Crucial says no more 2 gig balistix will be sold.

[The Mad Duke]

Be aware you may not need 2.8 volts. The set I got from RMA 3 weeks ago are working happily (so far) at stock speed of 250 MHz at 3:3:3:8 on the lowest voltage setting my DFI will take - bios set to 2.5 volts with the 0.3 volt bump disabled, SmartGuardian shows 2.43 volts. My last set took 3 months to fail so it may be a while before we find out if this strategy is effective. Micron gave these things a lifetime guarantee so I intend to run them until they break, and RMA each time they do. I have a set of G. Skill HZ in reserve to cover the gaps.

[Lood007]

In the future, when no direct RMA part is available, then what do you think they will do? Give you a replacement of equal value?
No.

They will give you whatever they have that is lower than the direct replacement.

not a good deal if u ask me.

[The Mad Duke]

Sorry mate, I do not know what the future holds, and neither do you! I am doing as I wish with product I have bought and paid for. I do not consider the alternatives acceptable - I could not sell these sticks in good conscience - if they fail again some one will be stuck without any means to RMA them since they were not the original purchaser, and that's just not my style. At least this way Micron will have to PAY for their defective product, I'm quite sure all these returns are eating up their margins. Who knows, Micron may decide to do the right thing and replace them with RAM that doesn't die. At any rate, this is a hobby for me, and this way I will have a ring side seat for whatever happens.

[alpha0ne]

Be aware you may not need 2.8 volts. The set I got from RMA 3 weeks ago are working happily (so far) at stock speed of 250 MHz at 3:3:3:8 on the lowest voltage setting my DFI will take - bios set to 2.5 volts with the 0.3 volt bump disabled, SmartGuardian shows 2.43 volts. My last set took 3 months to fail so it may be a while before we find out if this strategy is effective. Micron gave these things a lifetime guarantee so I intend to run them until they break, and RMA each time they do. I have a set of G. Skill HZ in reserve to cover the gaps.

I see your point Duke, unless they give you a FULL refund your stuck with them

You could be running your HZ @ 250MHz 3-3-3-6 easily with 2.65Vdimm, maybe even tighter timings (I have'nt tried yet) for a set that only cost you 2/3 the cost of the Ballistic

[Capt_Caveman]

I'm on my third set and so far so good. Been running them at 250 3-3-3-7 @ 2.65v

[douirc]

I mostly worry about it corrupting my windows install as i use my machine for both work and play. it's very hard to reinstall a single os in a dual boot machine, and even worse if i loose data because of sticks that die in the middle of a write process.

[amrgb]

I Rma'd mines through Newegg. Got a mail saying that they don't have for replacement anymore. Let's see what's the deal they have for me.

[CPLB]

I'm looking to go 2 GB, but the Crucial sticks were the only ones I was really interested in...

amrgb, your sig is very funny

[s7e9h3n]

I'm looking to go 2 GB, but the Crucial sticks were the only ones I was really interested in...

amrgb, your sig is very funny

If you're willing to wait a couple of weeks, I've heard rumblings about TEAM releasing a 2x1gb kit that will blow everything you see now out of the water.....

[rick_fx]

If you're willing to wait a couple of weeks, I've heard rumblings about TEAM releasing a 2x1gb kit that will blow everything you see now out of the water.....

Great to know! What will be the release price?

If they dont die like the Ballistix and perform better that the Ballistix, I'm buying myself a 2x1gb kit of TEAM

[ozzimark]

If you're willing to wait a couple of weeks, I've heard rumblings about TEAM releasing a 2x1gb kit that will blow everything you see now out of the water.....

and they're definitly different than the sticks of team i have?

[Major]

Everything coming from TEAM looks awsome so far, but I've yet to find a US online retail chain that has them.

[s7e9h3n]

Everything coming from TEAM looks awsome so far, but I've yet to find a US online retail chain that has them.

It's cuz they haven't officially launched their US campaign. They will be soon though......

@ Ozzimark - YGPM comin......

[Trice]

What is TEAM?

[The Mad Duke]

About TEAM - we have to hope they have discovered how to keep Micron 5b chips alive at 250 MHz and above - I note from the MadShrimps review they are using BrainPower PC boards, maybe this will help. It will be a few months after they are widely available before we know much about their longevity. Just thinking out loud here . . .

[The Mad Duke]

What is TEAM?

Read review here:
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...90&articID=397

[ozzimark]

About TEAM - we have to hope they have discovered how to keep Micron 5b chips alive at 250 MHz and above - I note from the MadShrimps review they are using BrainPower PC boards, maybe this will help. It will be a few months after they are widely available before we know much about their longevity. Just thinking out loud here . . .

i've never had any issues with anything but the D revision failing. the micron teamgroup sticks are not D dies, unless someone pulled a quick one on me

[MikalCarbine]

i've never had any issues with anything but the D revision failing. the micron teamgroup sticks are not D dies, unless someone pulled a quick one on me

Why doesn't crucial use these newer dies? Aren't they 5B-F?

[ozzimark]

Why doesn't crucial use these newer dies? Aren't they 5B-F?

honestly no idea. i was expecting them to, but instead the ballistix got pulled.

[MikalCarbine]

honestly no idea. i was expecting them to, but instead the ballistix got pulled.

Bah, if mine do end up dying, I'll RMA (hopefully at least get Z503) and sell em, and switch back to OCZ or get Team They are loooking nice

[giorgioprimo]

Bah, if mine do end up dying, I'll RMA (hopefully at least get Z503) and sell em, and switch back to OCZ or get Team They are loooking nice

I asked an RMA with crucial europe adn they told that there is no chance to replace with the same stiks becouse they are out of production.
So I decide do get a x850xt vga instead ram...

[ozzimark]

I asked an RMA with crucial europe adn they told that there is no chance to replace with the same stiks becouse they are out of production.
So I decide do get a x850xt vga instead ram...

i've seen a few guys with the same issue, but then later that day, someone comes in to say that they got an rma for 2 new sticks of ballistix. they definitly have some, you just gotta work your way up a bit i think

[The Mad Duke]

i've never had any issues with anything but the D revision failing. the micron teamgroup sticks are not D dies, unless someone pulled a quick one on me

O.K., I'll bite. You have experience with Micron 5d chips run above 250 MHz long term and they lived ? My gut is Micron quit making Ballistix PC4000 1 GB sticks because they could not figure out how to consistantly produce chips (in volume) which could handle that level. In other words, someone in management at Micron decided to stop throwing good money after bad. Just like Intel with the Pentium4 they had gone a bridge too far.

[ozzimark]

O.K., I'll bite. You have experience with Micron 5d chips run above 250 MHz long term and they lived ?

indeed, but no 1gb sticks of ballistix (Read: no 5b D). i've had 4 sticks of 512mb ballistix (all G die), two bought about 3 months ago that are still going strong over 300mhz, two old sticks, one died due to a mistake on my part

the teamgroup that uses the F dies have been in my possesion for about a month and have shown no signs of slowing down... they have about 2-3 weeks of total use on them.. not really long term yet, but i have not seen any reason to doubt them

[Lood007]

i've seen a few guys with the same issue, but then later that day, someone comes in to say that they got an rma for 2 new sticks of ballistix. they definitly have some, you just gotta work your way up a bit i think

Amen.

I had to call 4 times before I got someone to tell me that they were getting in a shipment the following day.

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