS is setting it at by default? That way I can use that voltage as a starting point, slowly increasing until the system becomes more stable.
 
yea, get SiSandra... it gives you all your system information... just google it, mailbox is free'd up.... also if the mem is new, SiSandra has a burn in for the memory, usually takes 5-10 mins, just run it will help you in the long run
 
your welcome, hope eveerything works out for you:D let me know what the outcome is
 
How in SiSandra to you report memory voltages? I've been looking all over this program and cannot find it anywhere.
 
just go to mainboard specs and you can see all and how much power is going where... i think;)
 
nope, not there. Are there any windows based software that will test for memory errors?
 
But according to an Intel engineer who designed chips and who researched this with some chip process engineers, chips aren't like baseball gloves and don't get better after being broken in. He said that they simply get worse and that burn-in did nothing but help weed out defects. Apparently the only electronic components that get better with burn-in are electrolytic capacitors (at least if they've been left sitting unused for a long time) and thermal paste/putty (conforms better to the surfaces as it flows).
 
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