Quote Originally Posted by TurboDiv View Post
ps: Another thing i noticed is that on most shots for stability over the web the memories are with low timings and low frequency. Most of us who have trouble clocking past 3.7Ghz are trying to go 3.8ghz with memory at 1600nhz. Furthermore, look at the Am2+ and 940BE, they all clock like MOTheRF@@@@@ and they all use slow DDR2... I wanna see 3,8Ghz Prime95 8 hours stable shot with memory 1600 or above... That kind of shot is hard to find so im thinking higher memory speed puts too much strain on the controller for stability(YES, you can bench test for 1 hour with more than 1600 + CPU@3.8ghz but thats not Priming for 9 hours.) use and that's why we might be having hard time. After all, its just a theory im working on and i'll begin tests with memory @ 1333 + low timings to see how the stability goes. Also, there is some kind of wall after certain frequency for the memory so this adds more support for my argument (@ 1600 and 3.7ghz+) and shows the weakness of the memory controller. So i have a few things to test in the next few weeks but i really wanna keep 1600mhz.
i can show u a screenshot of over 2hrs prime at 240x16 with ram at 1600. but nothing is gonna make me run it over 9hrs. thatīs just too much stress for the pwm section of the board.
i did a 1,5hr run at 211x18.5 which makes 3.9ghz on the cpu and 1688 on the ram. but that just restarts during prime without giving any error. makes me think itīs kind of a protection for the pwm. canīt be cpu heat, cause it was colder than my 3.84ghz prime run. so it must be the board shutting off.
go a few pages back and u can see a blown mosfet from sampsaīs ln2 adventures with this board. i donīt want that to happen to me, although iīm not putting 1.75v on the cpu