So anyone have experience with QX6850 or Q6700 G0 and BX2 ?
Thanks for reaply.
Martin
So anyone have experience with QX6850 or Q6700 G0 and BX2 ?
Thanks for reaply.
Martin
I can't seem to get stable passed 334 fsb :(Quote:
Originally Posted by DEVIL K-ce
What bios are You used ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Velatra
Thanks for reaply ;)
Martin
My Rev. 505 board will do 9 x 389 with the Q6600 B3 in my sig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Velatra
Edit: Needed 1.7v on the NB though.
Woah, 1.7v for the MCH, right? And what for your FSB? It seems that increased FSB voltage actually makes my system less stable. I'm running the latest BIOS -- 2792. I'm running at default CPU voltage as increasing it doesn't seem to do much good. The VID on this chip is 1.2375, but IDU reads the CPU voltage at 1.188. When I run Prime95 (25.4) this voltage "droops" down to between 1.165 and 1.176. 'Course who knows how accurate these readings really are? I'm too lazy to bust out with a voltimeter (or whatever ya call it).
Oh, and how many o' y'all have actually been able to clock higher after lapping the HS and/or CPU? I've been thinkin' about doing this.
Has anyone actually got a 6850 series chip to work on these boards???
At this speed (after a hour) and a few fsb below... the motherboard randomly reboots. no bluescreen/freeze, just reboot.
At 415 FSB+ I can't get into windows. This is with 1.425 vFSB and 1.650 vMCH.
Any ideas?
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4...eron420wu7.png
hi everyone. i kinda need some help here. i have just overclocked my system now to 3.24GHz now with 360FSBx9multi for the proc. the memory is running at 533MHz and 4-4-4-13 timing. the load temps are all good and the system boots to window without any errors upto the profile loads.
if i leave the system running at the profile selection stage, there is no problem and the system runs continously for hours. however, the moment i boot into windows with any profile, the system restarts itself. i have already unloaded most startup programs. about the only things loading now are google desktop, RightMark CPU Clock utility, ATI Riva Tuner and couple of other minor programs apart from creative taskbar.
anyone has any idea why the system reboots? i am pretty sure that the temps never exceed 50C even at load.
KMEI : try loosening the strap to 1333 and see if you can go higher. The max fsb with 1066 strap is around 410-420.
cyrixMII300 : What is the cpu you have ? What voltage did you give to the CPU ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xilikon
i am using the E6600 processor with code number L631A777 stepping B0 and at voltage of 1.425.
i am at the point of giving up!!! :shrug:
any help ppl?
cyrixMII300, what are your vmch voltage
The fsb voltage was set to 1.375.Quote:
Originally Posted by Velatra
Anyway, I put the board up for sale on ebay for anyone who might be interested in a BX2 that does 9x389 for 3.5Ghz. Thanks.
PM for link to the auction. I also have other goodies on auction.
Ok, testing QX6850 with BX2 rev 504 and work ok, with 2777 bios. Max stable FSB is around 390MHz with 1.6-1.65Vmch - more do nothing. Weired is when I testing this combo under cascade and set 13 x 380MHz ... mobo boot easy, in bios correct freq, but in windows I have still 13 x 333MHz grr. Sometimes mobo change mem freq from 4:5 to 2:3, but after changing manualy in bios to 4:5 and boot freq of mem is ok.
My two cents :p:
Martin
Nice info, thanks for sharing.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEVIL K-ce
So, hows bout a E6850??? Anybody runnin one of those???
These are the same modules that I am using. I have been running the last set (third set) for about four months now at 2.1 volts with slightly relaxed timings. Like you, I have 2 2 x 1 GB modules so I have to have all four ram slots occupied.Quote:
Originally Posted by loafer87gt
Give me two days and I tested this CPU on BX2 for good working and overclocking ( if oc is possible ).Quote:
Originally Posted by screwtech02
Martin
WOOT! Good answer man!! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by DEVIL K-ce
Ok ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by screwtech02
Tommorow I have new ( hmm six :confused: E6850 CPU ) and I tested it on this mobo.
QX6850 work ok and able to hit ~400MHz FSB without vmch mod adjust, so why E6850 wont work on this mobo ? If I have some free time and combo will work ok, I test it under cascade :D
Martin
Hi
I just replaced my E4300 with a Q6600 GO..
I was able to get the E4300 to 9x360 Ref 266/533
voltage
CPU 1.45
FSB 1.4
MCH 1.6
The best I can get the Q6600 is 340 Ref 266/533
voltage
CPU 1.4
FSB 1.4
MCH 1.6
I can not seems to get a higher FSB even if I up the Voltage..
Ok, initial test E6850 on bx2 ...
Work no problem, mobo easy booting, CPU recognized ok. Short test of stability at stock clocks and work ok.
Going to bios :D Add some FSB of course ( starting with 400MHz ), mobo boot ok, 3.6GHz in bios ...
Windows up, run CPU-Z and wtf :confused: CPU-Z report 333MHz x 9, bios report 400MHz x 9.
Tried 340MHz, 360MHz, 350MHz ... still in bios good freq, but in windows stock clock 3000MHz :shrug:
Bios 2777 and 2792 I testeds.
Not good for me if we have only must run at stock freq with this combo :(
Martin
DEVIL,
Are you sure that C1E/EIST is not reducing your multiplier when you aren't under load? You may be mistaking your 6x for a 9x :P Try running superpi or something to check it out.
I have C1E all time disabled ;) System file tweak noC1E.Quote:
Originally Posted by TSFroggy
This is not downgrading multipiler - FSB not pumping up on windows. When I set in bios 400MHz and save, on next boot I have this 400MHz FSB, so 3600MHz visible in bios on first page. But when I going to windows and run CPU-Z I have still 333MHz FSB not 400MHz.
EIST/C1E is dosen't matter in this case.
Martin
u could try Intel® Desktop Control Center and see what it says
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd.../dcc/index.htm
Huge bump with BX2 and E6850 cpu.
After testing some various settings, bios, strap change etc. I able to easy hit 400MHz FSB straight from bios. Only one visit in bios for this settings. Set 400MHz, F10, go to windows and :up:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=250366
This settings is with strap set to 333MHz, so not good, but I be testing this combo to work at 266MHz strap set in bios.
ps. don't look at mem freq :p:
Martin
Cool deal man, hopefully it will work better on 266/533....:cool:
So now im torn with the decision between a Q6600, or the E6850, they are both about the same price... What do you guys think/reccomend??? I mostly game, with the occasional DVD burning, ect.....
I got the Q6600 GO, I mostly game..
I had a E4300 at 3.2 Ghz got this Q6600 at 3 Ghz now
I have to get another MB for the E4300 so I may just go P35 and put the Q6600 in that.
was looking at the ABIT P35..
On strap 266 also work ok :up:
Bios used for test is 2770, any other new bios not work ok with G0 1333MHz CPU..
Martin
need some hlelp
i had this board laying around and after upgrading my main rig to a quad i took my 6850 and installed it on the BADAXE2, the computer booted fine with a pair of ballistix 6400 and after playing around a bit i decided to upgrade the bios, its been months since i used th board i upgraded the bios using the windows method, the computer booted and everything went fine and it gave the message that everything went ok, then the computer rebooted but it will not post at all i tried one stick, 2 sticks nothing happens i move the jumper setting and still nothing happens again 1 or 2 sticks no beeps or nothing with the ballistix , i removed the battery for a while with no luck
then i tried a pair of g.skill and i get a constant beep, beep, beep with one or two sticks no matter what slot
it does not beep with the ballistix in any event it will not post at all
thx for any suggestions
put the quad back and see what happens
Remove battery for 5 min. Then put battery again and set jumper bios to config mode with only one stick of mem. If this not help, try the same combination with low-end ram.
Martin
i removed the battery over night and tried it again this morning nothing i will have t get some low end ram as i have none thx for the suggestions
i got the sys to boot by using my quad instead of the 6850 once it booted i set everything to default , installed the 6850 and up and running
my questions is i set the bios and it says that sys is oc and running 9x400 3.6ghz when i boot into windows and use cpu-z it says system is running at 3.0 (after i used rm-clock to overcome the ce1) now what is going on i am using the latest bios listed on intel's website
how come the bios says one thing cpu-z and everest says another thx in advanced
For me only 2770 bios can do oc on G0 1333MHz CPU.
New bios : 2777 ... can do only work with this CPU :p:
Martin
Are u guys using the Pencil Mod in P5B DLX?
Do u advice me to go for it?!
MC
So the prefered BIOS and strap for quad core is.......?
i am running the 6850 ok now but now matter what bios i use it will change settings on bios and i see the correct settings i.e. 9x400 = 3.6 but CPU-z keeps reporting stock speed i tried the newest bios, 2770 and 2777 so far
also i ran into an issue when changing memory settings the sys will not boot no matter what if i tried like 266/533 i have to use my q6600 instead of the e6850 for the sys to boot then i can reset settings and use the 6850 again and sys will boot fine
Hey guys and gals - quick question.
I had to do a complete re-install (including re-flashing BIOS 2792 to get rid of stop error BSOD)
I'm using the XBX2, E6600, and some WD sata2 drives.
When re-installing XP I used the "F6" RAID drivers from the Intel site, but unlike before I can't seem to get the controller set up in AHCI mode. The system will only start if I set up SATA as "IDE".
My question is - if I re-install everything again to try and get the controller set up to AHCI - Do I also have to re-install XP (again)?
[talk about a frustrating couple of days]
Update - I re-installed XP and again used the "f6" drivers from the intel site... Windows loads IAstor and all that, but the machine WILL NOT START windows UNLESS I have the SATA drives set to "IDE" mode. WTF?
Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on here?
It seems to me that the last time I did a complete BIOS flash and windows re-install 6 months ago, I was able to start in AHCI mode just fine.
Did you set the bios to AHCI before reinstall?
I have already created a new thread for this issue, but I am particularly fond of this thread and the people that follow it. So, I am reposting here. Hope I don't offend anyone.
I built my rig (the one in my sig) back in May of this year and have had not problems with the video card at all. I get 200+ fps, even when I added my Dell 24" 1920x1200 display. Yeah!
But now, suddenly, I am getting a "Display Driver not Responding..." error message while playing video games, and even when I am not. I believe this is referred to as the TDR issue.
Changes I have made recently:
- Updated the BIOS from 2662(?) to 2792
- Updated the latest nVidia driver from 153.x to 163.69
- Hand-delivered my box 5 miles from my hotel to my new apartment
I am trying to recall when the problem began exactly, but I am not sure. Probably at some point in the middle of all this. Life has been hectic as my family just followed me 2700 miles out here in the last few days. (Side note: relocating due to work)
Now, consider this. Just a few weeks before all of this, I disassembled my entire rig, shipped it 2700+ miles out here, re-assembled it, and had no problems at all!!!! Now, all of a sudden, I am having this persistent problem. How is that possible??? :eek:
Just yesterday, I started from scratch, removed my 80GB hard drive, added a second 320GB drive, and did a RAID 0 on them. I reinstalled Vista Ultimate, the nVidia driver, and all my games, and guess what, the problem is still there. :mad:
I don't think my video card is damaged as there are countless accounts of this problem dating back a year ago. So does anyone know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance...
I'm back to old good E6600.
G0 CPU with 1333MHz work ok on BX2, but not always. After some days with testing E6850 and QX6850 I'm back to B2 step.
One day G0 work ok, next day still 3GHz and not more. XBX2 bios collection not have good support for this CPU.
My two $
Martin
An interesting find:
Using this piece of software: http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd.../itk/index.htm
you can modify the BadAxe2 BIOS files to your liking.
I discovered this by trying to find a way to change the splash screen (which this utility can also do.)
After I found all the necessary BIOS files and loaded them into the ITT, I stumbled across this interesting option here:
http://www.gvice.com/yukado/first.jpg
Using this program, I tried changing the multiplier of my E6600 to 8 to see if it worked... but it didn't, sadly enough. I tried it at 14 too but it still only saw it as an 9x multiplier.
However, you can change the splash screen, as well as disable Watchdog in these BIOS files by default, which can help if you are trying to use multiple BIOSes to see which one works best for you.
It can even generate an IFlash (which is the utility that flashes the BIOS from Windows) file so you don't have to put much effort into flashing the BIOS.
I'm already having a lot of fun with my copy of the program :)
Wasn't Intel supposed to release a new board last month based on the new X38 chipset? Where is it? It's pretty obvious that for whatever reason they are not going to add official support to the BX2 for new processors via a simple BIOS update.
Where this program would be really useful is changing the default vmem to a higher voltage as that gets many users with a hang after bios flash.Quote:
Originally Posted by TSFroggy
True that. Unfortunately it only shows tRASmin... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by theonlybabyface
Yes... and it makes no difference. It either crashes as soon as the windows splash screen comes up, or I get a stop error BSOD before that every time. The ONLY way this machine starts is by setting the drive mode to IDE...Quote:
Originally Posted by oldsarge
AHCI or RAID and its lights out.
Anybody know of any good mobo diagnostic tools?
On my new BadAxe2 I just added an x8 eSATA card to the second PCI-e slot -- the PCI-e slot 1 x16 video card (7950GT) is now running x8 -- that's normal? Can't change it?Quote:
Originally Posted by gtj
:confused:
Update again...
Did you ever get the feeling that it just wasn't your day?
I did, until I finally realized that it wasn't the computer at all... My floppy disk (that had IAstor on it) was bad.
So after tearing the house apart, and finding 30 disks with bad sectors on them, I finally found one that worked and am back up and running, :up:
May be a dumb question but can you deffragment a drive in RAID 0. It is using NTFS as its file system...
Yep....Quote:
Originally Posted by GamingDaemon
Nevermind. Of course you can... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GamingDaemon
You guys got any tips on getting my Q6600 to 3.5/3.6?? Voltages, settings ect??? It does fine at 3.4, 378fsb, 266/533, but anything over and it tends to be flakey...
Up your core voltage (if you have a nice cooler, don't be afraid to up it to 1.5v for testing). Set your memory ratio to 1:1, 5-5-5-15 timing for testing, and up the memory voltage on those OCZ's to 2.2v for testing (later you can reduce voltage until it's no longer stable). Also up your NB voltage to 1.6v, and see how it goes. My Q6600 runs at 3.6ghz at 1.3875v no problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by screwtech02
Cool, thanks for the tips man....:cool:
I've installed 5 boards in various systems with no problems, but I've recently run into a strange problem on my latest build. I can't get xp to install.
It happens at the very start, after it loads the files from the install cd, then it says "starting windows" and bam...BSOD with a stop error referencing "PCI.sys".
From what I've read, many people solved the problem by using a slipstreamed xp install disk with sp2 on it, however, that did not work for me.
Anyone ever dealt with this issue before?
Any ideas?
I've tried switching the ram, video card, installing RAID drivers, installing AHCI drivers, etc...
hey guys, i tweaked a version of FCG's CAS window spreadsheet found here to be nice and specific to the BX2. Hope this helps some of you in tuning performance on your boards.
Awsome job! Thanks! :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blauhung
Yet another bios.....
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Filt...dent&strOSs=38
Fixed issue where PMM calls would sometimes fail incorrectly.
Anybody runnin the new bios yet??? Any improvements, ect???
It now appears that ASUS has released a bios that supports the 45nm chips on the 975X board.....
Seems that INTEL needs to get their act together..... Ugh.....
Hi@all after a long while
pls need help again. updated the xbx2 to the newest bios.
all still working good at (stock voltage) with a FSB 355 with my E6600cpu
if i change to FSB 360 i still have reboots with orthos 2004
raised the vcore with one step and the vfsb one step still reboots
changed the vcore higher and the vfsb still reboots after 2min or 10 min and so on.
ram timings are ok
pls help!!!
I havent been here in a while, but got a gift Q6600 G0 which I want to install. Running the old and faithful 2333 BIOS.
Any other newer BIOSes released recently? I'd like to get my Quad to 3ghz instantly of course...and maybe 3.2-3.4.
Are you installing off a SATA DVD drive? I seem to recall I had BSOD problems when using a SATA optical drive for the initial install and ended up using a IDE optical drive to get through the install.Quote:
Originally Posted by beantech
Bios 2802 is out with updated CPU support...
Intel D975XBX2 Bios 2802
They aren't telling which new cpus are supportet now, or? :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peanuts
Yeah, that is pretty weak.....:rolleyes:
Yeah, I wondered that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by redphil
Was really hoping Intel might allow Penryn support for the later revisions of the D975XBX2, sort of a final gift to us before moving on to X38....I'd rather skip Kentsfield quad-cores and wait until Intel releases a budget Penryn quad-core, if compatibility is there...
´Quote:
Originally Posted by LoneWolf
Dont think so, they never promised it, so we wont get it (even though the first samples of Kentsfield ran on a (modified?) XBX2...
Whats kinda funny is, that - after the release of the DX38BT http://www.intel.com/products/mother...38BT/index.htm - they still managed to fix the C1E-Bug... lol. just like a year after the boards launch.
Well I'm at wits end here. Updated bios from 2692 to 2802 and it won't post .. was giving me the 3 beep memory error. I spoke with Tech Support who said my memory wasn't on supported list and since I had it running at v2.2, the board was hung up (despite ram running at recommeded voltage, per Patriot). Worked fine under 2692 but new bios only allows for 1.8-1.9.
trouble shooting being done in another thread ...
Just boot with bios jumper in maintenance mode, set your RAM specs and off you go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rambunctious
I agree they never promised it, and I'm not upset --just a hope. ASUS has apparently made one of their 975X boards Penryn-compatible, and since the first samples ran on a modified XBX2 (which, IIRC, was modified prior to the rev. 505 boards currently on the market), it isn't out of the question.Quote:
Originally Posted by cryptocat
I'm just curious, since "added CPU support" was a listed feature of 2802. What support could be added that wasn't already in BIOS 2797 released on October 9? Quad-core Kentsfield was already supported then, as was all the newer E6x5x processors, as far as I'm aware.
P.S. the first Penryn samples tested were either Penryn (2 cores) or Yorkfield (dual dual cores on the same chip), not Kentsfield --Kentsfield is the current Core2 Quad.
Tried that and it does post, but following bios upgrade, I do not see video outside of maintenance mode? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Woland
Quote:
Originally Posted by LoneWolf
Erh, yeah, i meant the "Yorkfield". With Penryn beeing the architecture, the Dualcore will be named "Wolfdale", iirc.
But... do they officially support the E6x50? They had the Processors in the official compatability-list for just a few days - they took them out again.
There have been numerous reports of people having troubles running E6850s too, or that they couldnt overclock when using a FSB 1333-processor.
i have a 6850 and it will not oc at all on this board no matter what bios i use tho i have not use this latest one
Just killed my third stick of Corsair Dominator 8500 on my Bad Axe 2 board. :( As with the first two, it is the stick I had in my third memory slot. Memory voltages were at 2.2V, and was running 667 Divider at 333 FSB. All other motherboard voltages were at stock voltage. Does this board just not like running four sticks of ram?
Does it run at 333 fsb stock fine?Quote:
Originally Posted by neonflx
Quote:
Originally Posted by loafer87gt
ditto
the board defnetly kills ram when 4 slots are occupied
always the 3rd slot, cant wait till i get rid of this board:down:
the motherboard is fine with 2 sticks, 4 sticks = death a couple of months
down the line.
I was able to overclock my E6600 to 3500 MHZ on my Vista64 machine. Will I see much improvement in speed using a Q6600 chip on this board? It sounds like I cannot overclock with the Q6600 chip, and I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle to change chips after I just spent some time overclocking the E6600. I run a ton of applications all at once including VMWare on this machine. I just bought this computer for an HTPC and I was thinking about swapping chips with my BadAxe.
If I do swap chips, should I reset my bios for the cpu, or should I let the board automatically detect the new cpu and apply the appropriate settings?
What board revision do you have?Quote:
Originally Posted by nanoprobe32
I have been running four sticks of Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 at 4-4-4-12 2.2v since midsummer with no issues. Did an all-day LAN party using the UT3 demo and several other titles last weekend with no hiccups. My board is a rev. 505.Quote:
Originally Posted by loafer87gt
it runs fine yes, i know my 6850 will do 4ghz as i used to do with my ip35 pro but since i moved to quad on that board i have to use the bad axe 2 for the 6850Quote:
Originally Posted by sauria
Quote:
Originally Posted by Woland
rev 504
Finally after months of saving, I finally got all my parts, and got my bad axe 2 system together last night. I had the board for over 2 months now, waiting on other parts. Just a few questions, i put an AC freezer 7 pro on, and set the fans to auto in the bios, when i get check speed fan it says the fan is on 900 rpms. Seeems a little low to me, but the cpu is cool. Both cores read 28-30 c at idle. That sound pretty normal? I noticed sometimes my bios screen freezes up and i have to ctrl alt del to get it unstuck, but i heard it was normal with a usb keyboard, correct? Im using Team Xtreem ram 2 gig, ddr2 800, i set timings in bios 4-4-4-10 as it said on the ram pack, and i set voltage on ram to 2.0. I ran dual prime it pasted, is that voltage ok to run at? I put ram in black slots, as some said #3 slot burns up ram, didnt wanna take a chance. Over all Im pretty happy with it, went together easy. Hell of alot faster then my old AMD, I was blown away at how fast windows opens stuff. Oh I noticed a weird thing Core Temp seems to crash the system, everytime i try and run it, i get a bsod, speed fan works fine tho. Any1 else with this problem? Well guess i just wanted to ask those few things. My system specs are BX2, C2D E6600, 2gig Team Xtreem, Enermax Infiniti 720, Evga 7950 GT, Sound Blaster Xtreme gamer, two 74 gig raptors in raid 0, Sony dvd-rw, Antec 900, Samsung syncmaster 206bw, Razer Tarantula, Razer Deathadder. I been saving and building this piece by piece since June. Specs are a little old now I know.
Good to know -- thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by neonflx
it would be excellent if it supported 45nm.
Come on intel.................GRRRRRRRRRR
how hard can it be to support it?
I just installed the latest bios (2802) and I don't notice anything different other then my E6600 cpu seems to run a little cooler under a full load with Prime95. I'm still not able to overclock any higher then I was with Bios 2747.
vcore = 1.6
vfsb = 1.4
vmch/vich = 1.6
FSB = 400x9
ughs. i was just about to order another couple sticks of OCZ, as its on sale (thinking ahead when i move to vista64).Quote:
Originally Posted by nanoprobe32
is this a common problem? am i stuck with 2gb forever? :(
Is that at stock VDIMM?Quote:
Originally Posted by nanoprobe32
Quote:
Originally Posted by argylesocks
dont no! its happend twice with me and a couple of other users
in these threads, i got my new sticks sitting in a box not willing to
put them in.
Might be just a micron problem since they need more volts
than any other memory.
yes but you need a touch more voltage to run 4 sticksQuote:
Originally Posted by sauria
So stock +minimum VDIMM kills 4 sticks?
what did you have them at? i think i have my ocz's at 2.09v, if i remember correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by nanoprobe32
It already fried 3 pairs of Crucial Ballistix for me. One pair of them is Tracer.:mad:
yes but 2 sticksQuote:
Originally Posted by sauria
slot 3 kills stick instantly then slot1 memory failed a couple of hours later
slot 2 & 4 are always ok
Thanks, sad to hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by nanoprobe32
I think I finally know what's wrong with my motherboard system. My 3rd slot kills my ram so I had it RMA'd. Now I know why I can't run dual channel anymore, my ram stick and dimm slot got killed. While taking out my ram, my 3rd dimm slot went with it. Now my motherboard only runs on dimm 1&2, not 1&4 for dual channel, I tested my board today with brand new Super Talent DDR2 800 ram and only dimm 1 & 2 works. I hate my 975XBX2 with a passion. Thanks to this thread I figured out what's wrong with my motherboard.
I didnt wanna believe the bad thinks about this board. After workin so hard to get my computer built for over 4 months now, it was all up and working. It was so fast, but after 2 days of running, one my brand new sticks of Team Xtreem memory is DEAD. Ok this sux!!!!! Why does an INTEL board kill memory? I thought INTEL was the best, guess I was fooled..:rolleyes: Anyways, I just ordered a Gigabyte P35-DS4, and another kit of dual channel memory:shakes: from NewEgg. I guess my cpu is ok, right? The board dosent hurt cpu's, just burns up memory right? I dont want to have to fork out more $ for a cpu:mad:
It is okay running ram on dual channel, but when you run 4 dimms like I did and many other people did, you end up killing your third ram on the third slot. It's just not me killing ram, many other people are killing ram on their 3rd slot apparently. Don't believe the raving reviews at NewEgg. All this time I was thinking it was my crappy OCZ Flex XLC ram. Besides that, this ram doesn't like any ram over 1.9v, my OCZ run at 2.0-2.2v and so do my new Super Talent ram too. The 975XBX2 board don't like any ram ran over 1.9v too. So that kinda sucks. I have my Asus Maximus Formula SE now, I will replace this 975XBX2 with it. Helloooo MAXIMUS! :D Goodbye 975XBX2!:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk1
I'm running 4 sticks at stock vDIMM -- we'll see if it's okay of if #3 dies. How did you document failure? Thanks