HELP : 4gb now no boot?

harris1986 · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:28

ok guy just picked up my 2x1gb of pc6400 OCZ plats today, and after putting them in my rig my comp won't post?

the power light just flashes and my gfx card fan goes to max and the hard drives won't spin up?

both sticks work as i've tried this.

any help or ideas?

Cob · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:29

Up the chipset (MCH and FSB) voltages by 0.1v.

Tho it's quite possible that the OCZ won't run with your Team.

harris1986 · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:30

i'd love to be able to up the volts but i can't get into bios lol, i just get a blank screen on power-on.

is there known problems with ocz plats and team ram?

Kobrakai · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:31

Have you tried them in different slots?

Have you made sure they are seated properly?

Cob · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:33

Can't you take out one pair and then enter the BIOS to change the voltages?

The main compatibility problem (if there is one) will be with the chips used on the different memory, not the actual brands.

harris1986 · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:58

ok so far tried -
1) booting with 1 set and upping the volts (quite high on ram aswell as cpu and MCH)
2) both sets of ram boot up fine and im making sure they are seated correctly
3) tried setting the timings manually for the ocz ram which are slightly slacker than my team ram

all of these were to no avail i just get the same problem light comes on no hd spin and gfx fan goes to max.

Cob · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:59

What's the default timings and voltage for the Team?

harris1986 · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:02

1.9v-2.3v and timings of 4-4-4-10

they are micron chips

Cob · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:06

That'll be the issue. The OCZ uses Promos chips and they'll be conflicting with your Micron chips.

The best solution will be changing the OCZ for some PC5300 Crucial Ballistix (it runs fine at PC6400 4-4-4-10).

harris1986 · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:07

ta fella, i'l be doing that then

Cob · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:09

If you can find more of the PC6400 Team then that of course will be the very best option, but Crucial are owned by Micron and are usually the cheapest way of getting the Micron D9's.

harris1986 · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:11

i can get some team £73, can i ask why the ballistix 5300 over the 6400? or just purely on price?

Cob · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:13

The PC6400 and PC5300 Ballistix are the exact same thing

Btw maybe try setting the timings to Auto to see if it has any effect.

gurusan · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:24

my 5300 ballistix do 1200mhz

Currently running 4gb of them in spec at sig

harris1986 · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:45

nice cheers fella, hopefully they'l run fine at 800mhz 4-4-4-10 along side my team xtreme

gurusan · 4 Nov 2007 at 12:08

mine did 4,3,3,6 at 800mhz 2.25v

so I'm sure they'll do 4,4,4,10

harris1986 · 6 Nov 2007 at 16:53

found out the reason my team and the ocz wasn't working, it was because 1 of the sticks of Team is fudged

Cob · 6 Nov 2007 at 16:55

I still wouldn't expect them to run together.

How long is a Team RMA going to take?

harris1986 · 6 Nov 2007 at 18:02

pass, i've got some pc5300 ballistix coming tomorow

, will be interesting if they run ok with the OCZ

Cob · 6 Nov 2007 at 18:18

Be sure to post the results.

I'll be nice to get clarification on an often posed question.