BP6 killing ram??!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?

Slagathor · Post by **Slagathor** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:59 am

I hope this is in the right spot......

Ok, so I slapped one of my BP6's togather for my bro, we went to Worst Buy and got some ram for it.
Now, he is on his third stick, I told him to run memtest on the ram first thing this time to make sure the ram isn't FUBAR from the start.
All the voltages are normal, he is a cheap b***ard so he only has a 4 gig HDD, an old PCI vid card, and a NIC installed in the mobo.

So, what are the chances the mobo is killing the ram and nothing else?????
Oh ya, all the cap's look fine too.......

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:06 am

If you bought the sticks together, it might be a bad batch.

BTW, haven't seen you around for a while. You OK?

Slagathor · Post by **Slagathor** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:05 am

The ram was purchased seperatly, it would run ok for a short while then fubar the os, then it would get to the point where you couldn't even install the OS.
It would run for about a week, then go tits up, thats why I thought maybe the mobo was killing the ram, but I never had an issue with it when I ran it.
He has an ANTEC 300 WATT PSU, and he is only running 1 CPU so the PSU should be more then sufficent.

BTW, all is good here, just havent posted as much as I used to......

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 12:22 pm

Have you checked the RAM in another mobo?

Slagathor · Post by **Slagathor** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:42 am

Not yet, if this one turnes up bad I can check it in my Tyan board.
But, he said when he went to Worst Buy to exchange it for the third time, they said they have had a lot of them come back.
So perhaps they had a bad batch in there........

I surley hope so.........
Thanx for the help though X.......

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:55 pm

Slagathor wrote:The ram was purchased seperatly, it would run ok for a short while then fubar the os, then it would get to the point where you couldn't even install the OS.
It would run for about a week, then go tits up, thats why I thought maybe the mobo was killing the ram, but I never had an issue with it when I ran it.
He has an ANTEC 300 WATT PSU, and he is only running 1 CPU so the PSU should be more then sufficent.

BTW, all is good here, just havent posted as much as I used to......

Good to here from you!

Have you checked for bad capacitors?

Slagathor · Post by **Slagathor** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 7:48 pm

hyperspace wrote:Good to here from you! Have you checked for bad capacitors?

Yup, caps all good.......

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:29 pm

OT: You know you've created a monster?

http://www.bp6.com/board/viewtopic.php? ... sc&start=0

Post by **Derek** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:28 pm

Welcome back Slagathor