Bad memory modules or motherboard??

I rearranged the cables in my case and now I'm not able to boot using dual channel memory configuration. It worked before just fine!
I've got two 512MB twinmos twister pc3500 modules.
D-bracket indicates bad memory module if I try to setup dual channel using dimm 1 and dimm 3. I've tried other dual channel combinations with the same result.
I can only boot using dimm 1! using the other slots get me the bad memory module status on the d-bracket. I've tested both mem modules in slot 1 and I am able to boot so it seems the mem modules are OK. Or are they OK for just single channel config?
Do I have a faulty motherboard or are the memory modules bad?
MSI 865PE neo2 fisr rev 1.00
2x512MB twinmos twister pc3500

Christ! what is it with these MSI boards?
The 2 848P's i tried both worked fine with a single 512mb strip in, but put another in and the D Bracket Light 2 stays and the PC fails to boot or reboot properly - it's totally hit n miss.
See my thread for the unbelievable amount of problems i've had with the 848P! :
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_service/forum/index.php?threadid=31192&sid=
I'm RMA'ing both 848P's as i've tried everything, now even the forum moderators say rma the boards so i know its nothing trivial happening here... They're even going to get MSI to look at my thread - so hopefully they will take notice!
Am i to take it that the 865 also has similar problems, ffs!
Is there a stable MSI mobo available that will take 2 DDR's sticks or not?

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Bad memory modules

I have an early 2008 mac pro. I bought 4gb of ram from transintl.com and had it installed. In riser A there was the 2 apple factory 1gb modules. In riser B the transintl modules - 2 x 2gb.
The ram was recognized fine with a total of 6gb. After about a month and half the transintl started only showing 2gb of ram ( 1gb each module, when it should have been 2gb ). So I returned the ram to transintl and ordered another 4gb of memory because I didn't want go without the ram. So installed the new ram, and after about a month the new ram went back down again to 2gb.
I then wanted to rule out the memory bays from being the issue. So I looked inside the mac pro while running and the red light was on for the bay that had the transintl ram. I then removed the transintl ram and swapped the good Apple ram into the memory bay that had the bad transintl ram. The Apple ram worked fine in the drive bay that originally had the transintl and the red light did not go on. So I don't believe it is a motherboard/memory bay issue.
I'm also running iStat in the dashboard and it is showing the Mem modules B1 and B2 ( that have the transintl ram ) as running at 151-159 degrees fahrenheit. The Mem moduels that have the Apple ram, A1 and A2, are running between 141-151.
The B1 and B2 modules are in the lower riser, closest to the ground and are obviously running hotter. Are these operating temperatures normal or could they be causing the problem? Maybe the heat sinks on the transintl do not work well enough?
My system has been stable and I have not had any kernel panics or other instability. I ran tech tool deluxe and it didn't find any issue with the ram. I need to do further tests with memtest.

I've been a Mac user since 1984 and I have never heard of "transintl". I think your getting bad Ram. You should stick with a company with a known track record for providing Apple spec. Ram: Kingston, Crucial, and Ramjet
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IMac G5 system hang - 2 bad 1GB memory modules?

I am experiencing intermittent system hangs, requiring power off / on to recover. Applications run fine for hours, then everything freezes; a few seconds later the fans spool up full bore. There seems to be no logic to the failure. It happens on many different applications, including Disk Utility. No new software has been added recently (other than Apple software updates). This has been occuring for several weeks.
I repair permissions & run disk verify. When disk utility runs completely without hanging (on verify), everything is ok.
Applecare had me trash the ~/Library/Caches & system caches. No joy. They recommended archive & install beginning with Panther. Reinstall went ok until downloading updates for 10.4.8, then hang (might this suggest a hardware prob?).
Rebooted in target firewire mode the cloned drive, then zero'ed the G5 HDD and restored from clone (SuperDuper!). Everything appeared ok for several days, then the same system hang reappeared. I should mention that in the course of sudying this one, I discovered Virex 7.5 was sucking the processing life from the G5; used the uninstaller to get rid of it & the iMac is quiet again!
I have run the Applecare version of Techtools and the Hardware Test Disk, everything passes.
I could do a clean install of Tiger, then use migration assistant to move data from the clone...if I felt it had a chance to solve it. On the other hand, maybe its a flaky hardware gremlin and I'm wasting my time doing reinstalls, and I should hustle it over to the local Apple store.
Update - took iMac for service at Apple store where it failed under stress test with my 2 GB of memory but ran for an extended period with Apple memory. In an attempt to isolate which of the two 1 GB modules was bad, removed one module. Identical failure after 24 hrs. Howver, swapping out that failing module with the second module, identical hand. That suggests either both 1 GB modules are bad (unikely), or some other hardware issue is the problem.
Problem seems to occur most often when starting playing iTunes, or running Disk Utility (repair permissions).
I suppose the next step is to buy 1 GB of memory from Apple and make it fail again. Any suggestions?

Thank you for your posts, I appreciate it.
Skip - I tried a spare keyboard & mouse. Still failed.
MGW - all software is up to date.
DaddyPaycheck - I downloaded memtestosx. It fails testing each 1GB memory module separately (in different sockets). I'm running in multiuser mode and when it fails the entire iMac freezes up (just like it always does), requiring power off / power on. Is this normal behavior when the memtestosx test fails?
I will plan to test in single user mode as the supplied doc states that if the onboard cache is failing it would pass singleuser (cache apparently disabled in singleuser mode) but fail multiuser. Maybe the onboard cache is bad?
Thanks.

MSI 7788 (MSI H61M-P31) motherboard, intending to use 1.6V memory modules

Hello,
I am intending to purchase a dual channel kit of geil black dragon memory modules. The modules are working at 1.6V. As far as I remember, the moobo specs says that it supports 1.5V dual channel memory modules.
In BIOS, there is the option to change the memory voltage, but it gives me 1.65V.
Should I proceed and purchase the memory modules or I should go for standard 1.5V ?

I have dismounted the CPU cooler asembly after a continous burn in procedure and I achieved 120 celsius degree. I checked all the mosfets and the coils, all of them were cold. Speedfan didn't show that sensor reading.
I have installed though AIDA64 and it seems to find that reading as "AUX".
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K7T, memory modules and slowness

Bonjour à tous.
That’s the first time I post… It’s hard for me to write in english…
My motherboard is K7T Turbo (MS-6330). I have two problems :
1. I have three memory modules : 256 MB, 128 MB and 64 MB. All three are 133 MHz speed.
The memory test of Norton Utilities indicates alwys an error at an address about 356888576 (the address is not always the same, but always greater or equal than the one I wrote above.
 When just one of these three memory modules is used, the memory test is always OK (any module plugged in any socket)
 The test is also always OK with the two modules 256 an 64 MB,
 Also OK with the two modules 128 and 64 MB,
 But it is Always failed with the two modules 256 and 128 MB.
Here is my conclusion : my K7T Turbo has a problem « addressing the memory in the space around the address 356888576 and above ».
356888576 is 1545B000 in hexadecimal. 256 MB + 128 MB = 18000000 (hexa) is the only combination of my memory modules that goes ahead 1545B000 (256 MB + 64 MB = 10400000)
Do you think my motherboard is guilty ?
2. The Memory Bandwidth Benchmark of SiSoftware Sandra 2002 gives me a result about 895 MB/s.
The result is the same with one, two or the three memory modules. And It seems to me very low.
Is it possible to obtain better ? Is it necessary to upgrade the BIOS (my version is 2.9) ?
K7T Turbo
Athlon 1.4 GHz
ATI Rage Fury Pro Expert 2000
Sound Blaster Live!
Merci d'avance,
Bernard (from France)

When troubleshooting, I always change one variable at a time. I would hate to miss a solution by being in a hurry. In this case, you may have damaged either the RAM or the RAM slot. I would stick with the Toshiba specifications for the RAM, making sure it is the correct size, speed and type recommended. I also recommend that when you replace the RAM that both modules be from the same manufacturer, size, and specification. Try one RAM module in one slot and then the other. And then try both RAM modules in both slots. After the testing you should be able to figure if this is a RAM problem or a RAM slot problem.
In the case of hard drives, the real test is whether or not the Bios sees the hard drive. If the Bios doesn't see the hard drive, it's not going to work. The Bios should see the hard drive whether or not the hard drive is partitioned, formatted or has data on it. My experience has been that many Toshiba laptops will work fine with larger capacity hard drives provided they are the same speed in RPMs, have the same interfacing connection and physically the same size.
Again, prior to doing any work on your computer, make sure that both the AC power has been disconnected and the battery has been removed. Be careful out there. A blown repair job by a non-Toshiba tech is NOT covered under warranty.

New memory modules possible on MS 6119?

Can someone help me out with this small problem?
I have a MS 6119 motherboard with 64 mb ram. I want to upgrade to 256MB with 2 modules 128MB SDRAM PC133. Is this possible because in the manual it only says PC100 is possible...

I am in the same boat as you. I have a MS-6119 motherboard in which I am using a PC133 SDRAM 128 meg memory stick that works fine. This stick has 8 chips on it. I just purchased an AZENRAM PC133 SDRAM 128 meg memory stick that will only register 64 meg at bootup. This module has only 4 chips and will only run at half it's labeled value. You can run PC133 ram in a PC100 motherboard but, you will need a memory module that has 8 or 16 chips on it to get the full ram value.

Pavilion dv7 blue screening - HP support assistant cannot test BIOS or memory modules but BIOS can?

About a month ago my dv7 started doing something strange - during normal use (not gaming, just word processing, showing a powerpoint presentation, showing a video on youtube, etc.) the cooling fan speed would suddenly ramp up to jet-engine speed and shortly thereafter the computer would blue screen, crash dump, etc. (no, I did not write down any info from the blue screen message - I will do so next time). Having experienced a blue screen issue with a Dell laptop I thought the hard drive was going bad, because about the same time I was suddenly unable to run a backup of the hard drive. After several attempts, I was finally able to backup the hard drive, and then replaced it with a new drive, re-installed OS with my recovery flash drive, worked through all of the windows updates that were recommended, and thought everything would be good to go. Now I have no problems backing up hard drive, etc. Then on day 2, after only a few hours of use, the cooling fan speed suddenly ramped up again and the blue screen returned.
A friend who is a tech suggested running HP diagnostics on everything, so I rebooted, hit F2, and started by testing the hard drive; as expected, no problems there. I next tried to test the memory (8192 MB total in two modules), and the test failed. I also tried testing the BIOS, and that too failed. The HP diagnostics reported that it couldn't even read the BIOS. Hmmm, strange. So I re-booted, hit F10, and went into the BIOS (BIOS date 10/5/11, revision F.1B). I HAVE NOT IN ANY WAY MODIFIED THE BIOS - I'm good, but not that good. Via the BIOS test utility, I tested both memory modules independently and then together, and everything checked out fine. I also tried switching modules between slots and re-tested via the BIOS utility, and that too checked out. I then returned to the HP diagnostics utility and tried re-testing the memory (both modules together - failed, one module at a time - both failed, in both slots).
HP tech experts, can you give me any guidance? This has been a great machine for me, I have taken good care of it, and am hoping to get a few more years out of it (I'm a middle-school science teacher, can't afford another one at this point). If I can't find a fix, I may have to go back to using my antique overhead projector in my classroom...

Hi @h20roks ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue about your HP Pavilion dv7 and getting the BSOD and shutting down. I recommend to restore the BIOS defaults with this document selecting the reloading the BIOS default settings. Not rollback.
Here is a link to the HP Support Assistant if you need it. Just download and run the application and it will help with the software and drivers on your system that could need updating.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks.
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MSI 785GM-E51 and memory modules problems

Could anyone help me with one problem. I have motherboard MSI 785GM-E51 and 4 memory modules GOODRAM GR 1333D364L9/2G. But when I'm inserting ALL modules my system not starting (even POST procedure). So working variants - when I'm inserting:
- one module in first (boot) slot
or
- they inserted in first and third memory slots
Any ideas?

It is not motherboard problem, but processor itself - I have AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3,4 Ghz Core Revision C2 and this revision (according to the article: http://www.fcenter.ru/online.shtml?articles/hardware/processors/27650#02) has problems with support memory modules DDR3-1333 Mhz more than 2 modules. Conclusion - either adjust BIOS settings concerning memory timings and memory controller voltage or replace this kind of processor with the same type but with core revision C3

10.4.2 not recognizing extra memory module

I upgraded recently to 10.4.2, and now one of my memory modules is not recognized. the machine has the original 512M chip in the upper slot, but the 512M chip in the lower slot is not recognized. in the system profiler under hardware/diagnostics, i get:
Power On Self-Test:
Last Run:     7/15/05 7:57 PM
Result:     Failed
Failure type:     Memory
Memory slot:     SODIMM0/J25LOWER
anyone have any idea what's going on??? thx.

"However, I have another problem in that there is no startup chime on my machine, and hasn't been for a while"
Same problem with my PowerBook G4 - 1.5GHz - 512MB, only since the chime problem (not hearing it any more) has the problem with not recognizing the lower memory slot. Not certain if the two problems are related. So it seems from the discussions hear there are two solutions, $600 to repair, or purchase more memory to run in the upper slot. I do have to agree that it would be futile in my opinion to pay for the repair if the same problem emerges again, (as has been reported, at least in the forums,) meaning it could cost $1200 to fix (maybe).
"I think that terming the logic board, "fried" overstates the issue. In fact, the logic board itself is probably in good working order, thus its ability to report on the state of the lower RAM slot. The real issue is the quality of the connection from the lower slot to the logic board--essentially a bad solder. This connection can't be resoldered, so the logic board needs to be replaced."
This statement actually makes more sense then anything I have read so far.

Can I migrate RAM to new memory module?

Sorry very novice user. I bought this Mac a year ago with only two memory slots with only one 512GB memory module installed. I recently purchased and installed memory (2 - 1GB memory modules), and it didn't start up. I assumed that the "start up" stuff was on the 512 that I took out.
Aaah, so I put the 512 module back in and now I am running with 1.5GB. What am I doing???? Help me please. I want to copy the "stuff" from the 512 to the 1gb that is in the other memory slot currently, so that I can take out the 512, and run with 2gb of memory. Is this possible?
I am so confused?!?!?

Hi jojotagmaulgrl;
I concur with Allan Jones.
I would like to suggest that you try the other 1GB card in place of the one that is working and see what happens.
If what I think is going happen does boot with only 500 GB. Then that 1GB card is bad and you will have to return it for a new one.
If it boots and say 1.5GB then the first time one of the cards probably was seated correct. I would try once more to see if both work.
Please let us know what happens.
Allan

Performance with 533MHz memory modules

Anybody knows if the loss of performance is noticeable when replacing 667MHz memory modules by 533MHz modules?
Considering that the two configurations are paired.
My concern is the video performance using lower frequency memories. The video performance of the Mac mini is already terrible. Could it become worse?
Best regards!

In fact the video controller of the Mac mini is not that bad.
I have installed the game Civilization 4 for Mac and it is almost impossible to play because it is really slow. I removed the game and installed a PC version using Boot Camp and voilá! It runs perfectly! In the same machine!
Most of the time the problem is not the hardware...

Has the duff memory module screwed my MB

I have a Neo2 Platimum AMD64 3200+ (standard heatsink)
Memory is Corsair CMX512-3200XLPT (2.2.2.5)
2x 512Mb twinX
Everything has been working fine for the last 2 weeks, but this morning the PC died
I was getting memory initialisation errors on the LED's
So I've now tested each memory module in turn in each of the dimm sockets.
Skt1(P) Skt2(G) Skt3(P) Skt4(G)
Dim 1 FAIL WORK FAIL WORK
Dim 2 FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL
So It look's like the MB is broken and the memory too.
Could the memory module have stuffed up the Motherboard ?
The memory controller is on the CPU, could that have been affected ?
Has anyone else had this sort of problem ?
Andy Cooper

Not having any spare DDR memory I purchaced 128Mb dimm (PC2700) and proceeded to test the slots.
It worked in skt 2 and 4 (same as the working corsair memory module).
So I definitly have a fault on the motherboard and it also looks like I have a fault on one of the corsair dimms.
So either the MB killed the dimm or visa versa.
Looks like 2 RMA's in the offing

Tecra M9 PTM91E - Can I install 3G modem and Turbo memory module?

Hi guys,
I have this notebook, but I want install aditional mini express card, like a 3G modem and Intel Turbo memory module, but I dont have free connector.
I bought two mini express conectors and solder on mainboard. But cards dont working in notebook. I must somthing enable in BIOS or solder aditional component? Second question is, I want web cam, I have one crom old notebok which is connected across USB. Have this motherboard any free USB conector?
Sry for my English. THX guys

hi Fab30,
i wonder how you know where to solder the components on the mainboard, some kind of magic i suppose...
if you wanna use your "self-soldered" items make sure that the chipset is able to handle it....
otherwise use a 3g-modem on usb...
the intel turbo memory... as far as i know this is a special chip on the mainboard which stores data to exalerate your os...
if you wanna use these features you have some options:
- redesign mainboard to your need, some reverse engineering have to be done too
- buy a notebook which has the desired features in it
in my point of view buying a new one will be easier....

K8N Neo2 with 4 x 512 mb memory modules (2gb)

I read it can be done... has anyone here tried this setup: 2 gb in four 512 mb memory modules???
I was just wondering if there was a problem or bug to know about, also how good is the overclocking with that many ram installed... or even if its posible!
Thanks

Quote from: Wonkanoby on 17-February-05, 10:15:08
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=607
4 double sidded dimms will run as pc 2700 ie 333 not 400
The truth is this motherboard/chipset only supports DDR400 speeds... and almost everybody exceeds that speed.
Anandtech review from June last year says the followin:
Quote
The MSI K8N Neo2 was able to run with all 4 DIMM slots at the same aggressive 2-2-2-10 settings used for 2 DIMMs. However, as we have seen on the other 939 boards running all 4 DIMMs, Command Rate must be reduced to 2T when filling both Dual Channels.
So its the price to pay perhaps when using all dimms, unless a new BIOS would have changed that. I doubt that, as this happens to all 939 motherboards as well regardless of the chipset.
This is the link to the review: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2128&p=11

Mixing memory modules on Westmere

Dear Hardware gurus,
I have a 12-Cores Westmere. Do you know is it possible to mix different memory modules on it, namely:
6x1 Gb 1330Mhz
+
2x4 Gb 1066Mhz
and if yes, in which configuration?
Thanks a lot for any comment!

Kappy, thanks for the note.
I am actually going to order some more 1333 modules, but just for the short time I have to work with what I have currently (see my original post).
As I posted above, I tried a bit already to combine the modules and Mac doesn't boot
Can you suggest a configuration, which will work?

Bad memory modules or motherboard??

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