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kanedazan
09-16-2003, 10:33 AM
Hum, hi fellow oc'er:)

Well, I've brake my bank account, and buy what I wanted to buy, quality ram...
My hardware is so far:
NF7-S r2.0
xp2100@2200mhz/220*10 - 1.65v SLK800+8412NGML
Lian Li pc 71
Antec True Power 430W
R9800@R9800 pro
the hard drives are 2*120go/8mb 7200.7, 1 raptor and 2 cuda IV in raid1
Sound card terratec DMX 24/96

Well, the ram I was using before my new buy was 2*512Mb ADATA with CH5 chips, they were running at 220mhz cas2-3-3-11 at 2.8v without a single problem.
And while I'm a bit crazy, I bought Corsair XMS3500 to replace them
1*512 and 2*256...I wanted to try this setup on the NF2.
Result is: wathever the voltage, even at 210Mhz, it produce error on memtest, cas 2-2-2-11 or 9 or 6.
Right now, I've only tested with the ram in the bank populated like that: 512/256 256.
One problem I've seen is my Antec psu deliver a WEAK +12v, 11.86 only....
So, I'm sure my mobo can hold 220FSB...
Where could be the rpoblem, of course, I'll test the ram with one dimm when I'll have time, but I'm too busy for the other 4 days to do that.. I'm quite sure, knowing Corsair, that the ram are ok, maybe I'm wrong though...But still, what do you think?

wierdAl
09-16-2003, 01:14 PM
if u ask me you have a problem becouse u are using 3 sticks use one twinmos and the corsair module and report back

STEvil
09-16-2003, 01:36 PM
try without the 512 stick

cowpuppy
09-16-2003, 07:33 PM
I agree ditch the 512m stick. if i under stand you right you have 2 sticks of xms 3500. try running them in the farthest slots from the cpu wich will give you DC

kanedazan
09-16-2003, 09:38 PM
Nope, I do am in dual channel mode, but for sure, I'll try without the 512mb stick to see if that create a difference, I just wanted to post my feelings in my first step in the corsair world:)
Wokring with three sticks is supposed to give you great performance on the NF2, that's why I've tested like this.