Stoney
01-23-2008, 05:21 PM
When I built my socket 939 I purchased one gig ofCrucial Ballistix PC3200 in a 2x512 configuration. I wanted another gig so I purchased another 2x512.
At the time I was not aware that both Crucial's Ballistix offerings in PC3200 and especially in the PC4000 were having serious failure rates after 6 months in very substantial numbers.
Crucial was forced to yank them off the market. I thought I was "safe" because my batch #s were post that of the batches most cited.
Well after a myriad of BSODs and running MemTest - 3 errors at Test 3 and a whopping 290 errors in Test 5 and this only after 5 passes - I knew it was time to buy new RAM (OCZ Plantinum 2x1GB).
My mobo is an EPoX 9NPA+Ultra currently in a 4x512 configuration running at 2T. It has the latest and last BIOS update.
Here is my question: The BIOS automatically set both the memory voltage and the 2T timing. When I go to a 2x1 GB configuration will the BIOS automatically set voltage and to 1T or will I need to set in BIOS?
Sorry if this is so noobish but I have never had to do this before. Thanks in advance.
At the time I was not aware that both Crucial's Ballistix offerings in PC3200 and especially in the PC4000 were having serious failure rates after 6 months in very substantial numbers.
Crucial was forced to yank them off the market. I thought I was "safe" because my batch #s were post that of the batches most cited.
Well after a myriad of BSODs and running MemTest - 3 errors at Test 3 and a whopping 290 errors in Test 5 and this only after 5 passes - I knew it was time to buy new RAM (OCZ Plantinum 2x1GB).
My mobo is an EPoX 9NPA+Ultra currently in a 4x512 configuration running at 2T. It has the latest and last BIOS update.
Here is my question: The BIOS automatically set both the memory voltage and the 2T timing. When I go to a 2x1 GB configuration will the BIOS automatically set voltage and to 1T or will I need to set in BIOS?
Sorry if this is so noobish but I have never had to do this before. Thanks in advance.