I have two 1G sticks of DDR2800 on my M2N32 with an amd Athlon 64 X2 6400+ processor, and I have had memory instability since I've gotten it. In the past it was tolerable, just the occasional crash while playing high end games, but recently I've been picking up 'Memory could not be "read" and blue screen errors very frequently and at irregular intervals.
I've performed Memtest on each stick individually, and the results are not consistent. They sometimes pass every test without flaw, sometimes get 50-500 errors, and sometimes even 100,000+ errors without any changes to BIOS settings.
I don't know whether to request an RMA or if there is something I need to change on the motherboard. Anyone familiar with the M2N32 will know that it has an absolutely insane number of options for memory tweaking alone, and I suspect that some of the Auto options are causing these problems. Unfortunately, most of these do not show what their Auto value is so I dare not to mess with them randomly.
I will now list all the values available on my mobo that deal with memory. Its DDR voltage is currently set at 1.9v.
MEM CLOCK Frequency = DDR2 800
Tcl = 5
Trcd = 5
Trp = 5
Tras = 15
1T/2T Timing = 2T
AI Clock Skew, Channel A = Advance 450ps (Auto)
AI Clock Skew, Channel B = Advance 450ps (Auto)
Advanced Memory Timings
Trc = Auto
Twr = Auto
Trrd = Auto
Trwt = Auto
Twtr = Auto
Trtp = Auto
Twrrd = Auto
Twrwr = Auto
Trdrd = Auto
Tref = Auto
Trfc = Auto
DRAM Termination = Auto
Max Async Latency = Auto
R/W Queue Bypass = Auto
Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter = Auto
Idle Cycle Limit = Auto
DCQ Bypass Maximum = Auto
DRAM Burst Length = Auto
RdPadRcu FIFO Delay = Auto
Disable Jitter = Auto
DRAM Bank Interleaving = Enabled
Bank Swizzle Mode = Enabled
DRAM Timing Control
CKE Fine Delay = Auto
CKE Setup Time = Auto
CS/ODT Fine Delay = Auto
CS/ODT Setup Time = Auto
Address/Command Fine Delay = Auto
Address/Command Setup Time = Auto
Read DQS Timing Control = Auto
Write Data Timing Control = Auto
DQS Receiver Enable Timing = Auto
Output Driver Control
CKE Drive Strength = Auto
CS/ODT Drive Strength = Auto
Add/CMD Drive Strength = Auto
MEMCLK Drive Strength = Auto
Data Drive Strength = Auto
DQS Drive Strength = Auto
DRAM Drivers Weak Mode = Auto
Going through all this has given me a headache, but can I get advice on which of these settings should I input a manual value to increase stability? Or should I go ahead with an RMA?
I've performed Memtest on each stick individually, and the results are not consistent. They sometimes pass every test without flaw, sometimes get 50-500 errors, and sometimes even 100,000+ errors without any changes to BIOS settings.
I don't know whether to request an RMA or if there is something I need to change on the motherboard. Anyone familiar with the M2N32 will know that it has an absolutely insane number of options for memory tweaking alone, and I suspect that some of the Auto options are causing these problems. Unfortunately, most of these do not show what their Auto value is so I dare not to mess with them randomly.
I will now list all the values available on my mobo that deal with memory. Its DDR voltage is currently set at 1.9v.
MEM CLOCK Frequency = DDR2 800
Tcl = 5
Trcd = 5
Trp = 5
Tras = 15
1T/2T Timing = 2T
AI Clock Skew, Channel A = Advance 450ps (Auto)
AI Clock Skew, Channel B = Advance 450ps (Auto)
Advanced Memory Timings
Trc = Auto
Twr = Auto
Trrd = Auto
Trwt = Auto
Twtr = Auto
Trtp = Auto
Twrrd = Auto
Twrwr = Auto
Trdrd = Auto
Tref = Auto
Trfc = Auto
DRAM Termination = Auto
Max Async Latency = Auto
R/W Queue Bypass = Auto
Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter = Auto
Idle Cycle Limit = Auto
DCQ Bypass Maximum = Auto
DRAM Burst Length = Auto
RdPadRcu FIFO Delay = Auto
Disable Jitter = Auto
DRAM Bank Interleaving = Enabled
Bank Swizzle Mode = Enabled
DRAM Timing Control
CKE Fine Delay = Auto
CKE Setup Time = Auto
CS/ODT Fine Delay = Auto
CS/ODT Setup Time = Auto
Address/Command Fine Delay = Auto
Address/Command Setup Time = Auto
Read DQS Timing Control = Auto
Write Data Timing Control = Auto
DQS Receiver Enable Timing = Auto
Output Driver Control
CKE Drive Strength = Auto
CS/ODT Drive Strength = Auto
Add/CMD Drive Strength = Auto
MEMCLK Drive Strength = Auto
Data Drive Strength = Auto
DQS Drive Strength = Auto
DRAM Drivers Weak Mode = Auto
Going through all this has given me a headache, but can I get advice on which of these settings should I input a manual value to increase stability? Or should I go ahead with an RMA?
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