** OFFICIAL ** Intel DX38BT & DX48BT2 BoneTrail Thread

[AKHandyman]

Okay, Memtest is starting to drive me a little bonkers ... I can get through test #7 three to five times without a single error, yet when I let it run through as default, I get LOADS of errors in test #3 ... yet, I have swapped out the two different sets of Dual-Channel memory and tried each channel with each pair and it seems random on the errors ... not sure what to think at this moment ... could timings be it? I haven't changed any of those .... SPD has them @ 9-9-9-24 ... I know these modules can go with tighter timings, but before I do, I want to make sure I don't have any physical problems ... I am beginning to suspect I do, though

[gtj]

Okay, after what I thought was a clean set-up, I tried a little prime95 testing and I couldn't even get through the start of it ... So I downloaded and put onto a CD Memtest 86+ v1.70 ... now I can't get through that for more than 3:57 to 4:03 minutes ... it just locks up ... I have had some errors and then when I reboot and try again, I don't get errors, but it still locks up ... I can't seem to get past 4 minutes in Memtest ... could voltages have anything to do with Memtest not working? I have everything at stock (vCore and MCH) but the vDIMM is at 2.1v ... everything seemed to be in order until I tried prime95 last night ... any suggestions would be great ...

Edit: I have gone straight into test #7 (Random number sequence) and it is still going ... but why would it lock up when it starts out by itself?

What memory do you have again?

2.1V is a LOT for any DDR3 memory and overvoltage is just as bad as undervoltage. Don't set 2.1 just because it says 2.1 on the sticker.

In Memtest86+ v1.70, under advanced options, I get the message that says chipset not supported! ???
Why is that? Any clues?

Because Memtest doesn't recognize the X38 chipset yet. It doesn't affect the tests tough.

Okay, Memtest is starting to drive me a little bonkers ... I can get through test #7 three to five times without a single error, yet when I let it run through as default, I get LOADS of errors in test #3 ... yet, I have swapped out the two different sets of Dual-Channel memory and tried each channel with each pair and it seems random on the errors ... not sure what to think at this moment ... could timings be it? I haven't changed any of those .... SPD has them @ 9-9-9-24 ... I know these modules can go with tighter timings, but before I do, I want to make sure I don't have any physical problems ... I am beginning to suspect I do, though

Again, what memory do you have? What happens when you go completely stock including vDIMM?

[AKHandyman]

First of all, thanks gtj for all of your help ... I have two, Corsair CM3X1024-1800C7DIN Dual Channel kits (2x1GB) but only one set in now ... I went back and set everything to default (F9) and then configured my RAID setup ... and set memory voltage to 1.9v and timings at default values ... I have changed the processor multi and FSB to (10x400) with a bump-up to 1.3375V on the CPU voltage override, the CPU Voltage Offset enabled, Enhanced Power Slope enabled, the FSB Voltage Override to 1.250V and the MCH voltage Override to 1.300V ... it boots into Windows fine ... what do you think of these voltages?