Hello,
I have owned two sets of F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK (DDR2 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 2x2GB) for about 2 years now and I love it (minus the cyan-colored heatsinks, but my case has no window so it's no big deal).
My issue is that when I put the computer into Sleep mode, sometimes it does not come back. I then have to hard-restart the computer and I am greeted by a POST beep code: 1 long, 3 short ... "Conventional/Extended memory failure". I ran Memtest for several passes on each stick of memory and all of the sticks passed.
Is it the sign of a failing memory stick or something else entirely? I also noticed that it began happening after I realized 2 months ago that I had the memory set at 800Mhz and decided to set it to 1066Mhz with 5-5-5-15 like it should be.
The system runs perfectly stable under all conditions except sometimes not returning properly from sleep as described above. Any ideas?
edit:
One more thing! While I was testing the memory, one stick did not POST...at first. I set it aside and tested the rest, then I put it back in to verify that the stick could be defective and...it worked properly and passed 3 Memtest passes? Strange... And the system is still working fine with all 4 sticks installed.
I have owned two sets of F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK (DDR2 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 2x2GB) for about 2 years now and I love it (minus the cyan-colored heatsinks, but my case has no window so it's no big deal).
My issue is that when I put the computer into Sleep mode, sometimes it does not come back. I then have to hard-restart the computer and I am greeted by a POST beep code: 1 long, 3 short ... "Conventional/Extended memory failure". I ran Memtest for several passes on each stick of memory and all of the sticks passed.
Is it the sign of a failing memory stick or something else entirely? I also noticed that it began happening after I realized 2 months ago that I had the memory set at 800Mhz and decided to set it to 1066Mhz with 5-5-5-15 like it should be.
The system runs perfectly stable under all conditions except sometimes not returning properly from sleep as described above. Any ideas?
edit:
One more thing! While I was testing the memory, one stick did not POST...at first. I set it aside and tested the rest, then I put it back in to verify that the stick could be defective and...it worked properly and passed 3 Memtest passes? Strange... And the system is still working fine with all 4 sticks installed.
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