Help with new C2Q build

[VirtualHogger]

In building my new PC, I followed Crazy_Nate's Build Guide pretty closely and was extremely happy when it posted the first time I hit the power button. Great guide!

However, I am getting some errors in MemTest86+ 2.11, not sure if it is my RAM or my MB settings. (See specs below) I set the timings at 5-5-5-15, (was detected as such in Auto mode, but changed it to manual per the guide). Noticed that DRAM voltage was at 2.096 in Auto, changed it manually to 2.090. Would it be advisable to go to 2.100? DRAM Frequency on Auto is 533MHz, that looks correct to me.

There's a ton of other settings that are on Auto that I didn't touch, maybe I should (like XMP and other performance enhancing features)? Any suggestions that may help here would be most appreciated.

I am going to test one stick at a time and see if that makes any difference. (Yeah, yeah, I got impatient and put em both in. ) I'm at work now, or I'd be testing instead of typing.

 

Here's my new rig's specs:

Intel Q9400 @ 2.66GHz

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro F/HS

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P MB

G Skill 2X2GB DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) 5-5-5-15 2.0-2.1V

LG SATA DVDRW

WD Caviar Black 500GB HDD X2

MSI GeForce GTX 260

[ccokeman]

I would go with 2.1 and check what divider it is running on. A,B,C,D. The B and D seem to be more stable on X48 GB boards

[VirtualHogger]

Thanks, ccokeman. :thumbs-up:

I downloaded the latest BIOS (f9) and flashed and reset. Reset the RAM settings and set the DRAM voltage up to 2.1 and tested the sticks with Memtest86+ one at a time without errors, then tested with both installed and it ran Memtest86+ for 10 hours without an error.

I got Windows 7 64-bit installed and installed the chipset drivers and nvidia drivers. Ready to run Prime95 now.