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This happened to me with my first winchester 3200+ which was originally air-cooled. It is the excess heat that affects these chips as my second one (3000+) went on happily for a year in my prommy @ 2.8ghz never ever giving me a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by hypermood
Hi, got a problem with my neo2 plat, am new to this motherboard and not to sure on some of its faults, I flashed straight to 1.b bios no problems
The main fault I have is running my 148 Operton on a divider e.g.:
2.8 – 2.9GHz on 1/1 is fine rock solid this running 2 x 512 crucial ballistix.
If I try this on a 166 divider at above speeds (10 x 290) it’s also completely stable in windows, but once the system has been powered down it will not reboot need to clear cmos. Have tried all voltages and HTT multis 2x 2.5x 3x etc.
Any ideas, I’m thinking maybe the bios flash didn’t work to well.
TIA
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Originally Posted by Whap
sometimes i get that same prob i just keep hitting reset about 3 or 4 times till it post
Yes its a cold boot problem Whap. You might have better luck with 1.8 bios which seemed to scale to higher HTT before cold boot started happening. Or you could set all your parameters then boot with bios set to lower speed and raise clock in windows.
Or instead of shutting PC down restart it and lower HTT then turn off pc when you reboot it should boot and you can raise clock again. Thats a bit of a hassle everytime though :p:
Hi all again,
after sending back OCZ Gold I installed 2x512 Geil Ultra-x (BH-5 UTT) + OCZ Booster and hae still problems. With even stock settings (2.8V Vdimm) system cannot load Windows with CR 1T - it resets when Windows desktop appears (OCZ worked at least with such settings :(). Strangly, changing to 1T in A64 Tweaker (boot with 2T) is possible and system is stable. Changing timings doesn't help, only 2T works within bios? WHY? Memory probably not, so it leaves mainboard, cpu or I set-up something wrong (bios 1c, tried stock & 250/div166, Vdimm 2.75 - 2.85).
ps. OCZ Booster for now is not mounted because my Enermax doesn't support -5V rail & led display doesn't work :(
@Nossie
How Ultra-x is working with your system?
Really?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus...
sorry to hear that.
So my overclocking is now fading? :(
hey i was wondering. the new bioses stil exhibit that sneaky issue where you set 2-2-2 timings butt if you over a certain voltage it goes to 2-3-2?
lemme know.
and i have had some cold boot issues, but not with my 290x10... only if ive tried over that (to get around mem controller issues with the optie to try to get mem speed up)
maybe i can try 1.8 again for higher htt, or i can try it in windows first to see... anyhoo wondering big time about hte ram timings vs voltage
My Ultra-x bh5 + ddrbooster sucks on my neo2. cant get any higher then 218mhz with them on this board. tried serveral bioses and almost every setting in the bios and a64tweaker, but higher then 218mhz = no go :( even if i put 3.6v on them. ( i have the 54-G neo2 version, can hit 300+HHT with a memory divider. )Quote:
Originally Posted by ridczak
but until 218mhz i can use the tightest timings etc with only 3.1v. so i think this board is holding me back, or a verrry crappy cpu memcontroller.
( in the DFI nf4 board at my work these sticks do 240mhz 2-2-2-5 EASY 3.3v ).
and btw, these sticks need 2.9+v in order to get them stable @ 200mhz 2-2-2-5 1T. Without a ddr-booster try 200mhz 2-3-3-6 @ 2.85v then they will run great.
Hi Thanks for the replies was actually driving me quite nuts :) with about 200 clearing of the cmos I think I will leave it at 1/1 makes life all so much easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by sideeffect
Have found that the crucial ballistix scales nicely 11 x 264MHz 1/1 @ 2.5 / 3 /3 / 8 / 2T – 1T goes out the window after 250MHz.
One other slight annoyance soz if it’s already been covered but my Optical mouse stays lit when the system has been powered off, is this normal, but on a plus note I can find the computer in the dark :bounces:
Thanks Whap
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Uuuu, that sucks. I cannot make 1T independently of any timings (tried even 2.5,3,3,9 @ 200MHz). I think I will change the board to Asrock 939Dual-Sata2 or try with another CPU.... I had also problems with OCZ Gold, couldn't make over 200MHz at all, so RAM should be ok I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nossie
My system still takes a coffee-break while booting, although I messed around with many of the SATA-Controller settings.
BUT, since I raised the voltage of my RAM to 2.7, I am able to reach a HTT of 295 with a divider of 133 and a multiplier of 9. At 300 it isn't going to boot at all.
Any suggestions how I could get the 300 (would be nice to have the ram running at 200Mhz again).
And I still need a solution for the bootup, plz.
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Originally Posted by Whap
Yes Crucial ballistix arent to bad on Neo2 i run mine at 2.85 volts and they do 250 @ 2.5-2-3-8 at 1T using my ballistix bios. The light on your mouse is probably part of acpi go into bios and Power Management setup. See if something in there is enabled that is causing it to stay powered.
What cpu are you using 3700 + ?
Hey guys anyone running 2x 1gb sticks? Im thinking about getting some for christmas. I want 1t. I shouldnt have any problems running them 1t at ddr400 (stock)? I was able to run 4x 512s all four dimms but ddr 333 if I remember right.
Im looking also sinister. Best cheap buy are the crucial 3200 value modules rated at 3-3-3 but apparantly do much better.
GeIL also do a value set for about the same price im trying to find info about that at the moment.
The Crucial ballistix 1gb sticks are a good choice they use handpicked versions of the value micron chips so thats why the value is always worth a lucky purchase.
Anything that uses Infineon memory is good for 1gb modules OCZ is probably the best bet they use handpicked Infineon ram in their top range product and it scales well at good timings. Its expensive though to much for me :mad:
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Originally Posted by sideeffect
whatever happened to holding the insert key what happend to this feature????
silly question, im trying to flash my bios on my Neo, but in winflash i keep getting a file size error. i even tried using the one in live update, that winflash says the file size doesnt match the bios. any help is appreciated. thx
Titatinum DO NOT USE LIVE UPDATE :) If you like winflash and using it dont restart if you get any errors or you will kill your bios chip. Just keep flashing it untill it works and use the 1.76 version. Check all boxes and dont let the program restart for you. Shut down manually after flash and unlplug psu and clear cmos/then go into bios and load failsafe/optimixed defualts. And when using winflash make sure you dont have any other programs running in the background (at all) ALSO make sure when flashing you are at failsafe defaults or stock.
SE thanks i was thinking the same about the crucial :toast: but i think they have to use alot of volts right?
Died with 1.8 :(Quote:
Originally Posted by msimax
No They dont like voltage that much. 2.85 should be more than enough. If the Geil turn out to be infineon chips though they have to be a better buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by sinister1st
thanks SE are those these?
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspe...L2KIT12864L503 :)
or there is the cheaper set i think Z503s
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspe...L2KIT12864Z503
The 503s are 300 bucks the trackers 400. Is it just a hundred dollars more for the leds :) ?
Sorry if this has been answered already....
Am I correct by saying that the first picture at the beginning of this thread is showing the Ram sticks in a "SINGLE CHANNEL" configuration?
I am trying to find a Socket 939 board that OC's like a maniac yet has this spacing between the rams because my ram sticks have heatsinks epoxied to them and need space. I can only see the Asus A8V Deluxe as the only other decent board with this configuration. :(
I keep seeing people saying "this board is different than other 939 boards" but the wierd thing is that almost all of the other 939 boards have the side by side dual channel configuration, so to me it doesn't seem all that different :confused:
Thanks.
Yes breathless, side by side but different colors is dual channel with this board.
heh 939 but if you have pci express, get a dfi, they ahve the space between the slots.
Yes lol the most expensive LEDS I have ever seen. The memory chips are the same I really dont get Crucials pricing they keep making mistakes like that. I would buy the $300 set thats a major bargain. Its cheaper than the 3200 value set. Maybe they made a mistake with the price. In England if they make a mistake they have to sell it for published price dont know about states but it is seriously a bargain.Quote:
Originally Posted by sinister1st
They're selling them in England for 140 dollars more ........ just love that :confused:
Looks like Ill have to make a choice between the ocz eb or the crucial. Maybe something else will pop up before xmas. :toast: