Quote Originally Posted by Lestat
cas 3 isnt the issue, its the voltages.

the motherboard is using 1.9v to boot and the gskill ram cant boot at 1.9v no matter what cas you use.
hell it wont even boot at DDR667 @ 1.9v

its also not booting at cas3 its booting at cas4.
the ram is hard coded for cas4 no matter what DRAM Freq. you set it to.
Even dropping the ram down to 200mhz it still uses CL 4. using Auto and hitting 100mhz it still uses CL4.

now on the flip side as i said earlier. my homo samsung ddr667 WILL and DOES boot 100% at cas3 at 200mhz.
so the cas3 theory is all smoke.

i have no quarrels with gskill or their product i like it.
i just wish there was a way to make it work. there isnt.
and reprogramming the ram, sure alright gskill send me a prepaid label.
i'll send it out.
me pay for shipping ? nah not interested, i dont need to pay more ontop of what i already paid.
just let you know
at the DDR2 800
no matter you manually set at CL4 or auto, it will change back to CL3
also, i don't think i metion "no ram can boot with CL3"
i said our ram can't boot with DDR2 800 CL3 1.8v

for DDR2 800 2GBNS, DDR2 800 2GBZX, those are for sure incompatilbe. it is not just voltage problem. detail i can't say in here but it will happen to every memory companies and i am sure for it. just becasue we sell our ram for lowest price for DDR2 800, doesn't mean it is bad ram. those ram all pass ddr2 800 1.8v stress test before we ship out. also, we face the problem. actually i want to say thank you to lestat, if he didn't post such problem, i will not personally go get a board and test it.

if you guys have 965 and ZX or NS, we are welcome to do the exchange to PK and NR.

just one more thing, at DDR2 800 DS3, can't not boot up with CL4. no matter you set at CL4 or spd is CL4... it just change to CL3