Big B Posted December 30, 2006 Try these..... Genie BIOS Settings: FSB Bus Frequency............................. - 200 LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio....................... - Auto CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio....................... - 11 PCI eXpress Frequency......................... - 100Mhz CPU VID StartUp Value......................... - Startup CPU VID Control............................... - Auto CPU VID Special Control....................... - Auto LDT Voltage Control........................... - 1.20v Chip Set Voltage Control...................... - 1.50v DRAM Voltage Control.......................... - 2.80v DRAM Configuration Settings: DRAM Frequency Set............................ - 200=RAM/FSB:01/01 Command Per Clock (CPC)....................... - Enable CAS Latency Control (Tcl)..................... - 2.5 RAS# to CAS# delay (Trcd)..................... - 3 Min RAS# active time (Tras)................... - 8 Row precharge time (Trp)...................... - 3 Row Cycle time (Trc).......................... - 11 Bus Clocks Row refresh cyc time (Trfc)................... - 14 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).................... - 02 Bus Clocks Refresh Period (Tref)......................... - 3120 Cycles DRAM Bank Interleave.......................... - Enabled DQS Skew Control.............................. - Auto DQS Skew Value................................ - 0 DRAM Drive Strength........................... - Auto DRAM Data Drive Strength...................... - Auto Max Async Latency............................. - Auto DRAM Response Time............................ - Normal Read Preamble Time............................ - Auto IdleCycle Limit............................... - 256 Cycles Dynamic Counter............................... - Disable R/W Queue Bypass.............................. - 16 x Bypass Max.................................... - 07 x 32 Byte Granularity........................... - Disable(4 Bursts) Logan I'm testing them out now. I'll give memtest a few passes just to make sure it all checks out, then go from there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big B Posted January 1, 2007 Okay, I fell asleep during memtest, and I started getting errors in test 7 after 15 full passes. Any suggestions? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sharp Posted January 1, 2007 Try this, Make sure that all 4 power connectors are plugged into the board # 24pin ATX connector. # 4pin +12v P4 connector, near the ATX connector. # Floppy power connector, under the CPU socket. # Hard drive power connector, on top the chipset fan. Clear your CMOS for 10 minutes # Remove the power cord from the back of the power supply. # Move the CMOS jumper to the clear position and leave it there for 10mins. # Make sure you move it back to the save position after. Insert the memory into the Orange slots Power your PC and enter the BIOS # Change the following, 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)..............2 Min RAS active time (tRAS)...........6 Row precharge time (tRP).............2 Row cycle time (tRC).................11 Row refresh cycle time(tRFC).........14 Row to Row delay (tRRD)..............2 Write recovery time (tWR)............2 Write to read delay (tWTR)...........1 Read to write delay (tRWT)...........4 Refresh period (tREF)................AUTO Write CAS latency (tWCL).............1 DRAM Bank Interleave.................Enabled DQS Skew Control.....................AUTO DQS Skew Value.......................0 DRAM Drive Strength..................Level 8 DRAM Data Drive Strength.............Level 3 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big B Posted January 1, 2007 I do have the 4 power plugs plugged in, but I went ahead and cleared CMOS as directed. I got errors almost instantly with your settings, though. One of my possible issues was that I have the Clear CMOS jumper in the Clear position. I'm gonna give loggan's settings another run and see if that fixes anything. I don't know how drastically this affects things, but my DRAM Drive Strength doesn't have a level 8. It does have the following settings: Weak 1, Normal 1, Weak 2, Normal 2, Weak 3, Normal 3, Weak 4, Normal 4. With my DRAM Data Drive Strength, I have levels 1-3, but no 4. I have Auto available for both. My RAM is rated 2-2-2-8 @ PC3200 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loggan26 Posted January 1, 2007 Can you dl and run A64info and see what the Auto settings are at in windows for both DDS and DDDS.....i never new the older bios had those settings, see what a64info says your set at for Auto. Logan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old_geekster Posted January 1, 2007 Once you have followed the "first build guide", then, enter the BIOS and load "Optimized Defaults". As "Kingfisher" said, you have to have a first build stable before you can move on to bigger and better things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big B Posted January 3, 2007 Guys, I finally found the culprit: one of my Ballistix sticks went belly up on me. I'm currently running the remaining stick at 2-2-2-6 with 11 strong at Prime. I looked at where the errors in memtest were coming from, and it was the same general area. Anyway, I talked to Crucial, and they've got a new stick en route. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thefabe Posted January 3, 2007 Good deal this is why it is always suggested to run memtest with 1 stick at a time after loading optimised defaullts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dready Posted January 2, 2008 I had 3 ballistix sticks die on this board in under a year on a 24/7 week long-prime stable system, with pretty modest voltages / speeds, shame I didn't see your post earlier as your experience mirrored mine identically. The symptom was always the same, system is stable for "X" time period then goes instable, 1 of the sticks having died; system failing memtest86 on every setting, on the 3rd pair I was actually just running at stock speeds then one stick dies again...by that time I was sick of them so I ended up swapping to G-Skills and ebaying off the RMA'd ballisitix pair replacements, they've been solid for 18 months now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bldegle2 Posted January 7, 2008 ditto on the Gskill stuffs, i always seem to gravitate towards their sticks, never had any real problems with them, so i stick with them on 939's. i like the early Adata ddr2 PC800 stuffs on AM2 boards, got tremendous results on the test bench w/4gigs (ran 960 effective w/all four slots populated) when i was investigating whether to upgrade (it is on 'hold' until the current AMD mess clears up)..this was on a cruddy board................. bummer, sooner or later crucial will run out of the same chips and PCB, so replacement sticks will prolly not match older ones, making for new headaches.... laterzzz.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
