old.user4556
Has a sexy sister. I am also a Bodhi wannabee.
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You may have read my thread on the 1Gb (2 x 512) TwinMOS PC3200. The first set of ram had a buggered stick, so i returned it to overclockers.co.uk and was sent out a new pack of ram. It booted ok, then as soon as I got into windows it blue screened.
Under no circumstance could i get it to run at 400 MHz. I could adjust the timings so that it could boot into XP, but that's about all i could run. The new pack of ram would run without a hitch at 166 MHz (333 DDR), but not at 200 MHz (400 DDR)
Well, after much searching on the net; it looked like my Abit AN7 motherboard. Being brand new, a lot of people were quick to jump on the "Abit suck" bandwagon. I called overclockers.co.uk for some help and advice, suspecting the motherboard.
The bloke at overclockers was (surprisingly) very helpful and very patient.
I suggested my board was to blame. The conversation was thus:
I explained my situation with having two packs of ram and that I had the Abit AN7 motherboard.
He said "ahhh - that's the nforce2 motherboard".
To which I said "yes that's right".
He said "yep, there's a faulty batch of TwinMOS released where it just doesn't work on an nforce2 chipset".
I said "ahhh right ! ... the memory does 'work', it just doesn't run above 166"
He said "yes that's right, it won't run at full speed ... we're well aware of it, it's a known problem with this batch of ram".
He apologised for the inconvenience and offered me a full refund on the TwinMOS ram. I asked what memory he'd recommend for my spec and he recommended Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200LLPT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-018-CS at £192.
The moral of this post,
to overclockers.co.uk and don't touch TwinMOS with a barge pole.
G
You may have read my thread on the 1Gb (2 x 512) TwinMOS PC3200. The first set of ram had a buggered stick, so i returned it to overclockers.co.uk and was sent out a new pack of ram. It booted ok, then as soon as I got into windows it blue screened.
Under no circumstance could i get it to run at 400 MHz. I could adjust the timings so that it could boot into XP, but that's about all i could run. The new pack of ram would run without a hitch at 166 MHz (333 DDR), but not at 200 MHz (400 DDR)
Well, after much searching on the net; it looked like my Abit AN7 motherboard. Being brand new, a lot of people were quick to jump on the "Abit suck" bandwagon. I called overclockers.co.uk for some help and advice, suspecting the motherboard.
The bloke at overclockers was (surprisingly) very helpful and very patient.
I suggested my board was to blame. The conversation was thus:
I explained my situation with having two packs of ram and that I had the Abit AN7 motherboard.
He said "ahhh - that's the nforce2 motherboard".
To which I said "yes that's right".
He said "yep, there's a faulty batch of TwinMOS released where it just doesn't work on an nforce2 chipset".
I said "ahhh right ! ... the memory does 'work', it just doesn't run above 166"
He said "yes that's right, it won't run at full speed ... we're well aware of it, it's a known problem with this batch of ram".
He apologised for the inconvenience and offered me a full refund on the TwinMOS ram. I asked what memory he'd recommend for my spec and he recommended Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200LLPT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-018-CS at £192.
The moral of this post,
to overclockers.co.uk and don't touch TwinMOS with a barge pole.G
