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Oh, I don't doubt what you say about the 512 MB Ballistix - it's the 1 GB that keep dying.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzimark
Ah well, I can hope that by the time my current set give up the ghost the folks at NewEgg will be selling TeamGroup and I can talk them in to those as a replacement :D
His "F" Die sticks are 1gb sticks ;) AFAIK, Newegg's not slated to carry TEAM memory, but that may change in the coming weeks....Quote:
Originally Posted by The Mad Duke
How much better are the F dies doing than the D's? My Ballistix have been doing 300mhz nonstop with 2.75v since day one at tight timings. No issues whatsoever. I just keep feeding them a new opty memory controller every few weeks (how fast i change cpus these days) and they stay happy haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzimark
Oh, and ozzi, any idea whether or not Crucial will be doing f die chips on their pc4000 ballistix line soon?
I just got some non-ballistix -5b D RAM. How do I tell who makes the PCB? I bought the sticks from a company called "lifetime memory," and they're only rated for PC3200.
the F's seem to be about the same. wait till i fix the issues on my mobo and i'll give you a conclusive answer. right now, i can get 280mhz stable at 3-3-3 with only 2.5v. higher leads to a decrease in clocks (which is not the case for tighter timings, or 2T), which makes me want to try two things:Quote:
Originally Posted by EnJoY
1. vmod to lower vdimm below 2.5v
2. vtt supplement, which is almost done:
http://eclipseoc.com/phpwcms_filestorage/1/1_169.jpg
capable of supplying 3A of current in parallel with the richtek chip on the dfi, which is rated for 3a max. hopefully something good will come out of it ;)
wow, 280 at 2.5, that is nuts dood! :toast:
hehe, not all that amazing compared to some of the ballistix, but i have a feeling they can do a bit better in the end ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MikalCarbine
Very interesting...Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzimark
Please keep us updated
Got a refund of $307, the price I paid for the sticks. :woot:Quote:
Originally Posted by amrgb
That's the best that could have happened.
I must say I'm stunned with the way Newegg dealt with a problem that it's not even theirs. :toast:
My 3rd set of Ballistix(RMA'd twice already) are starting to die after only a month of use. I could run them at 250 3-3-3-7 @ 2.6v and now I need 2.75v.
Looking what's available, not sure what to replace them with. Samsung UCCC, Infineon C or ???? Any opinions appreciated.
teamgroup cronus will fill ballistix's place :D
I got my ballistix back from RMA last week, I've had them at 280mhz and 2.6v and I was gaming fine, I even had a 3 hour bf2 session and it ran flawless, yesterday However I loaded bf2 and it CTD after 15 minutes, I tried again and it CTD almost instantly. This is the same thing that happened when My previous ballistix started to die, BF2 crapped out and I had to keep feeding them more volts and more volts to stabilize the game until eventually it just wouldn't work. So in summary, NO!!! CRUCIAL HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE BALLISTIX SPONTANEOUS DEATH SYNDROME, the memory I received I was assured was of the latest batch. I got the original sticks from newegg 4 months ago, you guys think they'll take them back and give me a refund? This memory is unreliable, fast and glorious while it lasts, but disappointingly unreliable.
Newegg gave me a 100% refund after almost 3 months. I asked for a replacement, but they don't have them anymore in stock. Try your luck with them.
I'm hoping they do the same for me, I'll be sending them back as soon as my new HZ come in. For now, I'm running 100MHz with 2.9v and 2T, they just crashed in source after 10 minutes.. might as well send them back now :rolleyes:
I just sold my set of HZ too, now I go out and buy another :mad:
100Mhz? Wow, those are some seriously messed up stix.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Repoman
Sooooo. Does anyone have some that haven't died?
Still running strong 280 @ 2.7 volts after 3 months. Z503.
I have 2 pair that continue to run fine after many months. One pair was bought last August (over 6 months ago now) and runs at 270 @2.6v in my daily multimedia rig, and the other pair was bought in September (5 months ago) and runs 277 @ 2.62v in my gaming rig.
They haven't missed a beat and show no signs of degraded performance. The mm rig runs 24/7. The gamer runs every day, and 24/7 over the weekend.
They just run fine. I dunno why :shrug:
some of us are lucky i guess, or else there's a LOT of people doing something wrong, killing their sticks.
Batch and P/N?Quote:
Originally Posted by mdzcpa
You are not overvolting your sticks. The voltage is killing them, and along with it, any profits. So, you have to understand why Crucial would stop making them. There is little money in that market to have that many RMA's.Quote:
Originally Posted by mdzcpa
It has been proved that voltage, speeds, and heat are not killing the sticks, read the 55+ pages on DFI Forums, people would run their sticks at 233 with 2.5v with a fan on them and still have them die
Could it be the board? It can't be heat because most people actively cool them including myself. Before my first sticks died I never EVER took them above 2.5v!!! 3 months later it started crapping out and I noticed increasing to 2.6 did the trick, then 2.7, then 2.8... So even if it were heat related it is still a manufacturing defect that is killing them. I hate to be out of ram for another week but I'll try my luck with newegg and see whatsup.
That thread states they are failing on DFI, ASUS and I think MSI boards, so it can't just be the board :confused: :stick:
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Originally Posted by HeavyH20
I'm quite sorry to say that the overwhelming evidence would have you wrong. I pondered why my sticks had died when I had them at only 2.5v and a 120mm blowing directly on top of them.
I got the 2 x 1GB Ballistix kit from New Egg. My sticks are refurbished and I got them for $221 shipped. Thanks to however rma'ed these sticks. :) This is just what I needed for my dothan.