RubberNeck Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 I am pulling my hair out here!!! If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. Specs for initial install: DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert, upgraded to 4/6/06 Bios, came w/ 12/7/05 NO tweaking to bios except boot order Opteron 165 2 X 1GB Gskill HZ DDR500 CAS 3-4-4-8 plugged into slots 2 & 4 150GB Raptor HDD plugged into SATA1 port IDE DVD eVGA 7900GT Enermax Liverty 620W PS Problem: Windows XP freezes during install or produces BSOD. I have tried 2 different SP2 slipped streamed discs and a standard XP PRO cd While I was still on the 12/7/05 bios I tried moving the dimms to slots 1 & 3, tried to reboot, would not even post. Moved dimms back to slots 2 and 4, swapped order (dimm that was in 4 now is in 2), updated bios, reformated tried XP install again, install froze. I have also tried moving the raptor to Sata port #3, same problem occurs. I am running memtest now, it's 20min in on test #6 and no errors. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caffeinejunkie Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Well give memtest atleast 3 hours to run with the full 1-8. Infact if you can let it run over night. Do you have the mem timings on auto? If so you should manually imput them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubberNeck Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Thanks Caffeine, I came in this morning to find a see of red errors in memtest. Yes - I was set to all auto... I have made the following bios changes and will retest CPC = enable tcl = 3 Trcd = 4 trp = 4 tras = 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubberNeck Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Here are screenshot of my bios settings. I ran Memtest runs up till test 8 approx 88% in and then hangs, no errors, just have to hit the reset button. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caffeinejunkie Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 hmm give this a go: DRAM Frequency Set - 200=RAM/FSB:1/1 Command Per Clock (CPC) - Enable CAS Latency Control (Tcl) - 3.0 RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) - 04 Bus Clocks Min RAS# active time (Tras) - 08 Bus Clocks Row precharge time (Trp) - 04 Bus Clocks Row Cycle time (Trc) - 12 Bus Clocks Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) - 16 Bus Clocks Row to Row delay (Trrd) - 02 Bus Clocks Write recovery time (Twr) - 02 Bus Clocks Write to Read delay (Twtr) - 02 Bus Clocks Read to Write delay (Trwt) - 03 Bus Clocks Refresh Period (Tref) - 3120 Cycles Write CAS Latency (Twcl) - 1 DRAM Bank Interleave - Enabled DQS Skew Control - Auto DQS Skew Value - 0 DRAM Drive Strength - Level 7 DRAM Data Drive Strength - Level 3 Max Async Latency - 8.0 Nano Seconds DRAM Response Time - Fast Read Preamble Time - 6.0 Nano Seconds IdleCycle Limit - 016 Cycles Dynamic Counter - Disable R/W Queue Bypass - 16 x Bypass Max - 04 x 32 Byte Granularity - Disable(4 Bursts) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_man1c_ Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 hmm. wonder if thatll help with my problem. same ram timings etc. just have it all set at auto, and the only thing ive done was up the DRAM voltage to 2.74. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caffeinejunkie Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Yeah but these modules should do like 3-3-3-8 at 250 w/ 2.6v so you shouldnt need extra voltage to get it stable at below stock. It's more then likely that you just had some bad/to tight memory controller timings holding you back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_man1c_ Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Yeah but these modules should do like 3-3-3-8 at 250 w/ 2.6v so you shouldnt need extra voltage to get it stable at below stock. It's more then likely that you just had some bad/to tight memory controller timings holding you back.yea. i down-graded my voltage to bout 2.71, and put in the timings manually. running memtest now to see if it can/will go pass pass4 test#8 without freezing up. just had the memory set to auto at first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caffeinejunkie Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Yeah auto = the devil for dfi boards and Im sure this especially goes for your expert since it's a whole nother beast lol hopefully you get it stable with less voltage because less voltage means less heat which means less instability due to heat which means one very happy system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_man1c_ Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Yeah auto = the devil for dfi boards and Im sure this especially goes for your expert since it's a whole nother beast lol hopefully you get it stable with less voltage because less voltage means less heat which means less instability due to heat which means one very happy system lol. indeed. this is the first time ive ever truly messed around with timings etc. my last board ASUS was pretty simple to set-up. when it went down i almost thought bout getting another one, but wanted to try my hands on a DFI board. im still learning how to build computers really. this is only my 2nd build, but i figured with the talk on how hard these things are to get stable and running i would have accomplished alot in this area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubberNeck Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 hmm give this a go: DRAM Frequency Set - 200=RAM/FSB:1/1 Command Per Clock (CPC) - Enable CAS Latency Control (Tcl) - 3.0 RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd) - 04 Bus Clocks Min RAS# active time (Tras) - 08 Bus Clocks Row precharge time (Trp) - 04 Bus Clocks Row Cycle time (Trc) - 12 Bus Clocks Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) - 16 Bus Clocks Row to Row delay (Trrd) - 02 Bus Clocks Write recovery time (Twr) - 02 Bus Clocks Write to Read delay (Twtr) - 02 Bus Clocks Read to Write delay (Trwt) - 03 Bus Clocks Refresh Period (Tref) - 3120 Cycles Write CAS Latency (Twcl) - 1 DRAM Bank Interleave - Enabled DQS Skew Control - Auto DQS Skew Value - 0 DRAM Drive Strength - Level 7 DRAM Data Drive Strength - Level 3 Max Async Latency - 8.0 Nano Seconds DRAM Response Time - Fast Read Preamble Time - 6.0 Nano Seconds IdleCycle Limit - 016 Cycles Dynamic Counter - Disable R/W Queue Bypass - 16 x Bypass Max - 04 x 32 Byte Granularity - Disable(4 Bursts) w00t!! Thanks man! That got me through 1 pass completely. How long should I keep this up before I try to reinstall windows? BTW - I could not ind Write CAS Latency (Twcl) - 1 in the DRAM config....where is that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caffeinejunkie Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Id say atleast 3hrs of the 1-8. But you could probably get away with running 20-30 passes of test #5 and #8. But I personally wouldnt instal without the 3hrs. oh and not sure why you dont have twcl it should be in order as posted. Maybe it's only certain mod bios that have it or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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