warning- accessmicro ram

[froggystyle]

i bought 2 sicks of 128 mb pc133 ram from access micro about 4 months ago to use on my 1 gig Athlon tbird system....I had constantly been having problems with my computer since that point but never put 2 and 2 together until recently.... seing as how i couldnt get one OS to function stably, and belive me i tried them all... I finally broke down and bught some new ram.... Guess what... system works perfectly now....waddaya know...so here is my warning to you all.....if you got an amd system dont buy the accessmicro ram. Yes its cheap but its "el terrible".... thats spanish for the "the terrible"...i think

-the frog

[paulc]

I bought a cheap CL3 256MB PC133 DIMM from Access Micro and it works great. I didn't have any problems with it, even running at 2-3-2 timings (rated at 3-3-3) up to 138MHz on an A7V (Socket A). Some memory just doesn't seem to work right with some boards... it's not just a VIA or AMD chipset problem, either. My 440BX Abit BH6 was also very picky with memory types.

[Chinpoko_Mon]

which Mobo you runnin' Froggystyle?

I'm running a 1Ghz Tbird on an ABit KT7A
with 2 banks of 128Mb PC133 RAM from Accessmicro..

have had no problems so far, aside from the normal Win98 problems that occur every so often.

What kind of problems did you run into?? please list a couple of 'em...

[froggystyle]

Im running an msi kt133pro 2 or somethng (at work not looking at the box...names to long to remember all of). I popped the acss micro ram into an epox board with 1.1 athlon but havent tested it yet (will update)

as far as problems... dvd skipping like crazy ( ihave a hardware decoder too) programs freezing up, video not playing right in media player. kernell32 errors in both 98 and millenium... user.exe errors...etc. Auto resets in win2k... need i say more? suffice it to say that since i installed the new ram these problems have stopped.

ill update when i test the new system a little bit

[sbp]

Accessmicro ram is low grade ram. As seen from above some people will have problems with it others won't. Personally I'm going to spend more to get good ram that I know will be okay.

[froggystyle]

and that folks...is the moral of the story
spend a little more..get alot more

[Kenshin]

Yeah, I bought a 128 MB stick of PC100 and had, of all random strange-ass things, memory access errors and/or spontaneous reboots when accessing my DVD-ROM drive. More infrequently, I'd have spontaneous reboots when accessing my SCSI CD-R. This is on a BE6 mobo, so it could be issues with the 3rd DIMM slot in general (the BE6 isn't the stablest board), but who knows....

[AmRivlin]

pc100 shipped.... :( DOesnt matter tho, all systems I own are at 100 and the next system will use 266 ram, anyway a dell bx board will no accept this ram. Clears it then shuts down, i am going to try on a 440bx in a bit

[jameslee]

Just my experience:

i've bought many of the 'budget' pc133 and 150 stick from accessmicro for friends and work and i haven't encountered a problem yet.

Obviously if money isn't an issue and you want to be as sure as you can, hand over the extra cash and hopefully you'll get better ram.

i've also experienced spending $50-100 over normal ram prices for performance ram and receiving it DOA.

The best advice if your going to buy the budget ram is monitor your system after installation. If anything odd happens, try to conclude if it's the ram and send it back if it is. If not, you just saved yourself a pretty penny.

As for the spontaneous rebooting, it seems more like a power supply issue (my thoughts at least). What kind of power supply are you using?

[froggystyle]

I pulled the 300 watt power supply out of my antec case
I doubt thats the problem

[clutchy]

he's not running enough stuff to make it a power supply prob. besides he already identified the ram as the prob.

[Kenshin]

James, if that question was for me, I'm running a 350 watt power supply, though the name eludes me. It ran smooth as silk before the RAM and after the RAM, so I'm guessing that's what the problem was. ;)

[Pabby]

I'm having similiar problems (off and on) with an ABIT KT7A and two sticks of 256MB "Zeus" RAM from AccessMicro. I notice each stick uses different chips, some foreign junk, and I know it's only rated CAS3. I've tried all the different memory settings and tweaks and just can't seem to get much stability. I've pretty much narrowed it down to the cheap-ass SDRAM.

Anyone else using this "Zeus" PC133 SDRAM with an ABIT KT7-series board? what BIOS settings (timing/etc) are you using to get it stable?

[froggystyle]

i think thats pretty much the point...it doesnt get stable... its pretty much crap

[paulc]

Originally posted by Pabby
I've pretty much narrowed it down to the cheap-ass SDRAM.

Anyone else using this "Zeus" PC133 SDRAM with an ABIT KT7-series board? what BIOS settings (timing/etc) are you using to get it stable?

I used my AccessMicro "Zeus" 256MB PC133 DIMM (16 "LD" chips on it, 8 on each side) on a KT133 A7V motherboard. Nothing special was needed, and just for kicks, I set the memory timing to 2-3-2 instead of the rated 3-3-3. I don't doubt you have problems, some memory (especially the cheapest stuff) doesn't work on all boards. That cheap stuff has been working fine for me (and likely for *most* other people, too). Like I mentioned above, cheap memory even with a "standard" 440BX board can have problems, too.

The Crucial PC2100 DIMM is the first name brand memory I've ever bought for a desktop. Even the cheapest DIMMs have worked great for me except a couple of times, and I do upgrade a lot.

[clutchy]

i've never heard anything good about zeus ram, so i don't know i've always considered what you pay for is what u get, until the p3 p4 came along and the athlon smacked em around a bit. still are if i'm not mistaken.

[froggystyle]

thats the wierd thing......i put the 256 mb dimm in several systems and have had no problems...in my experience I do believe that the problem is specific to the 128 mb dimms