Maximus Formula GSkill 8500 Won't Post With 2 RAM Sticks

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I have tested 11 in total kits of G.Skill PC8000 on two different P35 boards and never had such strange problems. I could even run some of them at 1066 and pass Memtest86+ (but not stable anyway).

Set your FSB to 400 and lower your multi to eliminate CPU. Leave all secondary timings on auto.Especially don't touch tRFC, on ASUS boards there is not enough range to set it properly. It will be set properly by SPD.

Set transaction booster Disabled/( 2 or 3).

This may be just faulty memory. Try to test with other sticks .

Hi Cronos,

Thanks for your help.

FSB = 400
Ratio = 6 (so that's 2.4Ghz with Q6600)
All secondary timings set to AUTO
tRFC = AUTO
RAM Voltage = 2.1v
Transaction Booster = Disabled
Relax Level = 2

With the settings above, the PC boots but fails Memtest very quickly.

I have tested the RAM in a P5E and it works perfectly.

I have tested various RAM kits in this Maximus Formula with no success:

GSkill 8500 2 x 2GB
GSkill 8500 2 x 1GB
Corsair 6400C5 2 x 512MB

In all cases the system won't post or if i posts it fails Memtest very quickly.

I am beginning to think the motherboard is faulty.