Quote Originally Posted by G.S Technician
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


i would love for you to show me, and not to doubt you, but i have a long enough history to prove that companies will say anything to get out of taking the blame.
anyways. i would love for you to show me something that shows this board boots this ram at CAS3

i have PROVEN that it does not. i repeat it does NOT.
it wont even boot 200mhz at CAS3 its CAS4 the ram is hardcoded for CAS4 ONLY leaving everything on auto 100mhz or 1000mhz the ram will ONLY do CL4.

id love to know where you think this stuff is booting cas 3.

not to mention the fact that i can show time and time again that the ram will NOT boot at under 2.2v which once again false out of the specs of the ram.

the ram is 100% of the issue. not the board misreading the ram or trying to boot at CL3.

if you wanna throw results back and forth i got all day. ok not really lol.

there is nothing that i have seen from my own testing to anything from gskill or anyone else that this ram is booting at CL3.
and i get tired of people saying that.
you havent proven it , and frankly ive shown beyond a doubt that with generic black label samsung ram the system does not switch to CL3 until UNDER 200mhz FSB. above that its CL4.
YET your ram REFUSES to come down from CL4 EVER. it will never come down from CL4.

contact me via my email link in my sig and ill send you my contact info and you can send me a prepaid shipping label via email. (fedex does this) and ill send it back to you and you can reprogram it correctly. but i refuse to spend any more time or money on this ram.
its sitting in the box waiting to go back to newegg.
and why would i exchange my ram for a cheaper lesser ram. am i supposed to just write off the loss ? your kidding right ?

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
once again i can sit here and prove you 100% wrong. that is IF i am understanding what your saying.
how much proof do you boys want i have a kit right here. CL5 ram that i can set to CL4 and boot at 800mhz....

your statements are becoming more and more unfounded and unproven.
do you guys even own a DS3 to test with ? i mean honestly.... lets be honest with each other here.
i can boot at CL4 1000mhz and your telling me that i cant boot at 800 CL4
and yet i can show you i can.

this board is NOT, and everyone i want you to listen IS NOT booting DDR800 AT CL3 it is NOT doing that. the baord does not use CAS3 until 200mhz or less. OR depending on how your ram's SPD is setup.

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS RAM IS 100% THE VOLTAGE.
the ram is not programmed to boot at anything less than 2.0-2.1v but even mine wont boot at 2.1 it must be 2.2

now i also just realised something and i may understand where your saying the DS3 is booting at CAS3. if this is true i am now and forever washing my hands of all gskill products.

CPU-Z reports the motherboard using CAS3. this is an ERROR!!! of cpu-z! cpu-z reads the wrong CL/CAS timings.

all other programs WILL read CL4 or CL5 or whatever. but cpu-z is reading it wrong.
If you are basing your statements soley on cpu-z then my friends. omg.. i am truly speechless.
cpu-z only reports CL3 once you start overclocking.
at defaults. whether is 533 or 667 or 800 or 1000. it will report the TRUE CAS rating.

i wouldnt be such a bastard right now but i have PROVEN that everything i have said is true. read this thread look at the screenshots...

you guys in this thread and several other threads have proven nothing. not that i am aware of. i ask simply that you post here clearly for everyone to see some proof of your claims.


I stand by my original statement.

do NOT buy this ram to use with this board. it wont work at defualts.
the ram is not programmed to run at a lower setting if lower voltages are present during bootup.
it will NOT kick down to a lower speed.
it wont even boot at 667 @ 2.1v
so how do you explain that ?