laserred Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Well, I had to share this, cause I know everyone will get a good laugh out of it. A couple days ago, as evidenced by my For Sale thread, I bought a Thermalright HR-05 SLI. As everyone and their mother knows (except for me), the SLI model will not work on the Expert because of the slot spacing. Anyways, I've made it a practice to clear my BIOS any time I am removing/replacing components, even if it is the same ones. Anyways, I put my rig back together, and set everything the way I remembered (D'OH!) and proceeded to see how the HR-05 did after I moved my 7900GT to the lower slot. It dropped my NB temps between 22-30*F!! Anyways, for some odd reason, I couldn't get my memory to OC past ~238-240MHz, no matter what I did! I found I was able to reach my previous high OC's (around 2880 CPU) but memory would only go into the 230s, instead of the high 260s like it did. So, I did what every person would do (I'd like to think). I pulled off the HR-05, made sure I didn't crack the core, tried again, no luck. So I bought another Expert from the Egg- this should fix it, right? Nope. Same problems. So I think, maybe the memory controller took a crap, and stuck in my spare FX-55. Same thing. Next, maybe my memory somehow took a crap. So I pull out my spare TCCD PC4800, pop it in, and immediately it hit me like a .-ton of bricks as I was punching in my memory timings for the TCCD- Dummy Me was trying to use CAS 2.5 for the 5B-F sticks, when I know damn well it needs CAS 3 for anything over 240! So anyways, if anybody is looking to pick up an Expert board, PM me I knew this would brighten your day that somebody had a more boneheaded mistake than you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
granulf Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Made me laugh at least . It's a good idea to check every possible factor before buying anything new, but cas 2.5 vs. 3.0 is very easy to spot indeed! I'm surprised you didn't notice until now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laserred Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Well, like I said, I "remembered" my RAM used CAS 2.5, instead of making a list of working settings, and checking it twice. I checked everything else twice but the obvious Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
granulf Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 I see . That's why I like to use CMOS Reloaded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 do like I do...I put a sheet of paper on the wall with settings...all of them...and if I have to clear the cmos..I refer to the paper... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laserred Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Yeah, I know, and I normally do it. But I've done it so many times I assured myself I knew what my settings were... this was the problem from the other day, Doc. I'm just glad I got it fixed, even if I do deserve the Dunce cap and a few hours in the corner.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 *cough* Your sig is oversized too man. (50KB limit, I'm currently seeing 68KB) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laserred Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 I'll work on it, Dan. It's a holdover from pre-1/4, I don't know how to reduce the disk size req'd. Tips? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 I use Windows power toys... The image resizer...you select the custom field and just play with it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laserred Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Just play with it... image resizer... umm, I have to go to my AC Circuits class now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollietwinam Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 You use Photoshop CS2 yeah? Use the Save for Web function, choose .GIF or .PNG, and adjust til you get 50kb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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