SRJ Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hey all, I just put together a new build and whilst I can boot into Vista in triple channel-all banks filled, I can't boot from a floppy drive with more than one bank filled. POST is completed and the FDD seek performed but then it just stops. If I remove two of the banks the PC boots correctly. I've confirmed that this is note related to one specific bank by moving the memory from one bank to another in all configurations (1/-/- and -/1/- and -/-/1 and 1/1/- etc..). Nothing changed with booting from the FDD only possible with only one bank filled. I modified the BIOS settings as follows with nil change: DRAM Voltage 1.65V CPU VTT +80mV IMC Enabled XMP Disabled tCL 8 tRCD 8 tRP 8 tRAS 24 CR 1 The weird thing is, is that I've seen this board run with all banks filled albeit with a more latent XMS3 version (I think they were the 1333C9s). Am thinking I'm going to have to take the memory back and pay the penalty, or go without a floppy or change the memory back to 1333. Have also tried dropping the frequency back to 1333 and lower with all banks filled without success. Why would it work with all banks filled but at a lower speed but not at the higher speed DIMMs even when run at the lower speed? Sticker on back of box lists the RAM as TR3X6G1600C8 G. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 19, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 19, 2009 Are you saying that you have two sets and all 6 slots filled or just three modules and what happens if you use a CD rather than a floppy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRJ Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Sorry for the confusion. The Flamingblade only has 3 DIMM banks not 6. In my case, the FDC cannot be used (in DOS or Windows) if more than one of the slots is filled irrespective of which slot the memory is in. I can boot from a USB key and CD without a problem but the FDC fails everytime. I've run memtest (after booting from a USB stick) through the RAM in triple-channel configuration (ie. all slots filled) without any errors. I'm now running it through each stick one by one but I doubt it will fail. What I can't work out is why 1333Mhz Corsair XMS3 works, but 1600Mhz doesn't. This suggests triple-channel works (I've had the mobo tried with one slot filled and all three slots and it works fine) and it's a incompatability with the RAM sticks when in triple-channel mode. Even when I drop the speed to 1333Mhz in the BIOS, it still doesn't work. Would dropping the CAS/RAS etc. to 10-10-10 or similar help? Frankly, I'm now at a point where I wonder if I should be moving away from this motherboard or changing the RAM both which will costs me in some way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRJ Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 No matter what I did, I simply couldn't get the FDC to work with three banks of 1600Mhz RAM fitted. :mad: I've since swapped the board for a Gigabyte EX58 EXTREME and the RAM works fine :D:.... (well I'm assuming that as I've not yet finished running through memtest86). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 20, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 20, 2009 I would suggest talking to FOXConn that would suggest a bug in their BIOS, if it were a memory problem it would not boot to any device and you would be getting some type of memory error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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