Snowball Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 The GA-P35-DS4 motherboard states: "4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory". I visited Corsair's website and used their configurator to look for compatible memory modules with the GA-P35-DS4 motherboard, and it showed their TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX modules are compatible. Unfortunately these are 2.1 Volt modules, not 1.8V. I'd really like CAS4 modules running at DDR2 800MHz, which the motherboard supports, but can't seem to see any at 1.8v. What are my options? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted March 5, 2008 Corsair Employee Share Posted March 5, 2008 I am sorry but you will not find any modules at Cas 4 less than 2.1 Volts. Sorry. The only option for you would be Twin2x2048-6400C5DHX or Twin2x4096-6400C5DHX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowball Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hi, thanks. I've just taken a look at the Gigabyte P35-DS4 mobo manual, and the BIOS allows you to overvolt the DDR2 system by up to +1.55Volts. Below show relevant screengrabs of the BIOS/manual: http://i32.tinypic.com/iylgmb.png http://i28.tinypic.com/nytcvs.png Couldn't I just overvolt the DDR2 system by +0.3Volts (in other words overvolt it from 1.8 to 2.1Volts), and then use 2.1Volt memory modules (such as these TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX)? Is that OK to do? Would there be any problems with that? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Couldn't I just overvolt the DDR2 system by +0.3Volts (in other words overvolt it from 1.8 to 2.1Volts), and then use 2.1Volt memory modules (such as these TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX)? Is that OK to do? Would there be any problems with that? You are not overvolting the DRAM. You are actually volting the DRAM to its proper specifications and yes, you certainly can raise by +0.3v from JEDEC of 1.8v. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowball Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 Thanks for the confirmation! :biggrin: Was referring to overvolting the DDR2 voltage specification of the mobo, rather than the RAM itself, but you knew what I meant. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Sure thing :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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