onepairofpant Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I have 4gb of corsair dominator 1066 ram (PC-8500) in 4 sticks of 1gb each, it seems to only want to run at ddr800 (PC-6400) and runs automatically with JEDEC standard timings (5-5-5-18 at 800mhz) instead of EPP SPD (5-5-5-15-2T) at 2.2v at 1066mhz If anyone can get this to boot tell me what you did, everytime i try to put in the right settings I have to reset the CMOS just to post and enter the bios which is somewhat scary every time I do it So Far I -Upgraded to the latest bios (1102) -Manually entering the correct timings and voltages -Enabling SLI-Ready Memory (CPUOC 0%) -Enabling SLI-Ready Memory (CPUOC 0%) and setting the Overvoltage on my memory to 2.2v I called Corsair the other day and they recommended these settings which didn't post as well -reset bios to default -disable SLI ready memory (CPUOC 0% / disabled) -overvolt north bridge to 1.5v and memory to 2.2v -unlink cpu and memory and set memory to 1066 -set memory settings to 5-5-5-15 and 2T? A guy in another forum wants me to run these settings becuase he said his work at this but they kind of scare me, why is he over volting so much? change the Aibooster to manual to access some of these options. Sli ready: Disabled (This setting has nothing to do with your graphics configuration) Memory Voltage: 2.2v 1.2V HT: 1.25v NB Core Voltage: 1.5v SB Core Voltage: 1.55v CPU VTT Voltage: 1.25v FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Linked FSB - Memory Ratio: 1:1 Actual FSB (QDR), MHz: 1066 TCL: 5 TRCD: 5 TRP: 5 TRAS: 15 Command Per Clock: 2 TRC: 24 Any recommended settings would be appreciated, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 13, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 13, 2007 With 4 modules you would need to set the memory Frequency at DDR800 and set the memory Voltage to 2.2 Volts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 With 4 modules you would need to set the memory Frequency at DDR800 and set the memory Voltage to 2.2 Volts. whys that? I paid for DDR1066 memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 14, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 14, 2007 That may be the limit of your system not the memory, but I would suggest testing the modules one at a time to make sure its not a failing module or some other problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 That may be the limit of your system not the memory, but I would suggest testing the modules one at a time to make sure its not a failing module or some other problem. how do I go about doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 14, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 14, 2007 Just install them one at a time and then load setup defaults and set the tested settings and Voltage in the Bios and run http://www.memtest.org! But with any ASUS MB you should disable legacy USB when running this program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 I think all my modules are okay though, can I just memtest tonight with all 4 and knock them all out in one punch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 14, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 14, 2007 Yes but I would set the frequency at DDR800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 ram guy i left my ram at ddr800 but when I overvolted it the bios would post but when its suppose to load win vista ultimate 64-bit it just showed a black screen, but it loads with automatic voltage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 I also just memtested last night with version 1.70 bootable ISO. It was on DDR800 and automatic voltage settings and was on for 8 1/2 hours and did 9 passes with 0 errors, standard settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongtom Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Sorry to barge in to your thread but just wondering if the settings in the quote that was postet in the 1. post could damge the ram, or if it is ok to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 no, those settings look as scary as hell so I didn't try them, in the asustek forum some guy gave me some other settings ill try them out they look safer I have the P5N32-E SLI with an E6600 and the Corsair Dominator PC-8500. No overclocks at all. As others have stated, all I had to do was set it to run linked 1:1 and overvolt the ram to 2.2v. My system is 100% stable. edit: okay I just tried these settings of course it resets, screen stays black, then the monitor turns off, no post. Since the ramguy hasn't responded to this thread for 2-3 days now I have to think that corsair is clueless about how to solve this, I recommend you guys get a A5N32-E SLI board in your lab, its a nforce 680i board and its an asus, its not that uncommon and I can see a lot of people here are having the same issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongtom Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 If RAM GUY see this, maybe we could have his opinion of those settings also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 18, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 18, 2007 The PSU you have may not be big enough for this configuration, that Video card requires about 26 Amps on the 12 Volt Rail by itself and the memory will need about 45 Watts with 4 modules. Plus the rest of your system components This MB with 4 modules like I have said before you will likely need to run the memory at DDR800 and you have to be running a 1066 FSB CPU. I would try the settings after you load setup defaults: SLi ready: Disabled Memory Voltage: 2.2v NForce SPP Voltage: 1.5v CPU FSB Voltage 1.4 TCL: 4 TRCD: 4 TRP: 4 TRAS: 12 Command Per Clock: 2 TRC: 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 The PSU you have may not be big enough for this configuration, that Video card requires about 26 Amps on the 12 Volt Rail by itself and the memory will need about 45 Watts with 4 modules. Plus the rest of your system components This MB with 4 modules like I have said before you will likely need to run the memory at DDR800 and you have to be running a 1066 FSB CPU. I would try the settings after you load setup defaults: SLi ready: Disabled Memory Voltage: 2.2v NForce SPP Voltage: 1.5v CPU FSB Voltage 1.4 TCL: 4 TRCD: 4 TRP: 4 TRAS: 12 Command Per Clock: 2 TRC: 24 I don't think its my PSU, though its only 550watts is very efficient, and I have 54 amps on all my 3 +12v combined. I have no problem running the memory right now at DDR800, my goal was 1066 to sync it with the CPU's FSB my board automatically detects ddr800 and though I have no way of telling what automatic is doing its probably running right now at the JEDEC EPP standard of 5-5-5-18, are you telling me to put these settings to increase my preformance so it'll be more "ddr 1066" like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 18, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 18, 2007 We have tested this MB with modules with the settings I gave you. But there are some who have reported they could not run at 1066 with these settings. This would suggest it was a maybe just that users configuration. The PSU you have would need to provide 26 Amps on one Rail I would ask the maker of the PSU if they are shared or limited to 18 Amps each, like our PSU can provide up to 34 Amps on one Rail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 okay well I tried these settings last night but I couldn't find the one in bold, what do you mean exactly? I would try the settings after you load setup defaults: SLi ready: Disabled Memory Voltage: 2.2v NForce SPP Voltage: 1.5v CPU FSB Voltage 1.4 TCL: 4 TRCD: 4 TRP: 4 TRAS: 12 Command Per Clock: 2 TRC: 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 20, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 20, 2007 To many MB's to remember, but it might be called NB Core Voltage: 1.4v for that MB. I have not looked at that MB for more than a year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 okay well i tried these settings and it posts, but vista blue screened as soon as I logged in with my password. I'm getting blue screens though every other day, please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 9, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 9, 2007 You need to be using http://www.memtest.org to test the system. And you will need to have a patch to run more than 3 Gig in Win Vista, just do a search for the version of Vista you have with more than 3.0 Gig if memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 You need to be using http://www.memtest.org to test the system. And you will need to have a patch to run more than 3 Gig in Win Vista, just do a search for the version of Vista you have with more than 3.0 Gig if memory. ive already memtested the system overnight and installed the hotfix for the 4gb issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 13, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 13, 2007 Please check the stop error code you are getting at http://www.microsoft.com/live if you cannot catch it look in the Event log in Computer Management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 Please check the stop error code you are getting at http://www.microsoft.com/live if you cannot catch it look in the Event log in Computer Management. what do you mean exactly? I found that area but i cant find blue screen logs, to me the BSOD seem to be random and getting more frequent, help please! whats the most important setting to get my system stable? I can't seem to post with full settings, what should I adjust in order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onepairofpant Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 ram guy do you recommend I just sell my current PSU and get a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 23, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 23, 2007 Look in the event Viewer under system log for the stop errors. And what are the exact settings you have set for BOTH CPU and memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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