KrK Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I have a new system that I built from scratch using what are supposed to be high end parts.... but I'm having a lot of problems. Namely, the system won't POST on start-up at all. Never. You have to keep flipping the power (actual switch) on and off, then try to boot, then flip the power off again, repeat, over and over until the system will POST. With the latest BIOS I now get an error message saying the system has detected a failed POST and offers me the option of entering BIOS setup or trying again--- which will again fail. Once you're in Windows Vista things are mostly ok, but the system will from time to time BSOD, or reboot itself, and sometimes you get strange memory messages (like address xxxxxxxx couldn't be referenced) etc Is there a problem with this motherboard and this memory? I didn't see anything while researching before the purchases, but now when search I find several threads here.... something is definitely up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 1, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 1, 2008 Can you tell me what settings you have manually set in the BIOS for both memory and CPU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrK Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Can you tell me what settings you have manually set in the BIOS for both memory and CPU? Ok Hopefully this will help: Main BIOS Screen: http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w199/KrK007/PC%20Settings/MainBIOS1.jpg Processor Settings: http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w199/KrK007/PC%20Settings/ProcessorBIOS.jpg Memory Settings: http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w199/KrK007/PC%20Settings/MemoryBIOS.jpg I'm of course wanting the memory to be at 1333 but I'd rather get this issue with POST'ing and etc resolved before I mess with setting the CPU to 3.00 GHZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 8, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 8, 2008 With the MB and CPU you have you will have to run the memory at DDR1066, you cannot run the memory faster than the CPU FSB with any Intel Chipset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrK Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 With the MB and CPU you have you will have to run the memory at DDR1066, you cannot run the memory faster than the CPU FSB with any Intel Chipset.Well I'm aware I could increase the CPU FSB to 333 (and run the Q6600 at 3.0 Ghz, memory @ 1333) but I wanted to leave any overclocking stability issues out of the discussion at hand. Any recommendations or ideas to try to allow the system to POST normally and run stable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 9, 2008 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 9, 2008 Yes set the memory frequency at DDR667 or DDR800 and set the memory Voltage to what is printed on the modules and set the NB/MCH/SPP Voltage to +.2 Volts over default. And you may have to lower the CPU multiplier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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