A7N8X & memory/graphics problem

"Rodney Rodgers" wrote in message

 > I have recently upgraded my cpu to a 3200 400mhz. I bumped my memory
 > to 400 and the system is stable until I try to run a game.
 >
 > Halo causes exception errors & has cause a VPU error with the 9800
 > Flight Sim 2004 black screens & willo not come out of the game
 >
 > Hmmmm all MS products (can't say anything...these are the only 2 I
 > have tried)
 >
 > I have tried the Auto setting for the ram, the aggressive setting, the
 > optimal setting & setting by SPD. I have tried bumping the voltage up
 > 1 notch (active cooling). Everything runs fine even with all 3 slots
 > populated if I underclock the ram to 333.
 >
 > Specs:
 > A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 Bios 1007
 > 2 512mb chips at 400
 > 3 512mb chips at 333
 > Generic unfortunately though the chips themselves are Samsung
 > ATI Radeon 9800 SE running the DNA 4.7 Catalyst (softmod)
 > Sound Blaster Audigy 2
 > 2 120gb drives RAID 0 on a SiL 680
 > 2 120gb drives on the Sil 3112 SATA controller
 > 1 100gb drive on the main ide
 > 1 Creative 16x dvd rom
 > 1 Sony dvd-rw
 > Thermaltake 480 watt PurePower psu
 > Thermaltake Xaser III case water cooled
 > Windows XP Pro SP1


Aside from your obvious lack of hard drive space...

You might want to try setting the memory timings
yourself. You may only need to relax your CAS .5, to
get it working right, this is especially true if your memory is
not matched exactly.

Luck;
Ken

Device Description
Xerox (256 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
Xerox (256 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM)

Field Value
Module Name Xerox
Serial Number None
Manufacture Date Week 34 / 2000
Module Size 256 MB (1 rows, 4 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed PC3200 (200 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 2.5
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh
Highest CAS Latency 3.0 (5.0 ns @ 200 MHz)

OCZ OCZ400512R2
Field Value
Module Name OCZ OCZ400512R2
Serial Number None
Module Size 512 MB (2 rows, 4 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed PC3200 (200 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 2.5
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh
Highest CAS Latency 2.0 (5.0 ns @ 200 MHz)

Field Value
Chipset Properties
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400

Memory Timings
CAS Latency (CL) 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 6T

Memory Slots
DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #3 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)

(Info off Everest Home Edition)
Running at 400DDR (200MHz)