Ballistix Performance Memory

[Casper42]

I am working on a friend's computer.

He just upgraded to a E8400 and also got a BallistiX 4-4-4-12 4GB Kit (2x2GB)

Upgraded his BIOS to P33, which is the latest according to the EVGA Website, in order to support the E8400.

Tried to fire it up and get nothing on screen and the 2 LCD diag panels inside just say - -  which means its not loading the BIOS at all.

Swapped his CPU back to the older E6600, Same problem

Put back in his older OCZ memory (4x1GB) and it fires right up with no problems.

Put the E8400 back in, still with the OCZ memory, and it boots up again with no problems.

This rules out the E8400 as the problem since I am posting this with it right now.

Any ideas?

I'm wondering if it has to do with the 2.0v listed on the BallistiX but I would have suspected the Mobo would just read that off the SPD and increase the voltage automatically.  Especially considering this is/was a Gaming board.

The BIOS is currently set to read the SPD for the timings and the CPU is not overclocked at all.

Mobo: EVGA 122-CK-NF68

BIOS: P33 - CPU-Z shows the date as 9/4/2008

Memory: 2 x BL25664AA80A.16FE5

Thanks,

Dan

[Crucial_maulmod]

Hi Dan,

Sorry to hear you're having problems with the upgrade.  The parts are definitely compatible with the board so we can do a bit of troubleshooting to see what the problem may be.

Normally the BIOS will auto-adjust timings but for Ballistix you will more than likely always have to manually change settings to get the optimum performance for individual systems.  You should refer to the motherboard manual for supported configurations.  The settings for these modules are:

DDR2 Ballistix - PC2-6400 or DDR2 (800MHz)
SPD (default) Timings = 5-5-5-12
Maximum Timings = 4-4-4-12

Voltage= 2.0V

Firstly, can you try the Ballistix modules individually in the system?  I know its a dual channel system but for testing purposes try one module at a time in the first slot to see if there is possibly a fault with one of them.

You can also run a memory test on them.  To determine if the memory is faulty we recommend Memtest.

Memtest is a standalone memory testing program that can test your memory independently from the operating system to eliminate the possibility of drivers or other software causing the errors.

Memtest can be downloaded free from

http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

You should make a bootable disk and when your system reboots the disk will auto load memtest, this will then start to test the memory and report if it finds any errors.

If you cannot get either of the modules working on the EVGA board, are you able to try them in another DDR2 system?

Please let us know how you get on with the above and we can offer further advice from there.