Quick spec check...

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2010 at 16:36

RichieUK said:
Ok. I hope you're online all night, i know i'm going to need more help

Lol. I reckon i'll be around most of the night, so i'll be happy to give you hand if you need it (as I'm sure will all the other OCUKers).

RichieUK · 20 Apr 2010 at 18:58

Hi again. I just noticed the RAM sticks have a sort of peelable film on the heatsinks, are you supposed to remove this?

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:06

If it just comes off then I would remove it. The heatsinks are for removing heat, so having a plastic film coating (a heat insulator) would not be a good idea- so it is likely packaging to maintain the surface/shine.

RichieUK · 20 Apr 2010 at 20:39

Is the motherboard supposed to have a northbridge fan? It says in the instruction manual to connect the NB fan to the NB header. Is this optional?

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2010 at 20:43

Aye, its optional. Only really needed if you are running a watercooled system and little airflow is going over the motherboard heatsinks.

RichieUK · 20 Apr 2010 at 21:44

cmndr_andi said:
Good stuff, hope everything arrives pristine and in a timely fashion.

Most things will be the same as building a s939 system. However, don't worry that there are no pins on the CPU - its all normal

As for the RAM, you will want to go into the BIOS and set these setting: DRAM Voltage 1.65V (in the "MB Intellingent Tweaker M.I.T" page), Memory Timings 9-9-9-24(CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS) (in the "Advanced DRAM Features" page which is found through the "M.I.T" page) and memory frequency to 1600MHz - by varying the system memory multiplier (on the "Advanced DRAM Features" page again)

All powered on Ok

I'm trying to find the RAM settings in the BIOS, but can't. I can set the DRAM voltage but only increments of 10. It goes 1.640, 1.660, 1.670 etc.. :confused:

Also, the CAS timing options are all greyed out and you can't highlight them to change them.

And the memory frequency is on 1066 and greyed out :confused:

edit, sorry, meant to say increments of 20 i.e. 1.640, 1.660, 1.680 etc

RichieUK · 20 Apr 2010 at 21:53

Ah, i had to enagle expert mode to get the timings etc.

but still can't set the voltage to 1.65. Its 1.640 or 1.660

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:06

In that case 1.64 should be fine.

RichieUK · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:09

cmndr_andi said:
In that case 1.64 should be fine.

Thanks. I've got a few yellow and orange LEDs lit on the motherboard aswel, some near the RAM slots and some just above the CPU. Is this normal? BIOS says the CPU is 42oc atm.

And when i've changed the RAM timings, it shows the original timings and the new timiings next to them in a bracket, does that mean it's using the new timings i have put in?

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:15

I'm pretty sure that the LEDs illuminating like that are normal. When I installed my friend's UD5 it lit up like a christmas tree.

The temperatures seem OK for stock speeds using stock cooling. I would suggest running OCCT when you are all setup to ensure the cooling is OK.

As for the timings, have you saved and exited the BIOS with the new timings, or is this just when you first put them in?

RichieUK · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:25

cmndr_andi said:
I'm pretty sure that the LEDs illuminating like that are normal. When I installed my friend's UD5 it lit up like a christmas tree.

The temperatures seem OK for stock speeds using stock cooling. I would suggest running OCCT when you are all setup to ensure the cooling is OK.

As for the timings, have you saved and exited the BIOS with the new timings, or is this just when you first put them in?

Yep saved them and exited.

Just rebooted now and when i went into the MIT page, it had a message saying something like 'because of boot failures some values might not be the same as what you saved them as'...But they are the same. And i didn't have a boot failurer...i don't think :confused:

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:27

Strange. I would ignore it for the minute and go ahead and install windows (assuming the system is stable as it is). Once that is done you can check what the timings really are in CPU-Z.

RichieUK · 20 Apr 2010 at 23:07

Installing Windows now. Fingers crossed

RichieUK · 21 Apr 2010 at 00:55

Windows installed fine. Just doing drivers and things now.

I downloaded CPUID, here's some screens -

Does everything look ok?

cmndr_andi · 21 Apr 2010 at 01:01

Everything looks as it should be. RAM timings/speeds are correct and the CPU is exactly as it should be.

How are load temps in OCCT?

Fallen god · 21 Apr 2010 at 02:59

Looks really nice man enjoy ur new rig

RichieUK · 21 Apr 2010 at 11:14

cmndr_andi said:
Everything looks as it should be. RAM timings/speeds are correct and the CPU is exactly as it should be.

How are load temps in OCCT?

Didn't have time to try the temp program last night, or today (back at work till later).

Just want to say thank you though for all the help, really appreciate it