The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

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[rangerone7669]

question about DETDRAM
i get that error time to time for no apparent reason. i'll need to reboot from windows update, or when i shut it off for more that a few minutes. it just wont post, every time i try to power it up, it hangs at DETDRAM. pulling the battery does not fix it but it does reset bios settings. the only way to get it to post again is pull my memory and put in some kingston ddr2 667. i dont even need to change any bios settings. i just shut it down after it fails at overclocking(that kingston wont run at my oc) pop back in my ram it it boots up and runs fine. it only did this with the lanfest ram.

i just sent in a 4x1gig set of crucial lanfest because no matter what i did it would hang at detdram, even at default bios settings. now i'm running some adata vetista's with d9's until my axeram 1200mhz show up later this week.

i can get the adatas to about 1100mhz but any higher fails and hangs at detdram, but it will repost and just go to overclock failed. also with both sets of ram i've tried if i set the performance level to any thing but auto, it nukes my windows install. only thing i've found to fix it is a repair install.

does this board just not like d9's or an i doing something wrong? i usually just use settings people list as working on there q6600, which is what i have.

the anandtech setting work fine for 450x8 except
DRAM Static Read Control [Disabled]
Ai Clock Twister [Strong]
Transaction Booster [Enabled]
those must all be set to auto or i either nuke my os, or it just fails to post and i have to clear the cmos. i'm hoping the axerams will fix most of my problems as others have had great luck with those rams. altho the axe's use the same ic's as my lanfest and the adata's so i'm a litlle concerned.