Help I think I got the wrong memory

[gregoryp]

I just bought a
Athlon 64 3800+
Asus K8V deluxe
2 x Corsair CMX512RE-3200LLPT

The system will not post. When I take the memory out it will post and I get 3 beeps. So I’m assuming I got the wrong memory?

I went to the Corsair site and tried to use

http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/products/guides/Asus-1203.pdf

as a guideline, but looks like I missed something.

What memory should I be using? If I could get a part number that would help a bunch!

I’m trying <gg>

 

[Crashman]

Your board does have issues with low latency memory, but I'm not sure if that's your PRIMARY problem.

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[gregoryp]

What do you think my PRIMARY is?

Should I just go with the 3200C2 instead of the 3200LL?

 

[Crashman]

Not sure, but a lot of different things can cause a system not to POST. Try firing it up on a non-conductive surface such as a phone book, with no drives attached and only the CPU/RAM/video card/power supply/keyboard/power switch connected. Make sure both power supply connectors are used.

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[gregoryp]

Update:

I took out one of the memory sticks and plugged in speakers I hear “SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO CPU OVER-CLOCKING”. That fine, but now the question is, since I’ve never gotten to the BIOS on this new system, how do I get to it to slow it down? <gg>

 

[Crashman]

That message is wrong. The message should be "Your system failed to perform the Power On Self Test". But instead they picked the most likely cause of a boot failure, or what they thought would be the most likely cause, and made that their message. What your BIOS does is UNDERCLOCK EVERYTHING in order to start up when such a boot failure occurs, in order to allow you to reach the BIOS settings. Your next boot attept was supposed to take you there.

So no, your system wasn't overclocked, ignore what the message said and instead realize "Hey, there's something not working, but at least I know I it's not shorted and the CPU is good".

OK, so now I think it probably IS your memory. If, after a few boot attempts, you can actually get into BIOS, you can try manually adjusting your memory timings to slower (higher) latencies.

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[Prof133]

Corsair CMX512RE-3200LLPT

Crashman is right about there being a memory problem. These are registered memory modules. Would want unbuffered memory modules. For corsair, pick memory modules without "RE" or "R" after the "512" or "1024" number - TWINX1024-3200C2, for example.

 

[Prof133]

Also double-check socket compatibility between motherboard and CPU. Will need socket 939 motherboard for socket 939 CPU.