Ballistix PC4000 help needed

**ProStreetCamaro** · 09-21-2006, 05:45 PM

Hello everybody I am a newb here but have been reading for a long time now.

Well anyway I got this 2X1GB set from a guy on futuremark that went core2. He said it ran 3-3-3-10 on 2.65 volts at 250Mhz in his rig. I get it and put it in my rig and I couldnt get it stable at all. I set it to 3-4-4-10 at 2.8 volts and still not stable with random BSOD at both 1T and 2T.

I set up an RMA and got my new ballistix the other day and right away I started getting cold boot issues and random bsods again. This time when I set it to 2T it seems to work now. Shouldnt I be able to run this at 1T in dual channel? Also I cant get this thing to OC like it use to. It use to be prime stable at 3.0 on air at 1.55 volts. Its starting to frustrate me and a sledgehammer is looking mighty nice right about now so any help would be great.

Here is my rig
Opty 165 dual core
MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum
2X1GB Ballistix PC4000
7800GTX
X-Fi Platinum
160GB SATA2

**ozzimark** · 09-22-2006, 06:27 AM

it's possible that your board just doesn't like 2x1gb at 1T.. wouldn't be the first time i've seen it happen

**RafaDel** · 09-22-2006, 06:42 AM

Hey Pro

I had a couple pairs of the old ones which evidently died very fast and recently I bought another pair from Newegg which I think is a different product. Anyway mine are stable at 270MHz 3-3-3-8-1T at 2.85V. I also can do all night test with Memtest86+ at 285MHz 3-4-4-1T at 2.95V but it fails in a second running SuperPI...

I'm assuming you are testing your memory so make sure your have the latest version of Memtest86+ SuperPI and SP2004. You can easily google these terms and find the download sites.

Good luck

**ProStreetCamaro** · 09-22-2006, 09:31 AM

Well thanks for the insight guys. I just figured out something. even at 2T I get the cold boot issue but it runs fine once it does boot in to windows. It also wont let me oc my cpu unless I run a horrible divider and under clock the ram big time. As soon as i put my ocz in everything is fine and dandy. I am at a loss on what to do now.

Anybody interested in some brand new Ballistix?

**Highland3r** · 09-24-2006, 03:31 AM

Ballistix is a PITA to setup and get running stable. Took an afternoon to get a kit running ok in the SLI-D. The ram was really sensitive to timings, have a scout around for some screenies from ballistix users might give an idea of whats stable and whats not.