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VDimm mod installled - Am I too high?


turbo-serve

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And I don't mean spiritually or chemically!

 

Just a little question, so... was at 248X10 with a couple of errors in MemTest-86 1st pass of test#5 (OK thereafter) at 250X10. Installed the VDimm mod and powered up, XP booted OK and Hardware doc tells me the VDimm Voltage is 3.4V (was 3.25V ish). This is where I wanted to end up so I'm a bit surprised since I set the pot to max resistance (200K) to start.

 

Anyway ran Memtest-86 and still had the same two errors. It felt like I was being deceived and the voltage was at pre mod, so a little tweak later and I'm at 3.6V (Hardware doc) and no memtest errors till 255FSB.

 

Set the system at 254X10 and primes for an hour and 3D2001/3/5 all OK.

 

Been like this for 3 days and all seems very well but wouldn't want to trash these memory sticks for the sake of 60MHz.

 

Is this a reasonable thing to do or is it nuts?

 

Regards

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@turbo-serve:

I, once, also had those same memory sticks from Geill, but i found out that in one way or another those sticks are not working very well on a LanParty Ultra B (maybe also on infinity). I replaced them by some mushkin pc3500 bh-5 sticks and it made a world of a difference.

 

So for me the match DFI LP Rev. B - Geill DDR Sticks was not a good one. Maybe the same thing goes for your rig, so if you're able to test with other sticks, please do and let us know.

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Thanks AG, don't think these are BH5's since the timings are a bit odd. Don't feel the urge to pull heat spreaders to have a look. Think I'll just leave as is for the moment.

 

Wizard, I think a few others on this forum have said the same. Haven't anything else to try other than a stick of value ram PC3200 in daughters PC. That stick was actually a replacement RMA 'cause I'd taken the A7V8X board to max mem voltage and it didn't like it. Better not try it or she won't be very happy. it's a bit too expensive to buy another pair for a few of extra MHz. Probably wait till I upgrade to 64 bits (maybe a Christmas present!). Still, 254X10 aint bad.

 

Regards

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