HELP - Patriot Signature 2GB kit and ASUS K8N-VM

[IronChefMorimoto]

Bought a 2GB kit of Patriot Signature Line PC3200 (2 x 1GB) for use with my ASUS K8N-VM (microATX) motherboard.

I'm getting random reboots and, if I'm in WinXP too long, program crashes and BSODs. Here's some questions/other information:

• I see that ECC is turned on in the BIOS (this is non-ECC DDR). Should I turn that off? I did not have any such crashes with the Crucial PC3200 1GB (2 x 512MB) kit that I had installed before.
• Do I need to manually set my timings for the RAM in the BIOS? Everything is set to auto -- no overclocking. I don't have voltage modification options, BTW, in this board's BIOS.
• I've tried just 1 stick of the DDR -- still got the errors.

Any suggestions? Other than send it back to Newegg.com?

Thanks,
IronChefMorimoto

 

[IronChefMorimoto]

OK -- called Patriot and spoke to Eeyore (???). That wasn't his name. That's what he sounded like. Couldn't have been less happy to help.

He had me turn off ECC in my BIOS, and set my timings to 3-4-4-8-2T.

Haven't been able to find a spec on the 2T vs. 1T, but that's what he recommended. Seems stable now, running MemTest86. Any suggestions are welcome...

IronChefMorimoto