*avoid* gskill 2GBZX with DS3

[Lestat]

ok well got my gskill 2gb kit of ZX today and just like people have reported it doesnt boot.

reason ?

1) the DS3 auto defualts the ram to 1.9v <-- dum since it limits you to cheap low voltage ram.
2) the gskill requires a minimum of 2.0v to boot properly. <-- the ram should be telling the board this and its not
3) after testing i am finding the DS3 auto boots the drma speed at 400mhz, even at 400mhz the ZX ram STILL requires 2.1v to boot.
and at 800mhz it requires 2.2v or higher.
4) for ME 800mhz 4-4-4-12 even at 2.2v will not boot. i have to set it to auto. but at auto its 4-4-4-12. this seems to be an issue with the motherboard.
5) If at anytime your system fails an overclock and does not auto reset its FSB to defaults... your s.o.l. you have reset the bios with the cmos jumper. This will force the vdimm back down to 1.9v and guess what that means ? you have to pull out the gskill and put in an old set that will boot. change the
vdimm to 2.2v. reboot power down change the ram back . then power on and hope it works.
6) this ram get warm and quickly too.
you NEED active cooling on this ram to make it run properly.


if you ahve the DS3 i would avoid this ram your system wont even boot unless you have some low voltage backup ram.

im pretty disappointed in all this. i expected more from gskill.

overclocking isnt that great either. not considering its the HZ's little brother.