edmundpratt Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi guys, Ive just built a new computer using Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC2-8500. My motherboard is and ASUS P5KC and the im using a C2D E8400. the motherboard wont post whenever i try to up the ram speed to the certified 1066MHz, ive tried setting the voltage to 2.1V manually and that made no difference either. any ideas? thanks ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmundpratt Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 right ive got it running an 1000MHz but i cant get that last bit! i put in the 5-5-5-15, 2.1V, PCIe=100MHz, settings and it would boot with DRAM frequency = 1000MHz but not with 1067MHz? any ideas? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 What version is your DRAM? Your BIOS. Keep in mind that this board has issues with high frequency DRAM. This motherboard is a combination of great and worrying. While the odd EIDE port and lack of PS/2 mouse support may put you off, the major issues are the performance hit in the multitasking test and the memory controller's dislike for high-frequency RAM. The issue of the flaky memory controller is mitigated by the low price, and the type of product this is; you'll only buy this if you plan to upgrade to DDR3 next year, by which time it may have a more robust BIOS. More importantly, DDR3 will be cheaper and may deliver good performance at fairly low frequencies (we'd hope for 1,333MHz at least). http://www.custompc.co.uk/reviews/125932/asus-p5kc.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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