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Originally Posted by GPSeek
Again, bad heatsink contact would cause problems more when your pc is under heavy load rather than just trying to post.
My ram is Team Group C3's (3-4-4-8) , im running just one stick atm as Its the only way i get in to maintenance mode with 1.84v.
I used to have a pair of Team on BX2 board without such a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Devious
http://www.teamgroup.com.tw/xtreem/o...%114%114%1110/
Which C3? They have a lot of C3s. Are you running the sticks out of specifications?
As another XS member and I said before, these sticks are running well only at spec. :stick: I failed to push the kit to a tighter timming (400MHz 3-3-3-8). So it's gone.:slapass:
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Originally Posted by GPSeek
They are the 3-4-4-8 C3's as i said no longer made i think they were replaced with the more expensive 3-3-3-8's. Im not trying to run them out of spec either, tried 4-4-4-11, 5-5-5-15, 533Mhz, 667Mhz 800Mhz without luck. The OP has he same stick and he is having no problems.
These stick have been great on all my 6 other boards including the badaxe1 and run 550Mhz 4-4-4-4 with ease with 2.3v.
The reason I have one stick in is each time i get a cold boot when trying above 390FSB is the vDimm keeps going back to default 1.84v. A few others in this thread have had the same problem as me and haven't been able to get ino maintenance mode unless we remove a stick.
Huh:rolleyes: Sounds to me it's rma time. :slapass:Quote:
Originally Posted by Devious
If you haven't played with increasing MCH and FSB voltage toy with that. I get constant crashing if I set mine too low while trying to run a 400+ FSB. Soon as I boost the MCH I am gtg. I'd max the MCH and back off until it becomes unstable.
I believe my BSODs are also memory related; My system restarts a split second after it shows the blue screen and from what I can read before it shuts down it looks like a memory related error. This is buttressed by the fact that Small FFTs can run hours without error, but whenever I do a RAM stressing test in ORTHOS I get an error within 1 or 2 minutes (often within seconds) - this is despite the fact that I am memtest stable for 6+ hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Devious
Perhaps we've narrowed the issue down as being memory related?
Yes it is disappointing, I mean if I can't even get 3.4 stable with a Tuniq Tower no matter what BIOS tweaks I do I'm probably going to eBay this board and just buy something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Devious
ps- to top this off, I paid 500$ for a refurbished 5 year old CRT (see sig) and the ****ing thing is blurry on the sides. Grrr...
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Originally Posted by malficar
Ive just tried 1.7v MCH and now im getting somewhere :toast: It wont boot with less than 1.675v over 400FSB.
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4...3947dl8.th.jpg
Ive been reading all through this thread people running their MCH at defaults and getting 400+. I also use to use 1.65v on my P5W , i think i must have been running too many non 975x boards lately :stick:
Not every E6600 can do 3.6G @ 1.40v.Quote:
Originally Posted by uberwurst
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Originally Posted by uberwurst
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Originally Posted by GPSeek
1. I do not have enough spare cash to buy extra parts for testing, hence my being extremely upset with the results. This also means I don't upgrade often (the PC I upgraded from was built around January 2003), so these poor OC results have long-term affects. (In other words, people will call me a whiner because I am not getting results that I should not be getting in the first place, but since I need longevity out of my hardware and my purchases were made around good OC-ability, I am justly expecting excellent results.)
As me and Devious have somewhat established, the issues seem to be with RAM, not the CPU. With 9x400 (3.6), I was six hours ORTHOS Small FFTs stable with 1.425vcore, but got instant BSOD when I did anything, and get instant ORTHOS failures when I stress the RAM.
^This has affected me on 2333, 2395, and, so far, on the 2431 as well.
I saw you subscribe to the voodoo science of ascribing certain OC qualities to CPUs based on their release dates, which Blauhung corrected. :fact:
2. Addressed above
3. I read on the OCZ forums that motherboard revisions indicate a physical change in mobo hardware. I don't have an authoritative quote on this - can anyone clarify?
Obviously I could be wrong in thinking the motherboard revision has anything to do with this, but with Devious having a near identical problem we may be onto something.
I got mine here: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...p?Sku=I69-2145Quote:
Originally Posted by Devious
Very interesting-- I see from your sig that we have identical RAM too (Teamgroup 667 C3); do you have any other DDR2 RAM you can test your system with to see if we can narrow down this problem?
Ive got around the problem using 1.7 vMCH :) Read a few posts up.
Good luck!
dittoQuote:
Originally Posted by Devious
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Originally Posted by uberwurst
Please read my posts above :stick:
what are my odds of 3.6GHz on a E6600 using a Zalman 9700 on low?
:clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Devious
Going to test this now.
My RAM and NB heatsink do get steaming hot BTW. I have an 80mm fan blowing over them I rigged with my childhood lego mindstorms kit :D
UPDATE:
1.7 seems to be the magic number here, but Large FFTs still fail with loose timings (1066, 1:1, 395MHz 2.16vdimm 5-4-4-15).
Will do more testing later. Keep us updated with your stability results Devious.
Ive just set it going running large FFT's @ 3.9GHz, 6mins so far.. Ill let you know how far it gets :)
p.s Im having to run 333strap over 410FSB. Unfortunatly this is getting me lower scores in super_pi & 3D06 than my RD600 was which surprised me. Ill post some scores later.
heh sounds good, I'm sure you'll have some interesting results to report soon.
Looking forward to it ;)
Also, info on your mem timings, vdimm, vcore, etc. would be cool so I can test your results against mine.
I'll compare conroe and kentsfield with this : :D
...I doubt it will beat the XBX2 except for higher fsb with the quad
http://simon.webideal.ca/Temp/PC/commando2.JPG
Will the XBX2 run over 800Mhz on the memory?
I run my memory at DDR2-1200. Can I do that on the XBX2?
im sure u canQuote:
Originally Posted by pauldovi
I am running 2395 and had to shut off c1e and eist to stop getting constant BSODs because it undervolted my board constantly. I have yet to OC but that could be Uberwurst's problem. Can also download windows debugger and look at your minidumps to see what was the cause of your crashes.
How do you get the TR HR05 chipset cooler to fit? There's a big ass cap right next to the chipset blocking it.
For those who think they have some problem with their ram sticks, i am suggesting you to use windows Memtest.
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/
You have to slightly tilt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by situman
Yes, however as found by several XBX2 users this board responds better to DDR2 800 with low low latencies like 3-3-3-8 is ideal ive found, not everyone will have these but if your running like 4-4-4-10 / 12 then use DDR2 1000 if you can get it stable.Quote:
Originally Posted by pauldovi
But Ideally go for Cas3 latencies lower speed like 3-4-3-9, 4-3-3-8 or anything like that the board gets much faster numbers running these I can post some results at the various timings and speeds to show comparisons of what Im talking about since my ram will do 3-3-3-8 DDR2 800, and 3-4-4-9 DDR2 1000 all with 2.4v. Also running DDR2 - 1200 with Cas 4 or 5 will still be beat by DDR2 800 cas3 with similar ras-cas and precharge.
Quick shot of my setup too.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...X/IMGP0040.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...X/IMGP0049.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...X/IMGP0047.jpg
Dont mind all the cables, those are neatly organized and hidden once everything is back inside :D
i saw a Neon in your case. you just lost 5 XS points.
Just kidding :)