Getting the most out of my memory ?

Wheeey, I think I managed it. I took both RAM chips out to test each one indiviadually and noticed the sticker was half rubbed off, I looked closer and noticed they are supposed to run at 1.9 volts, so I tried that, switched to 8oomhz and voila :

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Does that look more like it ? If you double up the frequency figure you get around 1600mhz.

The only thing I'm concerned about is when I manually set 1.9 volts in the bios the text went red, is this cause for concern or just a warning not to go much further ?
 
That looks fine to me.

The red writing was probably just because most RAM will run at about 1.5v. Where yours is so high, it is just a way for the bios to draw your attention to it, just in case it was an accident.

It took a while, but you got there in the end. :cool:

P.S. Now you can start to overclock it! :D
 
Spoke to soon, I left my system running for half an hour and came back to it only to find it frozen on the bubble screensaver. The power button wouldnt work so I had to reset without shutting down. I rebooted and the OS lasted about 20 seconds before freezing up again. Either the RAM doesnt like my mobo or my crappy (405w) power supply is to blame ? Could an underpowered PSU cause a system to freeze ?

I switched back to 667 at the same volts and all is fine. I may decrease the voltage back to 1.7/8 though as it makes no difference to the DRAM Frequency. :(
 
One of the most important components is the psu. I could possibly be the problem, but before you start swapping things, try running memtest. hopefully that will help point the finger of blame.
 
I just had a thought.

The RAM that you said you have is meant to run at 1.7v according to their website.
A sticker on the RAM says that it should be run at 1.9v.

How sure are you that you have the RAM you think you have?

If it is different, then the timings might be different as well.
 
Well I finally got there, all I needed was a simple bios update for my motherboard and I am now running 7-7-7-24 @ 800mhz(x2) stable @ 1.9 volts.

It has been a fairly steep learning curve but I feel I have definitely gone a step further into geekdom considering all I could do before was change boot priority :D

Thanks a lot for all your help and patience, it's much appreciated.
 
I am just glad that it is finally all working as it should.

As much as it might of been a steep learning curve, it is one that you wont ever forget!

Now, enjoy overclocking it! :D
 
put timing to 9-9-9-24 and increase the frequency :)

the reason you have a voltage that high is because its on 7-7-7 so increasing it to 9-9-9 will help you decrease the voltage.*

(1.65V is the max recommended by both Intel and motherboard manufacturers.)

* It won't really effect your performance.
 
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