Msi neo2 and crucial ballistix

I found out that my 2x512 ddr400 crucial ballistix is bad. So i tested 1 of the sticks in dimm1 with memtest. It did 5 passes then i quit so i think one stick is fine. Either the other stick is bad or dimm2 is bad. How do i figure out if dimm2 is bad? I know that you can only have module in dimm1 or 3 if its single channel.
The settings on the ram was 2 2 2 6 1T 2.8v. Both were in dimm 1 and 2.

Hello,
What neo2 board do you have?
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=607
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=649
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=650
No you dont have to untick anything.
The nvidia Audio drivers should work with the realtek codec.
Or you can use the realtek audio drivers.
I prefer the nvidia audio drivers.

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Aaron is right.
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Hi,
well my problem is when the Asus v9999GT is installed i boot windows up but it just keeps restarting or blue screening(i see the desktop then it restarts*if i dont get a blue screen that is) It usely takes 4-5 restarts before windows finally starts. Ive reinstalled the comp 4 times trying to fix the problem but had no luck finally i reinstalled the comp with my 9000 Pro II and no more restarting no more blue screening windows starts normally. But thats not a fix i bought the new card and im not going to let $530 go down the drain. It seems to me its the NEO 2 that does not like the Asus, i try the asus in my old comp and everything works fine.
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I don't think it's PSU related caused by the gfx card if
it is the asus 9999GT/TD . As this is a 6800 board with GT core clock
and 128M DDR1 memory.
And in 2D windows it should use estimatly 20W .
:Xbitlabs
The NVIDIA GeForce 6800 eats less energy than the GeForce GT as it has lower frequencies and the GPU voltage . As a result, without overclocking, the card consumes 16.96W(10w on +12v) in the Idle mode(2D) and 38.88W in the Burn mode(3D).
Real GT:
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Will I have any problems using this Geforce2 GTS AGP card as a temporary replacement while I wait for the ATI card to be fixed? I'm swapping it and I get $5 for my Matrox G400 max AGP card. For obvious reasons, I'm not keeping and using the G series Matrox G400 since it won't work in my PC with the MSI Neo2 and BIOS 1.4 etc etc
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I have had MSI K8N Neo Platinum and 1x Crucial Ballistix 512MB RAM for 11 months.
I have had 1x Crucial Ballistix 512MB RAM for 2.5 months, for a total of two.
I have had MSI GeForce 6600GT (NX6600GT-VTD) 128MB AGP for 1 month.
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It is amazing how much time passes when you are hesitant to buy parts unless you are 95% sure it will fix the problem.
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Originally posted by mrpiercer
To take a real life example; I use Kingston memories which are marked CAS2, and I run them at CAS2. With memory speed at 200MHz, I reach a bandwidth of 5998MB/s.
That's fast and cheap. Without overclocking, speed is 200MHz
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Originally posted by mrpiercer
With Kingston CAS3 memories at 250MHz, I reach 6012MB/s.
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BUT the modules has a lower CAS speed (3 opposed to 2), therefor the flow of data between the CPU and memory isn't much faster than the first example. 6012MB per second opposed to the default 5998MB per second.
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Quote from: Eagle Rock on 21-February-08, 07:36:50
Hi,
The MSI Neo2-FR manual on page 2-16 list the pin assignments for the front panel switches and LEDs.
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First off greetings to everyone on these forums...
I purchased the MSI Neo2 K8N Platinum motherboard from NewEgg back at the end of March to compliment the AMD 64 "Winchester" processor that I also purchased at that time to replace a slightly older AMD XP "Barton" system that was using the Abit NF7-S motherboard. For the past month I have been fighting an unusual and highly irritating issue that I have noticed during game play and have tried everything that I know of and more in an attempt to remedy this issue, but to no avail. This is the general background of the situation and now I will descibe in greater detail as to what this issue I am referring to is and the symptoms of this issue and some of the various methods used to remedy this issue.
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*Disabled/Enabled AGP Fast Writes
*Increased AGP Aperture from 64MB to 512MB
*Enabled/Disabled ATI/nVidia Speedup option in BIOS
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*Installed Audio Card (SB Audigy2 ZS Gamer) with older and the latest drivers available from Creative's website
*Replaced PSU (Previously was a Thermaltake 420watt PSU, 18A +12v) with a OCZ Modstream 520watt PSU (28A +12v)
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*Hard Drive is KNOWN working from previous build
*CD/DVD-ROM drive is kNOWN working from previous build
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*Disabled SBDRVDET.EXE using MSCONFIG
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*Installed AMD 64 drivers from AMD
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CPU - AMD 64 3200+ "Winchester", using Thermaltake Silentboost K8 and AS5
Motherboard - MSI Neo2 K8N Platinum (nForce3 250GB Ultra) - Using Bios version 1.8
Memory - 2X 512MB Corsair XMS TwinX1024-3200C2PT (2 Modules, Memory Slots 1 and 2 used)
Audio - Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS (PCI Slot 3 used)
NIC - Onboard nVidia MAC, Disabled Realtek NIC
Video - XFX Geforce 6800NU 128MB AGP (BIOS Rev 1) - NV Silencer 5 and AS5
Case - Thermaltake Damier Series 5000
PSU - OCZ Modstream 520watt (28A +12v rail)
HDD - Western Digital 1200JB 7200rpm IDE
DVD-ROM - Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM
Floppy - Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.25"
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Here is my theory on what is going on is that I believe is there is a fault with the chipset on this motherboard and this is manifesting itself while I am playing various games on this system. Of course I would like to try increasing the voltage to the chipset as that would increase stability, but there is no option in BIOS to increase the chipset voltage like the previous motherboard I had (Abit NF7-S). It is possible that either a) the chipset is at fault and is causing me this issue or b) the chipset is not recieving enough voltage.
My question to the rest of you is this, what do you think the problem is and what ideas do you have that I may try that I have not tried yet. Additionally if there is nothing else that I may try should I attempt to RMA this motherboard and will that help, and is there any other versions of this motherboard that I should be aware of. I would appreciate any response from a MSI representative and any comments from those that may have positive suggestions for my issue. Thank you in advance for your time and any help that you may be able to render.
The GameMaster...
*EDIT* Added additional methods attempted... (there was a lot... so I did not remember everything that I have tried)

Quote from: dacull on 25-May-05, 16:06:33
Does it only happen in online games, or can it happen in all games? One thing to make sure of is to turn off CRC checksum offload in your NVidia MAC properties (everyone do this, it is incorrectly calculating checksums which leads to servers ignoring your packets). However as you have tried a different network card you can discount this theory.
For me it looks like the biggest culrpit is your 6800NU, i have read alot of bad things about the NU and you have a low bios revision there, just because it worked well against your old chipset doesnt mean it will work well against your current chipset. Sounds like a BIOS fix is needed as some timing is out somewhere.
Ensure Spread Spectrum is off (and as you have already pointed out Fast writes, ATI NV Speedup) and your card is running at default clock.
As a test beg/borrow/steal another graphics card (preferably nvidia) and see how it goes so you can narrow in on your video card.
It is not just one game, but it is more prodominate in certain games than others... the game in question here is Planetside... though I stuck a demo of Unreal Tournament 2004 on a loop bot match and it seemed to have locked up after 4 hours (not sure how many times it experienced that 5-10 freeze as I went to bed). As for the video card it was KNOWN working from a previous build in those same games (Previous build was a AMDXP3000 and a Abit NF7-S nForce2 motherboard). The only components different in this build is the AMD64, the MSI Neo2 K8N, 2 new sticks of Corsair XMS to replace the Corsair ValueSelects, and the SB Audigy2 as I would never use a software codec audio solution. Spread Spectrum is LOCKED in BIOS and disabled... ATI/nVidia speed up was disabled from the start... and I tried the Video Card at default clock, over clocked, as well as under clocked and the same issue resulted... as I said before it is NOT the video card.
There are two other things I could try is use my old Geforce4ti 4200 and see what happens... or even try out WindowsXP 64-bit edition as someone earlier suggested. I wish I could find a new BIOS for my XFX 6800NU, but there there is only the revision 1 BIOS that I was able to find. The mystery continues...
The GameMaster...

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