Crucial ballistix & IX38 Quad GT

Upon a recent investigation i have found that crucial ballistix pc2-8500 is not compatible with the abit ix38 quad gt

symptoms include the odd bsod pointing towards hard drive failures & faulty memory

memtest86 and Microsoft's own mem tester will show no errors then a bsod and immediate memory test will pick up errors

memory was tested in budget mobo and came out clean

replaced board with an asus p5q and memory is clean [has been for a week now]

put generic 6400 ddr2 in suspect mobo and it has been stable for a week also

crucial will replace this memory free of charge as it has a life time warranty as it has had a chequered past concerning reliability.

pls be aware you will be stuck in an never ending cycle of RMA'ing this ram until you change the board

as for the mobo itself well there is 100 page forum threads dedicated to compatibility issues alone