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Hello all,
Recently built my girlfriend a pc and thought whilst buying the bits, i'd replace my RAM, 4Gb G.Skill 6400 with some OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2.
As i wont be clocking hers too much, its more than adequate for her needs, and I thought the OCZ would be better suited for my set up as I had oc'd the G.Skill to 912Mhz, which hasnt caused any problems, but thought rather than oc'ing, i could just use RAM rated higher.
Right, the first, and most important issue is with my gf's pc. When i install more than 1 RAM chip, the PC crashes on start up. I've swapped both sets of RAM, and it happens with both, so thats out. I've tried to manually configure the speeds and voltages, and whilst it seemed to improve things, it still crashed!
Basically when 2 chips are installed, the screen goes blank during boot up and it just freezes. With one chip it works fine, and I've tested all chips individually. Sometimes there are coloured lines across the screen.
Motherboard is Asus P5Q-EM Intel G45 Micro-ATX, processor is Q6600.
Any idea's on this? Im thinking other voltages may need to go up, but seems odd for an unclocked set up to be having this sort of problem?
Second problem is with my PC and the OCZ RAM! It seems to be impossible clock it any further than the G.Skill at 912Mhz. Anything higher and it either wont boot or fails prime blend within a minute. Im very confused as i thought being a faster rated ram, it shouldn't be struggling to achieve the small increases I have tried. I've increased the DRAM voltage to the recommended amount, but this has made no improvement. Im guessing that perhaps by increasing the FSB speed, i should also start to be increasing the voltage?
Anyone able to explain what i'm doing wrong?
Current set up can be found in my sig (only difference is the ram). I've tried manipulating FSB, Multiplier and Ratio's, but not found a combo that would allow an improvement. Do i need to start increasing MB's voltages?
Thanks in advance! Really need some help!
Recently built my girlfriend a pc and thought whilst buying the bits, i'd replace my RAM, 4Gb G.Skill 6400 with some OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2.
As i wont be clocking hers too much, its more than adequate for her needs, and I thought the OCZ would be better suited for my set up as I had oc'd the G.Skill to 912Mhz, which hasnt caused any problems, but thought rather than oc'ing, i could just use RAM rated higher.
Right, the first, and most important issue is with my gf's pc. When i install more than 1 RAM chip, the PC crashes on start up. I've swapped both sets of RAM, and it happens with both, so thats out. I've tried to manually configure the speeds and voltages, and whilst it seemed to improve things, it still crashed!
Basically when 2 chips are installed, the screen goes blank during boot up and it just freezes. With one chip it works fine, and I've tested all chips individually. Sometimes there are coloured lines across the screen.
Motherboard is Asus P5Q-EM Intel G45 Micro-ATX, processor is Q6600.
Any idea's on this? Im thinking other voltages may need to go up, but seems odd for an unclocked set up to be having this sort of problem?
Second problem is with my PC and the OCZ RAM! It seems to be impossible clock it any further than the G.Skill at 912Mhz. Anything higher and it either wont boot or fails prime blend within a minute. Im very confused as i thought being a faster rated ram, it shouldn't be struggling to achieve the small increases I have tried. I've increased the DRAM voltage to the recommended amount, but this has made no improvement. Im guessing that perhaps by increasing the FSB speed, i should also start to be increasing the voltage?
Anyone able to explain what i'm doing wrong?
Current set up can be found in my sig (only difference is the ram). I've tried manipulating FSB, Multiplier and Ratio's, but not found a combo that would allow an improvement. Do i need to start increasing MB's voltages?
Thanks in advance! Really need some help!
Think its because i've not found my Max FSB, so trying to reduce the multiplier and increase the FSB is causing the instability. CPU is very happy at 3.51GHz and the RAM worked fine at 1066MHz when experimenting with lower FSB, so im sure its just a case of trial and error 
Thanks for the suggestion, it was somethnig i thought about, but being slightly green in the area i wasnt sure i wanted to take the risk, plus wasnt sure if it would make the warrenty viod.