Mushkin Black LVL1

[jtworldwide2]

Ok guys

Been having some issues with my ram, i was getting random freeze up in games which i chased the problem for a long long time. Finally i tried downclocking my ram 1 day to the next divider below 200 and my problems went away. Thing is i know im taking a performance hit by doing that.

i have been to the mushkin site trying to get help from the people over there but it has not been helpful.

Things i have tired

1. Upping voltage and setting timings to some suggested by mushkin tech

2. I tried moving the ram from the orange to the yellow slots, this resulted in no boot.

3. 1 stick seems to give me the same problem so i think its a compatibility issue.

 

Ideas?

 

BTW the ram in question is that in my sig, if i cant get this working right it might just give me a reason to get that 2GB OCZ kit.

[Sharp]

Hello,

 

All 4 power connectors plugged into the board?

 

Using both sticks try the following BIOS settings.

GENIE BIOS Setting

>DRAM Configuration..................Press Enter = New Menu

FSB BUS Frequency....................200

DRAM Voltage Control.................3.2V

 

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)..............3

Min RAS active time (tRAS)...........6

Row precharge time (tRP).............3

Row cycle time (tRC).................11

Row refresh cycle time(tRFC).........14

Row to Row delay (tRRD)..............3

Write recovery time (tWR)............2

Write to read delay (tWTR)...........1

Read to write delay (tRWT)...........1

Refresh period (tREF)................AUTO

Write CAS latency (tWCL).............1

DRAM Bank Interleave.................Enabled

 

DQS Skew Control.....................Decrease Skew

DQS Skew Value.......................0

DRAM Drive Strength..................AUTO

DRAM Data Drive Strength.............AUTO

Max Async Latency....................6ns

Dram Response........................Normal

Read Preamble Time...................5ns

Idle Cycle Limit.....................AUTO

Dynamic Counter......................Disabled

R/W Queue Bypass.....................AUTO

Bypass Max...........................AUTO

32 Byte Granularity..................Disable (8 Bursts)

 

Run memtest for a while and see what happens + play some games.

[jtworldwide2]

yes all 4 connectors are plugged into the board, 3.2 volts seem like a lot, do i need some active cooling for that?

[Sharp]

Yes.

 

Are you modules the PC3500 level one?

 

2.8v will be ok if you use 2-3-3-6 (active cooling not required)

[jtworldwide2]

no pc3200 lvl1, Its not BH5, im pretty sure its CH5 but im waiting on confirmation from mushkin on that

[red930]

http://www.techpowerup.com/memdb/

[jtworldwide2]

ok so ch5 it is, ill try upping the voltage some more, they only told me to goto 2.8

[red930]

I never got any real performance out of my Mush Lvl 1 pc3500 2x256,until I jacked the vdimm to 3.3 on my NF2 w/active cooling over the ram.....of course that would void the warranty :shake:

[jtworldwide2]

hey if it cooks it gives me a good reason to buy that 2gb kit, of course that means putting off the LCD longer

[Steeeeve]

hey if it cooks it gives me a good reason to buy that 2gb kit, of course that means putting off the LCD longer

 

Or just trade them in for some new ones because they have a lifetime warrenty

[jtworldwide2]

yeah

Mushkin has been crappy on that as of late though, basically saying its only warentied for the original system it was purchased for....

[jtworldwide2]

using 2.9 volts the timings seem to work just fine, thanks a ton guys!