Mushkin PC3500 Black LV2 @ 237 with 3.15V.Need tips for improvement + Low benches?

Ok after finishing my VDimm mod on my P4C800 E tonight i tried setting the VDimm on my board...took big steps as i saw no improvement in the first turns of my 50K resistor and ended up getting 3.34V :slobber: with 2.65 selected in the bios :p...

Anyways back to 3.15V now with 2.85V selected in the bios and the ram seems to love high volts :D .

Did the mod using an SMD Grabber...

Back on topic now.

From my previous thread my sticks seemed to perform a bit badly...i got prime errors running @ stock speeds.
Memtest just freezes after a few tests
by testing both sticks in dual channel mode or even each stick...

well pushing 3.15V through my ram and having altered some settings by following a post made by Mickey Mouse (thanx mate) with some settings in the bios :
Set Spread Spectrum to Disabled.

Performance Acceleration Mode set to Auto, rather than Enabled

In USB Configuration, set Legacy USB Support to Disabled.

I lowered my timings to 2 2 2 5 and the ram was able to boot windows up to 239fsb
@240fsb the pc rebooted itself.
@239fsb i was able to bench with sandra and then the pc froze...

Now @ 237fsb i am thinking of burning in the ram a bit...

i havent tested the ram yet whether its prime stable or not.

is that kind of low for 3.15V out of my ram?should i push some more voltage through my sticks?wanna keep it safe though for 24/7 since i got a few assignmets for my Masters Degree to start...

The benches with sandra max 3 seem a little low i think...what do you guys think?

Sandra bench of 5319 @ 237fsb 2 2 2 5 1T @ 3.15V
5339

http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/downl.../0/237+FSB.JPG

Are these benches a bit low?Any settings i need to change in my bios?

How can i get my sticks to clock higher than that?I just got them today.Do i need to do some burning in and how should i burn them?

I know its too many questions guys but i need to settle on some proper ram after trying xms 3500, twinmos ch 5 3200, xms 3200 ll, ocz gold el 3700, geil pc 4200 etc...

thanx in advance

Thats pretty good, as you're going to have to run 5:4 to get any major overclocks out of it anyways. 2-2-2-5 Should be great fun for bandwidth and benchmarking. How far can you go with lax timings?

Havent got a clue mate.Just got the sticks today and installed them straight away...Out of the box they didnt impress me as they couldnt do 2 2 2 5 @ 216 mhz and i got some prime errors with 2 2 3 6 @ 216...

My cpu can do 320 fsb (got it second hand) but i tested it today with my new ram as well and it did 300 fsb no probs...@ 300+ i got errors in windows so i stepped back...I think the cpu is prime stable @ 290-295 fsb @ 1.75Vcore where i am thinking of running 24/7 so it should be fine for 5/4 and 2 2 2 5 on my ram...wanna see what i can get out of my ram first though...

Well 295 5:4 would put you at 236mhz so you could run that at 2-2-2-5 which should be pretty sweet :D

Yeah running the divider wouldnt be a prob...thing is that my benches seem to be really low...or is it just me?

Ok started clocking the cpu @ 294fsb and that got my ram @ 235fsb...

now i am getting 6mb from sandra...that sounds about right heh?

was that a bug with sandra or something?

+ anyone know what should i set to those settings under the performance mode under the ram?They are smthng like refresh timers...

heres the new sandra with cpu @ 3.5+ghz and ram @ 235fsb 2 2 2 5

http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/downl...ram+294pcu.JPG

With my setup (2.6 @ 300 FSB) I get sandra 6600 if that helps, timings 5-2-2-2 with the same memory you got ;)