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dragmor wrote:Your not overclocked or anything are you? Try going back to stock and reseting the bios. Also check the version of your bios, the 780G boards have been coming out with quite a few improvements.
Most Phenoms post slightly better scores with 4 sticks than 2 when using unganged mode.
CB5000 wrote:Are you sure that all of your sticks of memory aren't bad? Maybe it's one of the sticks that causes the problem, as a single bad stick can cause all sorts of problems.
MaxTheLimit wrote:What exactly are the two kits? The old was what kit of corsair? And the new on is it corsair? if so is it the same kit?
Spyder22446688 wrote:CB5000 wrote:Are you sure that all of your sticks of memory aren't bad? Maybe it's one of the sticks that causes the problem, as a single bad stick can cause all sorts of problems.
Each set of 1GB x 2 by themselves booted into Windows and ran an abbreviated test with Memtest 86+ without issue. Shrug.
Flying Fox wrote:Have you run memtest with all 4 sticks? Abbreviated is no good for you anymore. Run at least 12 hours. I just replaced a pair which could show error (it was random) after 12 hours.
Saber Cherry wrote:I would RMA the motherboard.
JdL wrote:I'll also point out that some motherboards suffer from Vdroop (where the BIOS sets voltage to say 1.8V, but is actually only putting out 1.75), or may not have the RAM voltage set properly by default. If you notice, those Corsair sticks need at least 1.9V to run by default, whereas the DDR2 standard is 1.8V. The motherboard may be running at 1.8V, which may seem to work fine for 2 sticks but obviously is failing on 3 or 4.
dragmor wrote:This would be my pick so far. RAM can be very sensitive to voltage. Since your sticks need 1.9v set the value to that with 2 sticks installed then but the 4 in. Maybe even set it to 2.0v if 1.9v doesn't work.
Spyder22446688 wrote:... or buy 2GB x 2 and sell my current stuff.
JdL wrote:
After re-reading your post, I just realized that this is an IGP board -- are you running with the integrated video enabled, or an external video card?
Spyder22446688 wrote:JdL wrote:are you running with the integrated video enabled, or an external video card?
I am running an 8800 GT.
JdL wrote:Spyder22446688 wrote:JdL wrote:are you running with the integrated video enabled, or an external video card?
I am running an 8800 GT.
Is the IGP disabled in the BIOS? (if not, it could still be causing problems)
Spyder22446688 wrote:My rising concern of system problems is directly proportional to the number of DIMMs installed.
I was running a Gigabyte 780G motherboard just fine with 2 sticks of Corsair RAM. I saw in the TR review of my motherboard that they ran 4 sticks of Corsair RAM without issue (even running tighter latencies than mine!):
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14261/6
So I bought another 2 sticks of RAM for a total of 1GB x 4.
Of course, the system does not even POST with 4 sticks installed. It half-way POSTs with 3 sticks. It runs just fine with 2 sticks (either set).
Drrrr. That was $25 wasted after rebate. If only I had originally just bought 2GB x 2.