Ram divider..

A2Z · 19 May 2006 at 21:02

been playing around with my winnie 3000 (on asus a8n-sli), and just got it to boot 300X9 (2.7Ghz) for first time ever....

now my ram(2 X 1gb corsair cl2) is on divider 333, and its running at 246mhz

now i wana push my cpu higher and see what happens, but first i wana put my RAM slower so it doesnt limit the overclocl....

but

when i put it to 266 divider i think, it wont boot, i dont get it, as am i not making the ram run slower? :confused:

nbkpsycho · 19 May 2006 at 21:06

You need to loosin the timings on your ram, when i put a devider on my ram it tightens the timings

A2Z · 19 May 2006 at 21:10

nbkpsycho said:
You need to loosin the timings on your ram, when i put a devider on my ram it tightens the timings

now its 2.5-3-3-7

ill try 3-4-4-8, i hope this wont be too much of a performace drop if it works?

nbkpsycho · 19 May 2006 at 21:16

What corsiar ram is that you have ?

A2Z · 19 May 2006 at 21:36

nbkpsycho said:
What corsiar ram is that you have ?

black one, not platinum

http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/products/specs/twinx2048-3200c2.pdf

//edit

i tried loosing timing to 3-4-4-7 and put on 266 divider but still would not boot

put it back to 2.5-3-3-7 and left on 333 divider, wouldnt boot at 305X9, but am now on 303X9, which makes it 2.73ghz, which im happy about, 1.8 > 2.73 :cool:

nbkpsycho · 19 May 2006 at 22:12

Turn up voltage on CPU then ? Have u tried adding more voltage to the ram ?

A2Z · 19 May 2006 at 22:13

nbkpsycho said:
Turn up voltage on CPU then ? Have u tried adding more voltage to the ram ?

cpu is at 1.6 and ram at 2.8

nbkpsycho · 20 May 2006 at 01:19

same as mine. I cant get mine past 2.4ghz without goin up to 1.7v

Mikebert4 · 22 May 2006 at 13:22

weird problem :S

i've got similar RAM and it used to have ther same problem... wouldn't boot at DDR266 with 300FSB but would boot at unhealthy speeds with DDR333 set.

then one day it did :s

i've really no idea why *shrugs*