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Check that your memory latency times are set properly for your product, you may have to manually configure these timings. Check our BIOS settings page for more info. Try increasing your DDR voltage. JEDEC Spec is 2.6V for PC3200 but Mushkin supports voltages up to 2.8V for our low latency high frequency memory. If you have an 865 or 875 based motherboard try disabling MAT and or PAT and disable "Legacy USB Support". On AMD based systems make sure you are using at least a 350watt, high-quality power supply. Also make sure that the DRAM ratio is set properly for your CPU. 266Mhz core CPUs should run at a 4:6 ratio, 333MHz core CPUs should run at a 5:6 ratio and only 400MHz core CPUs are guaranteed at 1:1. CPU modifications, unlocked multipliers and water cooling do not effect our guarantee. Try going to our support page and check out our troubleshooting tips and other support resources.

Without troubleshooting, it's impossible to know for sure. Try going to our support page and check out our troubleshooting tips and other support resources.

Whether you're talking about overclocking ability or benchmark results, it's impossible to know for sure without troubleshooting. Try going to our support page and check out our troubleshooting tips and other support resources.

ECC is normally only necessary in servers and other computers where computer uptime and data integrity is important enought that a "one in a million" chance of being affected by a single bit memory error could be disastrous. If the downtime caused by a reboot or the lost data from having to recover a corrupted file or database from last nights tape backup is inexcusable, then ECC memory is for you. However when making this decision, keep in mind that backups are your first line of defense, and ECC should be thought of as insurance against that "one in a million" chance that a single bit memory error will occur. Also keep in mind that ECC memory is more expensive and with some lower end northbridge chipsets that support ECC, it can decrease memory performance. ECC memory also has to be supported by your northbridge chipset, otherwise the ECC capability of the memory module will go unused.