Need Stable Ram

[TrECeNTeRs]

I need directed to some kinda stable ram for this board... I have some crucial ballistix 1066 and it makes programs close randomly.

Then when I had all 4 sticks of it in it was even worse giving me blue screens.

I am guessing i need a 2gb x 2 set of .... something

Nothing seems stable on this board. I am guessing I cant use anything over a 800fsb ram for one.

Most ram I look at I check the bad comments and everyone with a striker board has problems with the ram.

Does anyone have any ideas on what would let this board run stable with 4gb?

 

[JustaGeek]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820231065

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ

~$150 for 2GB kit.

Running 3GB perfectly stable at ~2.0V - 4 sticks on 650i chipset.

 

[Vythic]

Hi. Do the G.Skill OC well?
Was just looking at these on newegg before I saw this post.
I'm also getting a 680i-based board, and will be trying to OC the Q6600 a bit..

 

[TrECeNTeRs]

1 PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad - Copper EPS12V 750W Continuous @ 40°C (825W Peak) Power Supply - Retail



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2 Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm Case Fan - Retail



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1 EVGA 768-P2-N881-AR GeForce 8800Ultra 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail


1 ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard - Retail



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1 LG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model GSA-H54NK - OEM





2 Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AA1065 - Retail



This ram blue screened the hell out of me been though 3 sets. I want 4 gig of something ... Some people say the board sucks so bad you cant use all 4 slots.... So I was looking for a pair of 2gb sticks that may work. Seems the striker is diffrent then your board for computability.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: TrECeNTeRs
1 PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad - Copper EPS12V 750W Continuous @ 40°C (825W Peak) Power Supply - Retail



1 Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler - Retail




1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail




1 Creative 70SB046A00003 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card - Retail



2 Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm Case Fan - Retail



1 Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM


1 EVGA 768-P2-N881-AR GeForce 8800Ultra 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail


1 ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard - Retail



1 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM




1 Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/ 25CM Fan - Retail



1 LG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model GSA-H54NK - OEM





2 Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AA1065 - Retail



This ram blue screened the hell out of me been though 3 sets. I want 4 gig of something ... Some people say the board sucks so bad you cant use all 4 slots.... So I was looking for a pair of 2gb sticks that may work. Seems the striker is diffrent then your board for computability.

I have offered you that that MUSHKIN D9GSV that is the best, and most compatible kit that I have found, or seen in the High Density D9. I'm not sure what your issue was with it... but you need to get with your retailer, and let them know about your Issues, and see if they will exchange or RMA....

Mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820146691

You have allot of cash laid out to have a Dysfunctional machine.

After that I almost believe that you have a bad 680i MOBO if that RAM will not do the trick.
You should get in touch with ASUS, and put it back in their lap. You should get them to step-up and do something about it.

 

[TrECeNTeRs]

Ok, so this is that ram that wasn't in stock like 3 weeks ago right?


MUSHKIN D9GSV

and thats the same as ....

Which you listed awhile back???

I had to format so I lost all our convo's but remembered alot...

Mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail


http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820146691




ALSO ...

what is with this memory that cost more but I notice one guy says it isnt good for his striker extreme
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820146690

 

[TrECeNTeRs]

n/m i see the model Model 996564 ... thanks ... ordering now

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I've got the Striker Extreme board. I've got Crucial Ballistix DDr2-1000s, but I'm not trying to run them at that speeds. As I've said on other threads (very current ones), I'm running these below DDR2-800 speed 1:1 with latencies as low as 3,3,3,6. With two modules -- 1T command rate is very stable. Of course, with four modules -- it's gonna be 2T. I just added a second pair, and need to experiment more.

I think the real question is "What are you trying to do with this Striker board and your Crucials?" What over-clocking strategy are you using?

You might get some insights by going to www.i4memory.com and looking for posts by someone going by the handle "EVA2000." He (it's a he) -- has developed an entire list of Striker over-clocks at different ratios and memory timings. The worst part of it is this entire catalog of Striker settings was obtained using earlier BIOS versions, although there may be some there with versiion 1004. In the earlier versions, there were discrepancies between "set" VCORE voltage, actual measured VCORE, and sensor VCORE readings. Those BIOS versions that had that problem were earlier than version 1004 -- and either 3XX, 5XX or 7XX versions.

I've since moved up to 1303, which ASUS took off their BIOS download list when they posted version 1305. 1305 doesn't post, and I'd cleared the CMOS. I re-flashed to the 1303 download I got in late July, early August. If you check the Striker forum posts at the ASUS Forums, you'll see that others had problems flashing to 1305, and some made success by doing some fiddling with the battery in addition to clearing the CMOS.

The 1303 version, if you can get it, seems to be perfect for me.

I know everyone wants to OC to 400 and 500 Mhz, but I'm impressed with this board and my ability to OC in 1:1 ratio to 3.2 Ghz and very low latency settings with the Crucials. I was able to get it up to 376 Mhz (CPU_FSB) in 1:1 at the 8 or 7 multiplier, but I'd rather run it at 9. Like someone said, CPU core is king. But -- true -- large L2 cache with fast memory is a boon. But then, what's wrong with an 8,000 MB/sec read memory bandwidth at 3,4,4,8, 1T and between DDR2 speeds at 712 to 720?

 

[TrECeNTeRs]

I tried tons of stuff with them Ballsux ram... could never get any memory Dependant programs stable ... sure my pc runs .. i want it stable ... they just don't do the job ... to high of speed or something .... tried 3 sets ... going to this other brand memory now ... the guy seems to know that these chips been running very stable. Plus I read an article ... could care less about over clocking this beast .. just want it to run !