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DDR2 Memory Issues Affecting System Reliability
Hi I have been struggling with a new system build for a while now and I am running out of ideas trying to solve the problems.
I am trying to use two KVR800D2N6/2G ddr2 modules in dual channel mode, these are listed in the bios correctly and on the whole the system works well, except I occasionaly get problems with resume from sleep:
A: the machine will restart and then take ages to resume i get a yellow triangle conflict listed against Standard Dual Cnannel PCI IDE Controller in Device Manager ( not enough resources available )
B: system runs very sluggishly
C: sometimes get Nvidia driver stopped responding.
Restarting temporarily restores normal operation
I have had a BSOD once at startup referring to a Memory Management Problem, swapping the ram sticks over ( changing slots ) on the motherboard cured this problem.
If I install only 1 ram module at a time i dont get any of the above problems, if i try to install both together in single channel mode the system goes haywire with multiple graphics driver crashes.
I have run Memtest for many hours on each module individually and together and not shown any errors.
The memory was bought at the same time and is identical and as mentioned lists correctly in the bios as running in dual channel mode.
I know that ' identical ' ram can still have differances due to manufacturing tolerances, could this be my problem, or is the motherboard being ' fussy ' unfortunately i dont have any matched spare ram to carry out comparison tests to rule out a ram problem at the moment, tempted to just go and buy some...
Event viewer does not give any real clues as to problem areas.
I have seen other threads mentiioning some of the above problems, but not seen any where all these problems are being experienced together at the same time.
My hair is going grey, please help, thanks