Sharp Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 Add/remove programs. Do the clear CMOS thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuttlefish Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 IDE Driver was not installed. I clearled CMOS when I switched to the 623-3 Bios. Do you want me to clear it again and test using the optimized defaults? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 Yeah but use these settings, GENIE BIOS Setting >DRAM Configuration..................Press Enter = New Menu FSB BUS Frequency....................200 LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio..............X 5.0 LDT BUS Transfer Width...............16 16 CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio..............AUTO PCI eXpress Frequency................100Mhz K8 Cool 'n' Quiet Support............Disable Cool 'n' Quiet MAX FID...............AUTO CPU VID StartUp Value................StartUp CPU VID Control......................AUTO CPU VID Special Control..............AUTO LDT Voltage Control..................1.20 V Chip Set Voltage Control.............1.50 V DRAM Voltage Control.................2.70 V +0.3v if not 3.2v....................Enabled should make mem voltage 2.79v Run MemTest86+.......................Enabled, disable later GENIE BIOS Setting >DRAM Configuration DRAM Frequency Set (MHZ).............200 (DRAM/FSB:1/01) Command per clock (CPC)..............Enabled Cas latency (tCL)....................2 RAS to CAS delay (tRCD)..............3 Min RAS active time (tRAS)...........8 Row precharge time (tRP).............2 Row cycle time (tRC).................11 Row refresh cycle time(tRFC).........14 Row to Row delay (tRRD)..............3 Write recovery time (tWR)............2 Write to read delay (tWTR)...........AUTO Read to write delay (tRWT)...........AUTO Refresh period (tREF)................AUTO Write CAS latency (tWCL).............1 DRAM Bank Interleave.................Enabled DQS Skew Control.....................AUTO 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......................AUTO R/W Queue Bypass.....................AUTO Bypass Max...........................AUTO 32 Byte Granularity..................AUTO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuttlefish Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 I cleared the CMOS (following the information in the sticky), loaded optimized defaults, rebooted, loaded these settings, ran memtest, and was rewarded with 42 errors by test 5, there may have been some in test 4, but I wasn't looking at the time. Let me re-iterate what I know thus far: -The issue exists only when running both sticks ---Individually, both stick work fine -The memtest issues always occur between 1800 and 2048 in the "Failing Address" column ---This occurs no matter which order the two sticks are in -It is not a problem with the Power Supply ---I replaced my Rosewill with a more than capable GameXStram 600 -My voltages run higher than set --- 2.8 setting, 2.92 reported. 2.7 setting, 2.81 reported. -MANY Bios setting haven't worked ---See previous posts in thread -Occasionally, I'll get on a good streak, memtest fine, run Windows stable ---These streaks usually only last 3-4 days before things return to failing memtest and bluescreening windows Anything new to try? I'll borrow a DMM from work tomorrow and get my voltages checked out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 My next suggestion is to set the CPU vcore voltage from 1.3v to 1.4v. CPU VID StartUp Value = 1.4v Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuttlefish Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 No change, in fact this added more errors in Test #7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Underclock the CPU to the lowest value. (change the CPU ratio). What happens? Change memory frequency to 333DDR (166Mhz) What happens. Do you have another CPU to try? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuttlefish Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 No, not a 939. I'll investigate with the underclocking, should I try one at a time? And then both? Or just both to begin with? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuttlefish Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Ok, I've been having a LOT of trouble with the underclocking. To begin with, I started memtesting this morning with the ratio at 4x, which was 803.7mhz. When I came home from work, the power had gone out during the day, and my computer was off. Upon trying to turn it back on, my computer would freeze while initializing, either displaing "Main Processor: AMD Athlon etc..." or the next line, or "Memory Testing: 2096064 ok". The SPD information would not load, and I had to press the reset button at least 25 times to get it to post, at which point it immeadiately crashed in Memtest, displaying only a blue screen with the green Memtest banner in the top left. The plus sign blinked, but nothing happened. I restarted, tried to get into the bios, but it crashed when I selected Genie Bios Settings. I got back in, set it back to normal, restarted, set back down to a 4.0x multiplier, and finally got into Memtest. I let it run for about 2 hours while I did other stuff around the house. When I got back, the timer was "76:09:16," and Memtest had frozen, but the plus sign was still blinking. There were no errors, but the extremely strange passing of 74 hours was enough of an error for me. So, I haven't yet tried underclocking the RAM to 333 mhz, but I figured I'd leave this report for you to muse over. EDIT: When setting the DRAM down to 166 mhz, I selected the proper divider, and when my computer booted, the screen displayed that it was indeed DDR333, but Memtest read it as DDR315, operating at 157 mhz. This is with the processor returned to its normal clock, 2210 mhz. EDIT 2: Memtest froze while running at DDR333 (DDR315) and did the same thing. Timer jumped to 29:55:36, and the testing stopped, but the plus sign kept blinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabinus Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 I think you had a faulty RAM stick .. or both of them. You should RMA them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuttlefish Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 RyderOCZ had this to say at the OCZ support forum: Hello, From the description of your problem....the ram does not seem to be the issue here. Each stick works by itself in Slot 2 (farthest orange from CPU) but fails in Slot 4. Also your memory address never changes right? If one of the modules had an issue, the address would change when you swapped slots because addressing is based on the slots, not the modules themselves. Example: (this is assuming that addressing starts with slots 1 & 2, if they are filled) You have 2GB of ram installed...so you have address ranging from 0 to 2048 MB...the Dimm in slot 2 occupies Addresses 0 to 1024 and the Dimm in Slot 4 occupies Addresses 1025 to 2048. Normally when you have a duff module (or actually a duff IC in the module) when you swap slots...the error would change because now that bad IC is in a different place in the addressing scheme. So it sounds to me like Slot 4 has an issue on the board. Have you tried slots 1 and 3? Do you follow? Did I make sense? Thanks Does his analysis make sense? Could the problem be with an IC on the board? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanDude05 Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 It does. While not common, it is possible for slots to go out on mobos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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