Quote Originally Posted by blargman View Post
I'll give it a go when I get home this morning. I think I tried 1&2 before, no difference really.
That's mainly for dual channel and not single channel. If you still get single channel, then return the board. However, CPU-Z is the only software I've seen which will detect it as dual channel properly.
When I run 1 3870's it detects erm 3278 I think? , then 3072 or so is when I run two 3870s. :s I really hope this isn't affecting my 3d scores. I have yet to run 3dmark yet with my 2 3870s, I think I may do that this morning too.
3D is affected my single vs dual channel but not for 3GB vs 4GB total.
Do you know if I should have this Memory hole thing enabled? it is by default.
Disable it, it shouldn't make much diffrence, it doesn't with mine.
I've considered modding the Timings manually, but I have no idea where to begin. The ram I've got is 5-5-5-15 pc2 8500 I believe.

GX24GB8500ESPDC
I'd need to see the SPD tab info before I can say anything as I mentioned. But you can go into DRAM Config and change the timings to what your RAM is rated for if it boots up differently. Follow the same output as what CPU-Z reads (look at the titles there). I'm really too short of time to go into details.
*edit* umm are the PSU readouts at all reliable with this board? My 12 is around 12.5V which is kind of concerning. I think the 5v was a bit off as well. I've got a Corsair 1000W psu.
Nope. The voltages should be checked with a DMM. There's no other way to know what is correct. Mine read +0.5V for the 12V rail while the DMM read +12.01V idle/load the last I tested.