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shogo_ca
01-15-2006, 03:51 AM
Hi, after requesting help from gskills tech support, i have done some test and i would need some external advices from you guys please.

This is the settings i have used, recommended by gskills:


----quote from gskill rep email ---
Hi

You might want to set try this setting



*Dram Frequency set : 200mhz (1:1)
CPC: enable
TCL = 3
TRCD = 4
TRAS = 8
TRP = 4
TRC =7
TRFC = 14
TRRD = 3
TWR = 2
TWTR = 2
TRWT = 3
TREF = 3120
TWCL = 1
Bank = enable

DQS skew control: auto
DQS skew value: 0
DRAM Drive Strenght= 7
Dram Data Drive = Level 3,
Max async latency= 8.0nano seconds
Dram respnce tim = Normal
Read Preamble Time = 5.0 nano seconds
Idle Cycle = 256 dynamic
counter = Enable
R/W queue = 16x
Bypass max = 07x
32 byte granularity = disable 4 burst

Thank you

Yen
G.Skill U.S Rep

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voltage 2.6v (ive also tried 2.7 and 2.8. didnt help)

Not memtest stable wit these settings at DDR400. Although it is rock solid 24hr prime stable at 200mhz x 11 but still cannot pass memtest.when the 2 sticks are in the yellow slots. if i move the 2 sticks to the orange slots, as recommended by DFI, i have booting issues like one time out of 2 i cannot boot, it hangs in the post screen, just before detecting IDE or sometimes just after backuping cmos. i need to shut down, and reboot, and then it boots.

with the ram in the yellow slot, i cannot boot at DDR500, only at DDR400. if im in the orange slot, i can boot at 250 x 10, and im 10hrs prime stable.

BUT *** in both cases (orange or yellow) i cannot pass memtest, reporting 1000+ errors)

So now, i have few steps left: reviewing the ram timings if somethings is wrong and trying to verify if it is not the board the cause of the problem.

the reason why i want to solve that problem is that even if im stable in windows, i feel that with a stable ram i could push it beyond 250mhz, something around 260 or 270mhz, so that it would help my ocing....

what you guys thinks? thank you
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DFI lanparty Ultra-D bios 623-3
AMD64 x2 4400+
XP-90 with AS5 and Vantec Stealth 28CFM 20DBA Fan
eVGA 7800GT-COpper edition
OCZ powerstream 520w
G.Skill Extreme Series F1-4000 (2x1GB DDR500) 3-4-4-8
SoundBlaster X-Fi xtrememusic
LG 16X BLACK DVD-ROM 48X
Lite-on DVD burner 4x
Western Digital 80gb Sata 150 8mb cache
Lian-Li V1000B+

GSKILL TECH
01-16-2006, 01:14 PM
Hi, after requesting help from gskills tech support, i have done some test and i would need some external advices from you guys please.

This is the settings i have used, recommended by gskills:


----quote from gskill rep email ---
Hi

You might want to set try this setting



*Dram Frequency set : 200mhz (1:1)
CPC: enable
TCL = 3
TRCD = 4
TRAS = 8
TRP = 4
TRC =7
TRFC = 14
TRRD = 3
TWR = 2
TWTR = 2
TRWT = 3
TREF = 3120
TWCL = 1
Bank = enable

DQS skew control: auto
DQS skew value: 0
DRAM Drive Strenght= 7
Dram Data Drive = Level 3,
Max async latency= 8.0nano seconds
Dram respnce tim = Normal
Read Preamble Time = 5.0 nano seconds
Idle Cycle = 256 dynamic
counter = Enable
R/W queue = 16x
Bypass max = 07x
32 byte granularity = disable 4 burst

Thank you

Yen
G.Skill U.S Rep

---
voltage 2.6v (ive also tried 2.7 and 2.8. didnt help)

Not memtest stable wit these settings at DDR400. Although it is rock solid 24hr prime stable at 200mhz x 11 but still cannot pass memtest.when the 2 sticks are in the yellow slots. if i move the 2 sticks to the orange slots, as recommended by DFI, i have booting issues like one time out of 2 i cannot boot, it hangs in the post screen, just before detecting IDE or sometimes just after backuping cmos. i need to shut down, and reboot, and then it boots.

with the ram in the yellow slot, i cannot boot at DDR500, only at DDR400. if im in the orange slot, i can boot at 250 x 10, and im 10hrs prime stable.

BUT *** in both cases (orange or yellow) i cannot pass memtest, reporting 1000+ errors)

So now, i have few steps left: reviewing the ram timings if somethings is wrong and trying to verify if it is not the board the cause of the problem.

the reason why i want to solve that problem is that even if im stable in windows, i feel that with a stable ram i could push it beyond 250mhz, something around 260 or 270mhz, so that it would help my ocing....

what you guys thinks? thank you
------
DFI lanparty Ultra-D bios 623-3
AMD64 x2 4400+
XP-90 with AS5 and Vantec Stealth 28CFM 20DBA Fan
eVGA 7800GT-COpper edition
OCZ powerstream 520w
G.Skill Extreme Series F1-4000 (2x1GB DDR500) 3-4-4-8
SoundBlaster X-Fi xtrememusic
LG 16X BLACK DVD-ROM 48X
Lite-on DVD burner 4x
Western Digital 80gb Sata 150 8mb cache
Lian-Li V1000B+
have you try 260 or 270 yet?

shogo_ca
01-17-2006, 10:49 PM
yes, i have tried 260, cant boot in yellow slot, i can boot in orange ones, but not prime stable for 1minute.. did not tried 270, thinking that if i cannot get those sticks to work at default it wont work more at 270..

GSKILL TECH
01-18-2006, 09:40 AM
please don't use yellow, DFi recommend ornage slot

shogo_ca
01-18-2006, 11:23 AM
i used the yellow slots just to test. I discovered that i had problem to boot in the orange slots, sometime the system froze at the POST screen, just before the IDE detects, or before NFORCE4 shows at screen. in the yellow slots, it booted fine at DDR400. Is there any other settings i could try in the orange slot so that DDR500 is passing memtest? it is not supposed to report any error right? I also have memtest for windows, and it reports errors also.

GSKILL TECH
01-18-2006, 04:53 PM
i used the yellow slots just to test. I discovered that i had problem to boot in the orange slots, sometime the system froze at the POST screen, just before the IDE detects, or before NFORCE4 shows at screen. in the yellow slots, it booted fine at DDR400. Is there any other settings i could try in the orange slot so that DDR500 is passing memtest? it is not supposed to report any error right? I also have memtest for windows, and it reports errors also.
take some pics from your bios setting, it might help me to determine the problem
or u can just request for RMA