Geil value 3200 and DFI SLI-D

Andeh

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Is there known compatibility issues between these 2? Because I simply cannot get XP to install using this memory in this board. Memtest reports thousands of errors and I cannot get past the initial xp setup without a blue screen, or a restart.

I have found, however, that slowing the memory down to DDR200 speed (instead of DDR400) I can get past the XP setup and I can install XP, but then when XP boots, I get another blue screen just after the cursor appears. Is there any solution? and if not, can anyone recommend good memory for this board?

oh and just to rule out the memory being faulty, I have used this memory for almost a year in my A8V Deluxe without any problems.

Cheers.
 
The SLI-D was notorious for being very very picky about which memory it would accept.
 
Try the ram in the other slots? there should be a pair of orange and a pair of yellow slots and try the other (i remember recommendations in the manual of which branded memory worked better in which slot and laughed at the strangeness of it.....)
 
im not entirely sure how to setup the RAM, all I know is what it tells me on the RAM itself, which is CL=3-8-4-4
 
How many sticks is it you are using?

If it's 2 x 512MB or 2 x 1GB try them in the other memory slots.

You can first of all try setting all the memory settings to Auto and hope for the best.

If that doesn't work and you are overclocking then put everything to stock values until you have the memory problem figured out.

You might want to clear the CMOS and load the defaults in the BIOS as a fresh starting point.

First thing to try is setting Command per Clock to Disabled. It might work fine with 2T instead of 1T and don't worry about running 2T to get it stable as it's not a huge performance loss. If 2T doesn't work then put it back to defaults.

If the memory still isn't working properly then it could be the default DRAM Drive Strength and DRAM Data Drive Strength so read up on those BIOS options and tweak them. If your tweaks don't work then put them back to defaults.

If you still have problems then read up on the DRAM Response Time and the Read Preamble Time and tweak them. If your tweaks don't work then put them back to defaults.

I used to be a bit of a DFI socket 939 specialist and I learned just about everything there is to do with configuring the BIOS memory settings so for now I would try the above as those are usually the most often needed tweaks and hopefully one of them will fix your problems.

Another thing is that if the memory chips on the sticks are made by Hynix then that could be your problem because it's well known your board doesn't like them at all although you might be able to tweak the memory settings to get it to work but it would likely be a lot of trial and error and web searching to find settings to try.

Also if you can get Windows installed with 1 stick installed running at even the slowest settings then you are better to do that and then download A64Info and post a picture of the memory settings it shows and I might be able to tell right away which settings need tweaked to get it to run at it's proper speed.
 
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If a rember right that board has two of the timming the wrong way round for some reason.
How are you getting on Andeh?.
 
str said:
How many sticks is it you are using?

If it's 2 x 512MB or 2 x 1GB try them in the other memory slots.
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its 2 x 1GB and ive tried many different combinations, still yields the same results
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You can first of all try setting all the memory settings to Auto and hope for the best.
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Yep tried that, same results.
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If that doesn't work and you are overclocking then put everything to stock values until you have the memory problem figured out.
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Everything is at stock
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You might want to clear the CMOS and load the defaults in the BIOS as a fresh starting point.
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Also tried that too.
str said:
First thing to try is setting Command per Clock to Disabled. It might work fine with 2T instead of 1T and don't worry about running 2T to get it stable as it's not a huge performance loss. If 2T doesn't work then put it back to defaults.
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right, this yielded positive results. When I disabled this, it eliminated 99% of the errors I was getting in memtest. Although by test 4 I usually end up with one or 2 errors in one address. And Prime 95 goes for about 3 hours before it halts with an error.
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If the memory still isn't working properly then it could be the default DRAM Drive Strength and DRAM Data Drive Strength so read up on those BIOS options and tweak them. If your tweaks don't work then put them back to defaults.
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I dont know anything about this options, although I read an A64 overclocking guide which described all of the memory options on this board, and tried a couple of different settings that it recommended, but didnt turn up any results.
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If you still have problems then read up on the DRAM Response Time and the Read Preamble Time and tweak them. If your tweaks don't work then put them back to defaults.
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Same story here.
str said:
I used to be a bit of a DFI socket 939 specialist and I learned just about everything there is to do with configuring the BIOS memory settings so for now I would try the above as those are usually the most often needed tweaks and hopefully one of them will fix your problems.
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Maybe you could help me over msn sometime. My main computer is right next to the computer im having this trouble with.
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Another thing is that if the memory chips on the sticks are made by Hynix then that could be your problem because it's well known your board doesn't like them at all although you might be able to tweak the memory settings to get it to work but it would likely be a lot of trial and error and web searching to find settings to try.
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It's Geil memory, so it has the blue heat spreaders on it. is there another way to find who made the chips?
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Also if you can get Windows installed with 1 stick installed running at even the slowest settings then you are better to do that and then download A64Info and post a picture of the memory settings it shows and I might be able to tell right away which settings need tweaked to get it to run at it's proper speed.
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I have windows installed now, and i will try A64info

Cheers :)
 
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Yes, its overclocked now, but thats after i disabled 1T.
 
That's great you got it close to stable now.

right, this yielded positive results. When I disabled this, it eliminated 99% of the errors I was getting in memtest. Although by test 4 I usually end up with one or 2 errors in one address. And Prime 95 goes for about 3 hours before it halts with an error.
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Was this with stock settings ie no overclocking or lower memory divider?

It's Geil memory, so it has the blue heat spreaders on it. is there another way to find who made the chips?
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It's been so long that I doubt it's possible to find out. There used to be a list on the xtremesystems forums but maybe even that won't have the info. Usually the only way to find out is to remove the headspreaders but I definately would not recommend doing that.

I don't have MSN or anything like that.

I need to see the non-overclocked screenshots as when overclocking and especially using a memory divider the board automatically tweaks some of the settings.

For overclocking the main aspect is you need the correct non-overclocked memory settings to use so you can manually set them in the BIOS and then you should be able to overclock and/or use a different memory divider without having to worry about the board auto tweaking some of the settings.
 
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my board keeps killing my ram, or doing something because it sucks.. i think i will avoid DFI next time, i only got it because it was supposed to be good and stable at overclocking.. pffft same with my last DFI board.

having any luck yet with being stable?
 
im going to try what str said, tomorrow when i get in from work. ill put everything back to stock and post screenshots of the memory settings
 
With no overclock (default HTT and multiplier etc and memory divider at 200) try the MAL and RP higher values of 10 and 8 in the BIOS and you probably should also manually set all the other memory settings in the BIOS like you see them in A64Info.

Then try a memtest and see if you still get errors.

If you do still get errors then it's likely you need to increase TRC and TRFC so you could try for example 12 and 24 (can't remember the max but I suspect it's at least 24). You can also try increasing the others that are set to 2 like try each at 3 for those that can go that high.

Apart from that everything looks pretty much standard and should be fine.
 
well ive tried all that and the results are still the same, so ive RMA'd the memory to Geil in Taiwan. Hopefully ill get some replacement modules and they will work properly.

Edit: Funny thing. I found a gig (2x512) of generic DDR400 to stick in the computer untill my replacement arrives, and to my amazement, not only does it actually work, without producing any errors in memtest, but it runs at 1T timing AND I can get the machine up to 2.7ghz lol. Strange things happen :P
 
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