HI, i have a very weird and hard to track problem:
I got 4 sticks of the above mentioned memory. 3 sticks work perfectly, and 1 gives me errors in Vista memory tool (extended testing). It doesn't give me errors in memtest86 (latest version standard settings)
I've sent the stick back to where i bought it, they tested it in memtest (46 passes) no errors. Asked for them to test in vista's tool and they didn't get errors (not sure about what settings they used, i only get errors in extended).
It could be a problem with vista's tool, but when i use this stick, i get graphics card driver crashes (sic) and sometimes bluescreens with windows saying it's a memory related issue.
I tested the stick alone, in all 4 slots, i get crashes when using a pair of sticks (4gbs), and when i use another pair of 4 gb, don't get any crashes (BSODs or graphic driver crashes). I'm currently using auto settings (latest bios version 1701)
I've used pretty much all settings i could think of (DDR2 800 drequency with rated timings, voltage increases in all available motherboard settings) and i always get crashes and errors with the specific stick.
The problem is since the store i bought it from don't have the same issues, they are reluctant to (or probably will not) accept the RMA (bought them almost 3 months ago but have always had the same prob) also i'm from europe.
I'd appreciate any help
I got 4 sticks of the above mentioned memory. 3 sticks work perfectly, and 1 gives me errors in Vista memory tool (extended testing). It doesn't give me errors in memtest86 (latest version standard settings)
I've sent the stick back to where i bought it, they tested it in memtest (46 passes) no errors. Asked for them to test in vista's tool and they didn't get errors (not sure about what settings they used, i only get errors in extended).
It could be a problem with vista's tool, but when i use this stick, i get graphics card driver crashes (sic) and sometimes bluescreens with windows saying it's a memory related issue.
I tested the stick alone, in all 4 slots, i get crashes when using a pair of sticks (4gbs), and when i use another pair of 4 gb, don't get any crashes (BSODs or graphic driver crashes). I'm currently using auto settings (latest bios version 1701)
I've used pretty much all settings i could think of (DDR2 800 drequency with rated timings, voltage increases in all available motherboard settings) and i always get crashes and errors with the specific stick.
The problem is since the store i bought it from don't have the same issues, they are reluctant to (or probably will not) accept the RMA (bought them almost 3 months ago but have always had the same prob) also i'm from europe.
I'd appreciate any help
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