RAM Problem

ren777 · Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:28 am Post subject: RAM Problem

I have 2x 256Mb ddr266Mhz. When i put both on my hp pavillion ze5170, after 10 - 20 mins, the system will crash, system error. But when i only put 1x 256mb ddr266Mhz and tried it on each ram slot, the system is stable but then slower because of low ram. I verified it using memtest v1.65. Anybody has an idea??

Need advise..

thank you.

HP Pavaillion Ze5170
WinXP HE, WinXpPro with SP2
Pentium4 2Ghz
40GB Hd
2x256Mb ddr266Mhz

ren

cp · Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:34 am Post subject:

did you (mem-)test it with both sticks,too? do both sticks have the same timings? you can read them out with cpu-z. maybe the ALi chipset isn't able to set different timings for different ram slots (just guessing. no datasheets available,sorry).

ren777 · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:46 am Post subject:

I already tried on memtest the two ram together, and it gives error. Ram are all the same 256Mb ddr266Mhz, micron.

where can i get thos cpu-z? I have not tried those? can u give a link or a hint?

ren777 · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:41 am Post subject:

I got cpu-z, i will try to test and post result here.

Thank you.

ren777 · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject:

did you (mem-)test it with both sticks,too? do both sticks have the same timings? you can read them out with cpu-z. maybe the ALi chipset isn't able to set different timings for different ram slots (just guessing. no datasheets available,sorry).

I checked the both sticks using cpu-z --> it has same timings. But one my mainboard is detected as ze4000 instead of ze5170. Why is this so, any ideas?

Thanks