Geil RAM Problem

[Sharp]

Yeah its just DFI being different.

[Grazzhopper]

found teh SPD great. no probs regardless of Voltage

[Cactus]

I've got the exact same memory and board as you. I had problems to begin with also: Geil Value hates the yellow slots with the Bios that ships on the board. It also hates any bios above 316 if you plan to do anything but stock settings.

 

This memory has to be run at 3-4-4-8 @ 200Mhz, it will run at 2.5-3-3-7 but only at 180Mhz and below.

 

Currently I'm back on 316 using orange slots and the mem is running at 220Mhz. so it's possible with some tweaking.

 

Leads me to a question I have - can the yellow slots be used on the later bios? I thought they weren't dual channel on the early bios.

 

Edit - forgot to mention this: Geil Value has a voltage range of 2.75-2.95v. Mine's running at 2.90v since i had some interesting boot problems at the stock setting.

[Nvening]

so what settings do you have? The same as the ones said earlyer?

[Nvening]

I have tryed all the settings and checked them, it does not help, and i still get thousands of errors in mem test.

[Sharp]

Leave the other settings and try these.

GENIE BIOS Setting >DRAM Configuration

DRAM Frequency Set (MHZ).............200 (DRAM/FSB:1/01)

Command per clock (CPC)..............Disabled

Cas latency (tCL)....................3

RAS to CAS delay (tRCD)..............4

Min RAS active time (tRAS)...........8

Row precharge time (tRP).............4

Row cycle time (tRC).................11

Row refresh cycle time(tRFC).........14

Row to Row delay (tRRD)..............3

Write recovery time (tWR)............3

Write to read delay (tWTR)...........2

Read to write delay (tRWT)...........2

Refresh period (tREF)................AUTO

Write CAS latency (tWCL).............1

DRAM Bank Interleave.................Enabled

 

DQS Skew Control.....................Decrease Skew

DQS Skew Value.......................0

DRAM Drive Strength..................AUTO

DRAM Data Drive Strength.............AUTO

Max Async Latency....................6ns

Dram Response........................Normal

Read Preamble Time...................5ns

Idle Cycle Limit.....................AUTO

Dynamic Counter......................Disabled

R/W Queue Bypass.....................AUTO

Bypass Max...........................AUTO

32 Byte Granularity..................Disable (4 Bursts)

[Nvening]

I got over 2000 mem test errors still with those settings, less than last time but it was running for less time so you cant really go by that lol

[Sharp]

Now would be a good time to consider a replacement.

 

Can you test the memory modules in another PC?

If not return them.

[Nvening]

I may be able to try them in another pc, ill ask my mate.

[Nvening]

I tested the ram on a a friends pc and it went one pass on mem test fine, so i guess it is fine, at least alot more than it was on my board lol

 

So unless and one else has got any other setting i could try i shall contact the company and see what they say Because, someone above said that they have the same ram and board as me and they got it to work. So, it may just be the batch that my ram came from (as far as i could tell it was both dimms that did not work.)

[Sharp]

Yes your batch may have chips that do not work with the DFI board.

That is why Value ram is not recommended. (As Value ram tend to feature different brand chips per batch).

[Nvening]

Is there a number i can get to see if it is a different batch?