Kinsy
01-08-2007, 01:04 AM
So i've had 2x512mb sticks of this stuff for quite some time now having bought it in 2003 before stocks went completely...ran it in a Shuttle SN45G for a while before i got my DFI.
I also got hold of a OCZ memory booster at the same time which has sat in my toolbox gathering dust for most of its life due to the excellentness of the DFI.
When i got the DFI i put one DIMM in at 2.5-2-2-6 1T and vaguely remembered managing 255mhz memtest stable, but with 2 sticks in I had to run it at around 235mhz memtest stable with max volts the board would give it (3.2v).
Moving on a few BIOSes and time I had another run at getting my board up to speed after leaving it at 225x10 1:1 for a long time. Now the max i can feed it is 3.1v without the booster. Again, with 2 sticks in the max i could manage was 235mhz at 2.5-2-2-6 1T memtest stable.
Prime on the other hand fails on the 1st test unless i drop to 220mhz (!) on the ram. I'm currently running at 250x10 with 4 hours under my belt with the 166 divider (207mhz), so its not a CPU problem. The board used to run 315x8 with a 150 divider (236mhz) although this was never prime stable - the board can hit high FSB. Either way I've tried running 2T, loosening the timings to 3-4-3-10 and more, volts ranging from 2.8 to 3.1v, chipset from 1.6 to 1.8v etc and i simply cannot get any more mhz out the memory prime stable.
So far what i havent tried is dropping this memory in another board...i did have 2 DFI boards for a while (RMA'd the first one) and i do have 2x256mb of Corsair BH-5 i can chuck in.
Short of trying to pick up some better memory, is there anything else i can do to get at least the intended performance out of my memory? (i.e. 233mhz 3-4-3-10) I haven't actually tried the booster yet
I also got hold of a OCZ memory booster at the same time which has sat in my toolbox gathering dust for most of its life due to the excellentness of the DFI.
When i got the DFI i put one DIMM in at 2.5-2-2-6 1T and vaguely remembered managing 255mhz memtest stable, but with 2 sticks in I had to run it at around 235mhz memtest stable with max volts the board would give it (3.2v).
Moving on a few BIOSes and time I had another run at getting my board up to speed after leaving it at 225x10 1:1 for a long time. Now the max i can feed it is 3.1v without the booster. Again, with 2 sticks in the max i could manage was 235mhz at 2.5-2-2-6 1T memtest stable.
Prime on the other hand fails on the 1st test unless i drop to 220mhz (!) on the ram. I'm currently running at 250x10 with 4 hours under my belt with the 166 divider (207mhz), so its not a CPU problem. The board used to run 315x8 with a 150 divider (236mhz) although this was never prime stable - the board can hit high FSB. Either way I've tried running 2T, loosening the timings to 3-4-3-10 and more, volts ranging from 2.8 to 3.1v, chipset from 1.6 to 1.8v etc and i simply cannot get any more mhz out the memory prime stable.
So far what i havent tried is dropping this memory in another board...i did have 2 DFI boards for a while (RMA'd the first one) and i do have 2x256mb of Corsair BH-5 i can chuck in.
Short of trying to pick up some better memory, is there anything else i can do to get at least the intended performance out of my memory? (i.e. 233mhz 3-4-3-10) I haven't actually tried the booster yet