So has anyone actually got their EB to work?

The NF7-S and mobile combo works well with the EB memory. You mst likely will need the wiremod. With Tic Tac's d23-3Dfire I have been able to get to 233 2.5-2-3-11 and 229 2.5-2-2-11. What is really interesting is that I can get the same results with much less voltage on an NF3 board. This stuff just drinks voltage, the more the better. Just make sure you keep it cool it runs really hot.

I have a DFI on the way I'll be able to test more when it arrives. I'm going to go voltmod my AN50R then I will report back again ;)

It seems dedicated employees and overclockers have really turned OCZ around to the point that I may well try a stick. The previous OCZ was craptacular. I ordered some PC2400 when 2100 was the max in the old KT266A days and they sent me generic 2100 that barely held tight timings at PC2100. Then after a week the RAM died and killed my board. I called OCZ and they gave me a major runaround. I got screwed pretty badly and vowed I would never again own OCZ but you guys on the forum here are changing my mind slowly but surely. I'm glad that OCZ has been able to turn itself around. This post is in no way meant to be inflamatory rather a bit of praise. The fact is OCZ was one of the biggest scams on the net a few years back and now it seems to have really turned around. I don't know why exactly the change but I can say this I'd suspect it has something to do with people like ryanpgroovy and AndyOCZ. Good job guys.

NForce loves chipset voltage Cactus, I'd push at least 1.9v to the NorthBridge. Also 3.1 v to the RAM should give you a bit of stability. I'm going to reiterate that memtestx86 is a must. If you can pass about 7 loops you're rock solid. Memtest has even shown me a faulty power supply before and dipping RAM voltages on some boards. That program is an absolute GEM and a must have for o/c'ing.

Man you guys at OCZ give some kick ass support good job fellas.

Hey Catus man,

Let me see, the RAM cost you a CPU? How do it do dat? I think possibly it was your move, not the RAM. ;) Sorry though that it is muffed.

I'm still testing my 2600+ mobile and the 4/29 bios. The CPU is fast. I have to remove the wire mod now and see the effect that has.

Keep in touch.

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Hey Catus man,

Let me see, the RAM cost you a CPU? How do it do dat? I think possibly it was your move, not the RAM. ;) Sorry though that it is muffed.

I'm still testing my 2600+ mobile and the 4/29 bios. The CPU is fast. I have to remove the wire mod now and see the effect that has.

Keep in touch.

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No the Ram didn't cost me a CPU directly. However, if you recall I was trying to improve my Chipset cooling and CPU cooling following my conversation with you and Tony and I guess I lucked out by removing my CPU once too often. $hit happens and I'm not going to start screaming OMGWTF OCZ KILLED MY CPU. It was just a consequence of making sure my house was in order first.

I'm going to have to admit defeat with this Ram, though. After getting a successful bench at 240 with 11-3-3-2-3-13-15 timings I tried to raise the fsb to 243. When I rebooted I was greeted with the memory failure siren and had to clear CMOS, which means removing my graphics card on my system because the jumper is obscured by my Sbridge cooler and my Vidcard cooler.

This happened a third time, so this time I switched off, pulled the EB out and stuck my EL in. Without clearing the Cmos, it booted no problem, set the timings back to 11-2-2-2-2-13-15 and then booted into windows, not 3Dstable obviously. So I set it back to 233 with the same timings (pity I can no longer use my 12 multiplier at that speed) Ran 3Dmark as well as it has ever done.

Then I set the timings to 11-3-3-3-2.5-13-15 and booted up at 245 and ran 3Dmark again (got a lower score due to the slacker timings but my EL is quite nice at 233). So I don't think my chipset is at fault, either. It looks like I just lucked out and got some EB that will do exactly what it says on the box but not much more. I guess I'll have to cut my losses and see if I can sell this Ram on, I need to save up for a couple of mobile processors now to see if I can find another good one:( .

Cactus if you want a rplacement just PM tony ;-)

I think I will, but tbh. I don't think I want to try EB again. I've seen some people getting good results with the BH-6 and the late revisions of CH-5 seem to do well too. I really don't know what to try now. :(

We will pre test 3500EB on the DFI if you need it. If this pre tested ram doesn't clock the same on your hardware then you need to look at the board etc.

My email is in my sig

well my 2x512 3500EB will not do ras-to-cas 2
i tried memtest86 3.1 test 5 @ 217 2.5-2-2-8 and 11 and it errored out big time on the first run, and this was with 3v

i had high hopes for this ram, but im left very disappointed
i think i might have to try some 3500EL and see how that goes, thats CH5 right?

The 3500 EB is not rated at 217fsb 2.5-2-2-8. It is rated 217fsb 2.5-3-2-8. I know you have an ABIT NF7 of some type. We have had mixed results with the 2 x 512mb kits on the ABIT NF2 boards. They will all hit 200fsb or better. Sorry it didn't work out for you. You could buy a DFI NFIIB or Infinity and make better us of the RAM.

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well my 2x512 3500EB will not do ras-to-cas 2
i tried memtest86 3.1 test 5 @ 217 2.5-2-2-8 and 11 and it errored out big time on the first run, and this was with 3v

i had high hopes for this ram, but im left very disappointed
i think i might have to try some 3500EL and see how that goes, thats CH5 right?

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ya can always send them up here to me for some in-depth testing to confirm your findings on my P4/A64 boards hehe :)

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ya can always send them up here to me for some in-depth testing to confirm your findings on my P4/A64 boards hehe :)

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actually I'd really like to find out how they go in A64
but I'd need some decent ram do use in the mean time ;)

what board you using hayup ?

:D

Eb is new and were all still learning the tricks to get it running the best

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actually I'd really like to find out how they go in A64
but I'd need some decent ram do use in the mean time ;)

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my 512MB XMS3200C2v1.1 sticks not appealing in OCAU forsale forum ? :)

I'm using NF7 non-S Rev2

eva, your mushkin sticks are more appealing :)

just did a bit more testing with my 2x512 3500EB...
220 2.5-3-2-8 3v wouldnt prime stable, but passed 18hours of memtest

i tried the sticks separately and i've found out that one of the sticks won't do ras-to-cas 2, but the other stick can, and passes memtest and a lil bit of prime so far

Hayup, try all the memory slots. Sometimes 2 and 3 work better than 1 and 3.

i have 2*256 of 3700 EB in the mail to me.. waht kind of responce should i expect form these? i havtn had time to read the threads.

are they voltage hungery like bh5?

from what i hear they do high speed at low voltage with medeocre timings and perform the same as bh5 as those levels. waht should i expect. im used to bh5 so idunno waht other ram woudl be like.

they love voltage

are they similarly tolerant of high votlage liek BH5?

i have up to 3.7v availible, will this kill them (i wont run 3.7 allteh time)

basically how high is safe?
and waht kind of fsb are most getting at waht voltage?

It looks like 3.2 volts is about all that really helps. I have hit 240fsb completely stable at 3.1v on my unmodded DFI NFII B with the PC3500 EB. Faster on the A64.

have people been getting 265+ on nforce2?

im really hoping for that kinda speed, otherwise ill have to find better bh5 :(

With board differences all other factors, the chances of you hitting 265 fsb reliably with CPC on with decent timings are slim even with BH5. If the EB RAM was able to hit PC4200 speeds at 2.5-3-2-8 timings we would sell it as PC4200 SUPER EL. No don't excpect our PC3700 EB to hit 265fsb in an NF2 system. It does clock well in NF2 and better in an A64 system. We can never promise 265fsb.

Your Best bet is to stick with 2 x 256mb modules for that type of overclocking (benchmarks only). Our 512mb modules run exrtremly well, but the 256mb modules will clock even better.

hmm, well as of now my board(s) are not the bottle neck, but rather my ram is crapping out at 260fsb for benching. 256 for 3dmark. im just hoping this stuff can get me to about 265fsb with equal performance as bh5. that extra bit will get me my goal of 22k 3dmarks in winXP.

as we all know finding ram that does 265fsb is not easy, but compared to bh5, similar chance of this i take it?

heh ill just shove 3.7v up its ass and see waht she gives. ill have it setup tomorow. should i do the L12 wiremod on my 2600m? i read soemthign about that helping alot. wahts the dealio?
thns for the help.

The wire mod won't hurt, but on the DFI boards I did not need it with my 2600+ mobile.

Put about 10 fans on the RAM. You will need it. ;)

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Hayup, try all the memory slots. Sometimes 2 and 3 work better than 1 and 3.

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thats the first thing i did: tried 1+3, 2+3, swapped the sticks around and tried again
even tried single channel
then i tried each stick on its own and it really got interesting... this dual channel kit will do rated settings, but they certainly aren't matched sticks
i'll play around with it a bit more and see what else i can find