Domy Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 I am having problems with my new board posting successfully with the memory running at 5-5-5-15 or 5-5-5-18 at 2.1 - 2.3v. After about 2 shut downs it finally posts and says overclocking failed, please change settings etc. and its 1066 which is default, but the board is detecting it as overclocked even though the board can handle this memory. it runs and posts successfully with 1 memory only at 1066 speed though. i have tried al memory banks in a bunch of ways also. Please help, i dont wana run it at lower speeds = waste of money. Intel Q6600 @ 3.5Ghz CM2X2048-8500C5D kit Asus Maximus Formula motherboard Thermaltake Toughpower 700 watt PSU Creative Labs Fatal1ty sound card Nvidia 768mb 8800 Ultra Watercooled - cpu, vga and southbridge :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Please update your system specs here: http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/profile.php?do=extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domy Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 I updated the specs, but i already noted them in my thread ;): Please tell me why it says im overclocking the ram but im not? anything below 1066 will work, like im ocing the cpu to 3.5 flawlesy with this motherboard and memory is like at 1037 and it posts fine. but anything over 1066, even 1088 etc wont work, even at 2.3v and looser 5-5-5-18 timings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 CM2X2048-8500C5D? Are you certain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domy Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Correction, its TWIN2X2048-8500C5D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 I hope you got your problem fixed Domy, I'm getting that mobo too and have those memory you have. I do know of someone that is running with the same basic setup and is rock solid with it. Good luck m8, and keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domy Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Thats a negative, it is not solved yet cause noone has helped me yet :). I ran mem test and no errors found. bios is fulled updated etc. Im out of options here.... something is tricking the mobo into thinking that the default 1066mhz speed is overclocked and is failing. timings and voltage are right too. im happy with 5.9 rating across the board in vista and wont complain with 1037mhz, but would like to do more cause its capable!!! please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I would think that your overclocked settings are failing on the system. Do you have any issues when not overclocked? What are your entire Overclock settings on your system BIOS? Have you tested with Prime95 for stability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 What kind of results were you getting before you updated you bios? I have heard of some guys going back to 0401. On some boards the 0505 bios fixes the vdroop issue but some of the memroy dividerd are broken while others are having no issues at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domy Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Oh, i will try reverting back to the original bios it came with then, so see if that fixes the problem, it cant hurt. meanwhile i cant even mess with my pc atm because my video card went bad and msi is replacing it -they better for $600 dollars-, i wont get the new one prob for a week or little more :mad: I hate it when some boards work better than others on the same model!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I hate it when some boards work better than others on the same model!!!!!! This is quite common though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domy Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 So why hasnt the ram guy helped me out yet :( oh and before i even overclocked the cpu it still didnt work at 1066 speeds or more... so i dunno. What do you think ram guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 23, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 23, 2007 Try it with out over clocking! Please make sure that you have the latest Bios version and then load setup/optimized defaults and set the Dim Voltage to 2.1 volts (+.3 Volts W/Giga-Byte) and then set the timings manually to the tested settings for the specific module you have, or if you have Value Select "BY SPD" and then test the module/'s one at a time with http://www.memtest.org! If you still get errors, please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! However, if you get errors with both modules that would suggest some other problem and I would test them in another system or MB to be sure. In addition, with some MB's (Mostly ASUS) you have to disable legacy USB in the bios when running any memory test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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