Foxconn 6100K8MA-RS compatible with PC-4000 memory?

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I have just upgraded and was looking at PC-4000 Random Access Memory as a possibility for my Foxconn 6100K8MA-RS motherboard when I upgrade to over 2 gigabytes in the future. Since PC-4000 memory just came out there is no information on it in my computer manual that came with my motherboard. My owner's manual states that my board is compatible with PC-2700 and PC-3200 memory.

Anyone know where I can get any information on whether or not my motherboard is compatible with PC-4000 memory modules?

I checked www.crucial.com and it is says PC-4000 is compatible with my current hardware.
 
I think there is something screwy with either my memory or my motherboard. I noticed on boot up that my motherboard is running my DDR-400 memory as DDR-333 memory.

I went into my BIOS and boosted the megahertz to 200. It would run fine for awhile and then I started getting blue screen failure reboots with this error:

BCCode : 9c BCP1 : 00000004 BCP2 : 805461F0 BCP3 : B2000000
BCP4 : 00070F0F OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 768_1

I also get the same blue screen error occasionally every now and again running it at a lower megahertz (I think at 166 megahertz).

The Voltage I am currently running this memory at 2.6 volts (manufacturers specifications state I can run these at 2.6 or 2.7 volts). The memory is Super Talent PC-3200 1 gigabyte modules. Is the problem my memory or my motherboard?

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I ran into someone else seeing problems with that brand of memory on an older Socket A board where it wouldn't backclock to the board's slower fsb there. But that should be running at the 200mhz setting since it is supposed to DDR400 not DDR333 memory there unless it was mislabeled?

On the older Socket A boards you went by the model cpu there since only the XP3200 and some XP3000+s supported 400mhz with the 200mhz setting. Many 3000+ would have to see the fsb lowered to 166mhz there. Others like the XP2600+ and lower models saw the 133 or 100 setting depending on board as well.

The error message points at the video card as the most likely suspect for that however. While the board will run on mislabeled memory at the slower speed ok the information found so far points at something dumb like the drivers for the video card you have. You didn't list what brand and chip manufacturer in your sig.
 
My video card is integrated with my motherboard. It is an NVIDIA GeForce 6100 GPU + nForce 410 MCP chipset.

Edit: My current hard drive was in another system so it is possible this is a driver issue.
 
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After installing another video driver I have come to the conclusion that my motherboard is picky about Random Access Memory. I have run Super Talent Memory in three other motherboards with no issues.

I lowered the voltage to 2.5 volts and clocked the PC-3200 memory at 166 megahertz. If I am still getting blue screen failures I am going to return the memory to NewEgg.com for a replacement. If the replacement memory is doing the same thing I will have to sell it and try another brand other than Super Talent memory.

I will never buy another Foxconn motherboard again.
 
Have you tried one stick at a time, it could just be one bad stick. Plus check and see what the timing is suppost to be for the ram and make sure the board by default isnt running the timing to low. 939 boards support up to PC3200-DDR400. They make PC3300-3700-4000 and 4400 but on a 939 board they would just back clock to PC3200
 
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Besides manually setting the dram timings in the bios have you looked for any updates for the board at Foxconn? The lenthy error there applies to video not memory. Using different variations and even a shorter length of info by cutting the length of the error message the search results still point at NVidia drivers surprisingly enough. One search's results can looked over here. http://infospace.abcnews.com/_1_2PDPUJ103MSOW58__info.abcnws.toolbar/search/web/BCCode%2B%253A%2B9c%2BBCP1%2B%253A%2B00000004%2BBCP2%2B%253A%2B805461F0%2BBCP3%2B%253A%2BB2000000%2B

With the full amount of information the error shows the same results come up on the different search engines. You may be seeing a problem with the onboard vpu itself. The thought there would be to try a separate expansion type AGP or PCI card to see with the onboard disabled to see if that's where the real problem is.
 
StrangleHold said:
Have you tried one stick at a time, it could just be one bad stick. Plus check and see what the timing is suppost to be for the ram and make sure the board by default isnt running the timing to low. 939 boards support up to PC3200-DDR400. They make PC3300-3700-4000 and 4400 but on a 939 board they would just back clock to PC3200
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I tried one stick at a time clocking them each at 200 megahertz. It runs fine for a few minutes then crash and reboot (does this with both sticks). So far for the last day I have been getting no crash and reboots running the memory at 2.5 volts clocked at 166 megahertz.

I have just purchased another chip of Crucial PC-3200 Random Access Memory and will try clocking that with 200 megahertz speeds and toggle the voltage and see if my motherboard just doesn't like the Super Talent memory.

If this motherboard just gets weird when I clock the memory to over 166 megahertz that may be another reason to look at a BIOSTAR GEFORCE 6100-M9 motherboard as a possible future purchase.
 
Besides memory and a possible need for an update of board drivers you may up needing to update the bios if the version now on is an older one. An update usually will see some bugs fixed.
 
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