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paradisiac

paradisiac

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ok, not sure what section this should have been in as im not sure which is the problem (mobo, ram or cpu) but basically, i have a E5200 2.5GHz CPU, 4x2GB DDR2 800MHz, and a biostar P35D2-A7 Motherboard.
The thing is, the RAM is only showing up in 3DMark06 as running at 667MHz. i did up until today have 2x2GB DDR2 800MHz and 1x2GB DDR2 667Mhz sticks in, so thinking maybe the mobo has not picked up the fact all the sticks are now 800MHz as i have heard Biostar are not the best.

any help would be appreciated.
 
biostar are very good
have you gone into BIOS and manually set your freq? DRAM? you may also need to bump your NB voltage up a notch or two as using all 4 DIMMs puts more load on the mobo
 
RJC said:
What does CPU-Z show.
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CPUz is showing
cpuz.jpg

havent done anything in the bios as i wasnt sure whether it was a mobo issue or not.
 
Check the BIOS and see what the frequency is set to and doubke check ddr voltage and timmings, this should be stamped on the modules.
 
i have manually set it to 800mhz but CPUz is showing as 400MHz with ratio 1:2 so not sure if thats how it should be. there are 2 sets of each stick, so do i set it to the highest or lowest pair?
 
The ram is DDR so double what cpu-z reads so 400mhz is 800mhz.
Do some stability testing with Prime or Orthos and see how you get on, not sure what will happen when running a set of each speed.
 
so far it seems stable enough with the default settings (apart from the manual 800mhz one) so will leave it at that for now.
is my pc capable of running most games, albeit on medium gfx, or will it still struggle?
 
Try running with only the 800mhz ram and set this up in the BIOS then see how you get on, then swop over to the other ram set this up and check.
It may be case it does not like mixing ram.
 
paradisiac said:
its all 800mhz ram, its just not all the same make, 2 are kingston and 2 are team elite
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Re-read your first post and you did mention it :o

What is the recommended voltage for the memory (should be on the side of each module)

As your using up all your memory slots the MCH (Northbridge) voltage proberly need upping a notch or two.

(Your sig is to big, max 4 lines of std text ;))
 
the crashing appeared to be down to AVG so dont know why it was giving a BSOD code for gfx drivers, but seems to be ok for now.
would having a really cheap psu cause problems too?
 
ok, wasnt AVG, was having the 4 sticks in, took one out and its working fine.
the team elite ram has :
TVDD2048M800C5 on it but no voltage that i can see.
the kingston ram has :
KVR800D2N6/2G 2GB PC2-6400 CL6 1.8v on it. so what do i set it too?

this is what i get from speedfan (wouldnt load with all 4 sticks in, BSOD every time)

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Googled the part number on yout Team Elite and this run's @ 1.8v.
Have ago upping the MCH volatge like I mentioned earlier, my old Abit IP35 needed 1.4v ~ to run 4 sticks, try uppimg yours a notch or two.

Edit: What RAM are you running at the moment.
 
RJC said:
Googled the part number on yout Team Elite and this run's @ 1.8v.
Have ago upping the MCH volatge like I mentioned earlier, my old Abit IP35 needed 1.4v ~ to run 4 sticks, try uppimg yours a notch or two.

Edit: What RAM are you running at the moment.
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whats the MCH voltage?

at the moment its running on 2 of the kingstons and 1 of the team elite. it seems to be pretty stable at the moment, so will put it down to the mobo isnt setup to run with all 4 slots full. still cant work out why the bios is only setting it to 667mhz even though all sticks are 800mhz. but that was easily changed. just the voltages im not too sure about. with my temp and voltage from speedfan, does it look like i can oc the cpu and gfx card without shelling out a lot of money?
 
The MCH voltage is the Northbridge, voltage should be listed with your ddr voltage / cpu volatge.

Double check your CPU temps with Core temp and Real Temp and see how they comapre with speedfan.
But you should have some overclocking potential, are you running the Intel stock heatsink.

Edit: If you are going to Overclock you may need to adjust the memory multiplier, ie, leave at 633mhz~
 
RJC said:
The MCH voltage is the Northbridge, voltage should be listed with your ddr voltage / cpu volatge.

Double check your CPU temps with Core temp and Real Temp and see how they comapre with speedfan.
But you should have some overclocking potential, are you running the Intel stock heatsink.

Edit: If you are going to Overclock you may need to adjust the memory multiplier, ie, leave at 633mhz~
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yeah its running standard heatsink and no case fans, so overall i am quite impressed with the temps from it. was looking at getting an aftermarket one as mine is getting rather noisey now but was unsure which to get, whether a cheap one would be that much worse than a sill expensive one.

this is where i hit problems with the multipliers and voltages. because i havent done it in ages i cant remember what links with what or what settings are best/safe.
 
Increase the cpu FSB and adjust the vcore up a little, save and reboot, run prime or orthos to check for stability and full load temps, I think you should get around 3.2ghz +, with trial and error.
I would keep temps below 70c.

CPU cooler have a look at the Arctic Freezer 7 pro.

Edit: In the overclocking section there is a sticky which may help.
 
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