Help - new P5E3 problem

stevenazari1 · 12 Feb 2008 at 23:44

cimurray said:
I've read on the Asus website of someone having compatibility problems with OCZ memory. His was platinum whereas mine is the gold (OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Gold (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G13332GK)). So rather late in the day I checked on the OCZ website's compatibility list and find that the P5E3 is not listed. I have e-mailed OCZ directly to see if they are aware of compatibility issues.

hehe that sounds like me lol - but mine is the p5e3 deluxe with wifi.

I still cant get it to work

its not passing post on my q6600 with latest bios, 1 stick of ram, 1 vga. The vga card just spins up and down. clearing cmos does nothing, but changing the cpu from a q6600 to a p4 3.4ghz lets it boot into bios :confused:

no idea why. ocz think I may have a bad mobo :s but if its a bad mobo why is it working with a 32bit processor and not a 64bit
processor?

you may think "your processor is damaged" I initially thought that so rma'd it to ocuk to which they gladly replaced. but this processor (which arrived this afternoon) is doing the same :confused:

- I put the pc in a different pc and it worked :confused:

so the processor works, the mobo works but apparently 1+1=5 :confused:

.....

really dont know what to do.

cimurray · 13 Feb 2008 at 13:48

stevenazari1 said:
hehe that sounds like me lol - but mine is the p5e3 deluxe with wifi.

I still cant get it to work its not passing post on my q6600 with latest bios, 1 stick of ram, 1 vga. The vga card just spins up and down. clearing cmos does nothing, but changing the cpu from a q6600 to a p4 3.4ghz lets it boot into bios no idea why. ocz think I may have a bad mobo :s but if its a bad mobo why is it working with a 32bit processor and not a 64bit
processor?

you may think "your processor is damaged" I initially thought that so rma'd it to ocuk to which they gladly replaced. but this processor (which arrived this afternoon) is doing the same - I put the pc in a different pc and it worked so the processor works, the mobo works but apparently 1+1=5 .....

really dont know what to do.

This sounds very similar to the case I was reading that led me to solve my problem - ie a mismatch between the FSB speeds of the memory and processor. Read about it on the following link http://www.asktheramguy.com/forums/showthread.php?p=329026

stevenazari1 · 13 Feb 2008 at 14:55

I have:

OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3P13332GK)
1333MHz RAM Speed, CAS 7-7-7-20 Timings, 1.8-1.9v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with OCZ.

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Quad Core Technology, 2.40GHz clock speed, 8MB L2 Cache, Intel Speedstep Technology, EM64T 64-Bit Technology, Execute Disable Bit, Energy Efficient Version, 3yr Warranty.

they are the same fsb speeds arent they???

cimurray · 13 Feb 2008 at 17:37

stevenazari1 said:
I have:

they are the same fsb speeds arent they???

Not according to your quotes. Your memory is quoted at 1333 MHZ (ie 333 x 4) whereas your processor is quoted at 1066 MHz (ie 266 x 4). If you can try slowing your memory down to 266MHz in your BIOS that may get you up and running.

Good luck