kingdingeling Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Are you sure it's not the RAM holding you back? Cause from the info you just gave, it seems as if you keep the RAM at 1.95V's, which surely is very low for the orange GeIL sticks! Mine back when I had them needed 2.1-2.2V's to get anywhere, but then again those were the old revision with Micron ICs... I'd try giving the mem some juice, especially if you're running it 450MHz @ 4-4-4-12! [Ninja-Edit] Also, have you disabled the first 4 options in the CPU Feature menu? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Yep, first 4 options disabled. The RAM ticks along fine at 1.95v @ 450MHz 4-4-4-12 when running 3600MHz, is there any reason to believe it would be unstable at 430MHz? (I think I have tried loosening timings as well, which didn't help). I suppose it can't hurt to give them more voltage. They are rated to 2.3v after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Exactly my point! If they do 450MHz @ 1.95V's, sure, great, but if you're trying past that, just bump the mem voltage to 2.1 or more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) I'm not trying past that, that was my point. 450 x 8 = 3600MHz 430 x 9 = 3870Mhz I'm not silly. Edited March 14, 2008 by jammin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 How about lower multi action with higher FSBs? Maybe you're in a FSB hole of your mobo? Maybe you are silly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 No, no I'm not. I have tried some lower multi runs as well (I had the same thought as you), but ran into similar problems. I have even tried out the 8.5 multiplier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Mhh, FSB hole springs to mind, maybe a MASSIVE one... have you tried ridiculous FSBs? Like just skipping 100MHz, or something like that? Dunno if the RAM will do that though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Massive FSB hole seems unlikely to me, especially as stability still goes up with increases in CPU voltage. I'm just looking for an alternative to dumping a ridiculous level of voltage through it to get anywhere near 4GHz. Anyone else have any suggestions? I'm really running out of ideas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Yep, first 4 options disabled. The RAM ticks along fine at 1.95v @ 450MHz 4-4-4-12 when running 3600MHz, is there any reason to believe it would be unstable at 430MHz? (I think I have tried loosening timings as well, which didn't help). I suppose it can't hurt to give them more voltage. They are rated to 2.3v after all. One way to rule the RAM out, is perhaps getting hold of some that you know has better chips guaranteed. The GeIL Oranges I have are a mix of 2x Micron and 2xnon-micron and the non-micron are nothing but trouble With DDR2 at such low prices ... worth a shot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 He's got the old GeILs though! They should be Micron! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 He's got the old GeILs though! They should be Micron! I thought these were the ones he won, which surely would be newer ones? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted March 14, 2008 Posted March 14, 2008 Doubt it! Considering the clocks he got out of them, I highly doubt those are the new ones! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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