Memory problems

I just bought 1GB and my comps acting weird, i'll post some info from everest.

Field Value
CPU Properties
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3200+
CPU Alias Barton
CPU Stepping A2
Instruction Set x86, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE
L1 Code Cache 64 KB
L1 Data Cache 64 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, Full-Speed)

CPU Physical Info
Package Type 453 Pin PGA
Package Size 4.95 cm x 4.95 cm
Transistors 54.3 million
Process Technology 6Mi, 0.13 um, CMOS, Cu
Die Size 101 mm2
Core Voltage 1.65 V
I/O Voltage 1.6 V
Typical Power 53.7 - 60.4 W (depending on clock speed)
Maximum Power 68.3 - 76.8 W (depending on clock speed)

CPU Manufacturer
Company Name Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Product Information http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118,00.html

CPU Utilization
CPU #1 0 %



Field Value
CPUID Properties
CPUID Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
CPUID CPU Name AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+
CPUID Revision 000006A0h
Extended CPUID Revision 000007A0h
Platform ID CBh (Socket A)
IA CPU Serial Number Unknown
HTT / CMP Units 0 / 0

Instruction Set
64-bit x86 Extension (AMD64, EM64T) Not Supported
Alternate Instruction Set Not Supported
AMD 3DNow! Supported
AMD 3DNow! Professional Supported
AMD Enhanced 3DNow! Supported
AMD Extended MMX Supported
Cyrix Extended MMX Not Supported
IA-64 Not Supported
IA MMX Supported
IA SSE Supported
IA SSE 2 Not Supported
IA SSE 3 Not Supported
CLFLUSH Instruction Not Supported
CMPXCHG8B Instruction Supported
CMPXCHG16B Instruction Not Supported
Conditional Move Instruction Supported
MONITOR / MWAIT Instruction Not Supported
RDTSCP Instruction Not Supported
SYSCALL / SYSRET Instruction Supported
SYSENTER / SYSEXIT Instruction Supported
VIA FEMMS Instruction Not Supported

Security Features
Advanced Cryptography Engine (ACE) Not Supported
Data Execution Prevention (DEP, NX, EDB) Not Supported
Hardware Random Number Generator (RNG) Not Supported
Montgomery Multiplier & Hash Engine Not Supported
Processor Serial Number (PSN) Not Supported

Power Management Features
Automatic Clock Control Not Supported
Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Not Supported
Enhanced SpeedStep Technology (EIST, ESS) Not Supported
Frequency ID Control Not Supported
LongRun Not Supported
LongRun Table Interface Not Supported
PowerSaver 1.0 Not Supported
PowerSaver 2.0 Not Supported
PowerSaver 3.0 Not Supported
Processor Duty Cycle Control Not Supported
Software Thermal Control Not Supported
Temperature Sensing Diode Supported
Thermal Monitor 1 Not Supported
Thermal Monitor 2 Not Supported
Thermal Monitoring Not Supported
Thermal Trip Not Supported
Voltage ID Control Not Supported

CPUID Features
36-bit Page Size Extension Supported
Address Region Registers (ARR) Not Supported
CPL Qualified Debug Store Not Supported
Debug Trace Store Not Supported
Debugging Extension Supported
Fast Save & Restore Supported
Hyper-Threading Technology (HTT) Not Supported
L1 Context ID Not Supported
Local APIC On Chip Supported
Machine Check Architecture (MCA) Supported
Machine Check Exception (MCE) Supported
Memory Configuration Registers (MCR) Not Supported
Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) Supported
Model Specific Registers (MSR) Supported
Page Attribute Table (PAT) Supported
Page Global Extension Supported
Page Size Extension (PSE) Supported
Pending Break Event Not Supported
Physical Address Extension (PAE) Supported
Secure Virtual Machine Extensions (Pacifica) Not Supported
Self-Snoop Not Supported
Time Stamp Counter (TSC) Supported
Virtual Machine Extensions (Vanderpool) Not Supported
Virtual Mode Extension Supported




Field Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID Explorer4$1003.001$02/10/2004-20:11:19$nFORCE
Motherboard Name Unknown

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type Dual DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 167 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 333 MHz
Bandwidth 5333 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type HyperTransport v1.0
Bus Width 8-bit




Field Value
Physical Memory
Total 1023 MB
Used 277 MB
Free 745 MB
Utilization 27 %

Swap Space
Total 1600 MB
Used 164 MB
Free 1436 MB
Utilization 10 %

Virtual Memory
Total 2624 MB
Used 441 MB
Free 2182 MB
Utilization 17 %

Physical Address Extension (PAE)
Supported by Operating System Yes
Supported by CPU Yes
Active No




Field Value
Memory Module Properties
Module Name Corsair VS512MB333
Serial Number None
Module Size 512 MB (2 ranks, 4 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed PC2700 (166 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 2.5
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

Memory Timings
@ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
@ 133 MHz 2.0-3-3-6 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

Memory Module Features
Early RAS# Precharge Not Supported
Auto-Precharge Not Supported
Precharge All Not Supported
Write1/Read Burst Not Supported
Buffered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
Registered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
On-Card PLL (Clock) Not Supported
Buffered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Registered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Differential Clock Input Supported
Redundant Row Address Not Supported

Memory Module Manufacturer
Company Name Corsair Memory, Inc.
Product Information http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/products.html



Field Value
North Bridge Properties
North Bridge nVIDIA nForce2 IGP (Crush18)
Revision A2
Package Type 840 Pin BGA
In-Order Queue Depth 8

Memory Controller
Type Dual Channel (128-bit)
Active Mode Dual Channel (128-bit)

Memory Timings
CAS Latency (CL) 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 7T
Row Cycle Time (tRC) 11T
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 12T
Command Rate (CR) 1T
RAS To RAS Delay (tRRD) 2T
Read To Read Delay (tRTR) 2T
Read To Write Delay (tRTW) 4T
Write To Read Delay (tWTR) 3T

Error Correction
ECC Not Supported
ChipKill ECC Not Supported
RAID Not Supported
ECC Scrubbing Not Supported

Memory Slots
DRAM Slot #1 512 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 512 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)

Integrated Graphics Controller
Graphics Controller Type nVIDIA nForce2
Graphics Controller Status Disabled

AGP Controller
AGP Version 3.00
AGP Status Disabled
AGP Device nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
AGP Aperture Size 64 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Current AGP Speed 4x
Fast-Write Supported, Disabled
Side Band Addressing Supported, Disabled

Chipset Manufacturer
Company Name NVIDIA Corporation
Product Information http://www.nvidia.com/page/mobo.html
Driver Download http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Problems & Suggestions
Problem AGP is disabled. This may cause performance penalty.
Problem Current AGP speed is lower than maximum supported. This may cause performance penalty.




Field Value
BIOS Properties
BIOS Type Asus AMI
System BIOS Date 02/10/04
Video BIOS Date 11/18/03

BIOS Manufacturer
Company Name American Megatrends Inc.
Product Information http://www.ami.com/amibios
BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/index.cfm?refererid=40

Problems & Suggestions
Suggestion Are you looking for a BIOS Upgrade? Contact eSupport Today!
Suggestion Video BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.





Is there any problems there? I think there is..

 

Are you trying to use this RAM in dual channel mode? If so, having the DIMMS in slot one and two might be the problem. Check your motherboards manual to confirm. My own mobo requires sticks to be in odd or even slots. (ie one in slot 1 and another in slot 3)

I would try a configuration of this type, and clear CMOS. Just a thought. I didn't go through that info in very fine detail, so I may have missed something.

 

My bios doesnt have any settings what so ever for memory. I was told my a friend to even out the mhz or something, and the timings are different. But i only have 2 dimm slots.

 

Yes, generally is it a good idea to make sure that the size and speed of your sticks of ram are the same, but for use in single channel mode, the sticks you have should be able to be underclocked. However, since you seem to indicate that both sticks ARE identical, this should be a non issue.

I think you'll have to define "acting weird". Are you getting BSODs or restarts, or errors? A few things I would suggest would be:

Visiting this thread and following all the steps therein.

You could also try MemTest86 which will (as you may have guessed) test you memory.

CHECKING YOUR MOTHERBOARDS manual. Make sure you have a board that supports the RAM you are trying to insert.

 

My BIOS doesnt have the config for memory

 

Man this is confusing..

 

@ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

@ 133 MHz 2.0-3-3-6 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

I dont think the timings should be different. Maybe switching them around in the slots i dont know..

 

I think you & your friend are miss reading Everest.
It is Impossible to run two different sticks of memory at two different speeds/timmings in the same system at the same time, Period, End of Story!

Looks to me that your running pc2700 memory @ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) Which is fine except your system would perform much better if you had purchased PC3200 memory that can match the FSB of your CPU.
The two different speeds noted in Everest are not what they are running at but only two different supported speeds/timmings.


Are you having problems? Provide details.
What brand & model pc is this?
Many off the shelf systems have crippled bios er limited settings.
In Bios, Advanced chipset features is where you would find setting's for memory.

 

Its a HP Pavilion a520n.
With a Nvidia GeForce 4000 Mx 128MB DDR Graphics Card.
1GB of CORSAIR Memory.
Sounblaster Live! 24-bit
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2.20Ghz
Seagate 160Gb 7200Rpm HDD(master)
Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM HDD(slave)
Etc..

 

Here's link at HP on your PC:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=404643&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us

 

your system would perform much better if you had purchased PC3200 memory that can match the FSB of your CPU. <--- It already had 512MB PC2700 memory. So i bought pc2700. didnt know i could of got 3200