2-2-2-5 1T = Windows could not find file etc?

Soldato
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Howdy,

I have been gradually changing my ram timings and running Orthos for 30mins on Priority 10 after each change, and when I reach 2-3-2-5 1T Orthos runs fine and everything seems ok (I will do a longer test later).

But when I change my tRCD to 2 to get 2-2-2-5 1T 200 I get the below error after a successful post screen (just when windows is suppose to load):

Windows XP said:
Windows could not start because the following file was missing:

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

You can attempt to repair this file by inserting your WIndows XP setup disc and selecting Repeair on the setup etc etc.

So I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL and get back to my BIOS (no CMOS alterations required, it goes back in no probs) and set tRCD back to 3 and all is well again.

I tried uping my DDR Voltage from 2.75 to 2.8 then 2.9 although I didn't think that woudl be it and still same issue. I also set my HTF to 3x so that was running at 600mhz to see if that had anything to do with it, still same problem? CPU-Z says my DDR Frequncy is at 201mhz, so thats not over the top?

I got 2x Corsair twinx1024-3200c2 = 2GB

The strange thing is, yesterday I was fiddling with my CPU speeds, and I managed to boot into windows with 2-2-2-5 1T at one point... so the RAM can handle it.

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?

ta

Steve M
 
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