Thread: GA-EP35C-DSR3 with dif. memory mdoules

Am Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:56:29 -0500 schrieb Barry Watzman: But that means that the identical modules go in DIFFERENT color sockets. Which confuses a lot of people. That's it - and to be honest I didn't know this before you clarified things. Thanks Barry for your time and explanation - highly appreciated! -- cu Michael

I think your statement ("Now the pairs do not match in types") is probably wrong, based on "but it seems to work better and without any problems". I think that now the pairs DO match; I suspect that you mis-understand how the sockets are color coded. The problem is, there are two ways to color code the sockets. When you have dual channel memory (channel A and channel B), you want to put one module of a pair...

Michael Fritz wrote: Hi, I'm trying to get the following memory modules running on my GA-EP35C-DSR3 board: 2 x 1 GB OCZ2G8002GK (Platinum Edition, PC2 6400, ) and 2 x 1 GB OCZP800R22GK (Gold Edition, PC2 6400, ). The CPU is not over clocked nor the memory, however I'm getting some strange CRC failures during the installation of e.g. large update files for games in Windows XP Pro. I've tested the memory with Memtest86 and all...