quick question on ram

[pacific vortex]

ive noticed a degradation in my systems performance and i wanna make sure its not my ram...if i can run memtest all nite 8hrs+ with no errors at 300 fsb with tight timings 2.5-4-7-3 1t @2.9v is it safe to assume my ram is not damaged?ive recently flashed to 6/18-1 (tried 3 and that was a nightmare)with the 310 bios with sp2 i was getting 6980mb bandwith(sisandra)i flashed to 618-1 and was getting 7100 under sp1 and now getting 6770 under sp2??is sp2 to blame?the bios?my ram?or my cpu (mem controller) which i have beaten the crap out of(i dont like my cpu..goin dual core in a few weeks..wanna make sure my g.skill is o.k.)any ideas?

[Sharp]

Hello,

 

If SP1 is still higher than SP2 then it has to be a SP2 problem.

 

Have you disabled DEP? (only applies to SP2)

 

Right mouse on my computer >Properties

Advanced TAB

Startup and recovery settings >Settings

EDIT

 

Look at the last line

.../noexecute=optin...

change the word optin to alwaysoff

 

.../noexecute=alwaysoff...

 

Then save the file >OK, and restart the PC

[Protagonist.]

It could very well be DEP or related. SP2 offers a lot more security at the expense of using a few more system resources. Personally I think it is well worth the trade-off and I would recommend leaving DEP on for essential windows programs and services (default).

[Sharp]

Hello,

 

DEP is not a required feature and can be disabled. (nothing requires DEP to be enabled)

 

All is does it scan various codes in a running process when they run and it it is suspicious or a known security risk windows will prevent that process from running.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...n/sp2mempr.mspx

 

And if your CPU does not support hardware DEP things will be even slower.

 

That is why a lot of programs have problems in SP2.

 

A good antivirus program/spyware/firewall is all you need and your pc will be very secure.