what am i doing wrong?

[paradisiac]

anyone got any ideas how i should be setting up my ram to allow me to go to the 3GHz+?

 

[Big.Wayne]

Overclockers UK Forums > Hardware > Memory

 

[paradisiac]

Overclockers UK Forums > Hardware > Memory

didnt want to post another thread in there, as i would then have to go through explaining it all again, and as i technically want to overclock my ram concluded this was the best section, might of been wrong though.

 

[Big.Wayne]

Heh I was meaning you should spend half an hour reading up in that forum!

 

[paradisiac]

ah right, sorry.
i got the ram oc'd a little (i think) but now my cpu temps are getting high. is this normal?

 

[Big.Wayne]

paradisiac, reset your system back to stock and get your booty over to the memory forums and read, read, read! . . . use the search function also!

With your system set back to stock 333MHz-FSB it should be one adjustment in the BIOS to unleash your sticks @ DDR2-1066 . . .

 

[paradisiac]

lol i guess, but if i know the cpu is stable at 2.8GHz, can i not adjust the ram with that, all i have done is upped the fsb to 375. starting to get fed up of this, thinking i might just sell this and my internet pc and invest in an i7

 

[paradisiac]

does this (mainly the 3.01GHz) have any relevance to what i can achieve (this is restored back to deafult settings)?

also, these are all the settings i can change, far too many for me to understand

 

[Big.Wayne]

DRAM Frequency [Auto]
DRAM Frequency [DDR2-1066]

 

[paradisiac]

does that give any useful info?

 

[paradisiac]

epic fail, set it all back to defaults. changed the dram setting from auto to 1066 and it lasted about 25secs on OCCT before failing.

 

[Big.Wayne]

good work, try increasing the vDimm until it's stable . .

really you shouldn't boot into your OS until you ran this a bit!

 

[paradisiac]

good work, try increasing the vDimm until it's stable . .

really you shouldn't boot into your OS until you ran this a bit!

vDimm? whats safe setting?
what the harm in booting into OS to test?

 

[Big.Wayne]

vDimm?

The voltage that feeds the memory . .

whats safe setting?

1.8v to 2.2v . . . it should say on the rams sticker what voltage it needs, if not you should check the manufacturers webpages . .

All the memory I have tested works fine with the vDimm on [Auto] but nearly all of them have run perfectly with much lower volts . . . [1.82v]

what the harm in booting into OS to test?

Well in a worst-case-scenario you could harm your O/S but generally it will just crash . . .if you hose windows are you prepared? . .i.e do you have a good backup?

 

[paradisiac]

need to do a fresh install of windows anyway as i have fitted a new mobo and gfx card but yeah i see your point. well according to cpuz if its on ddr1066 it should be 2.30v or am i reading it wrong?

 

[Big.Wayne]

There are some sticks floating around that need 2.3v . . .

I don't *think* motherboards will set 2.3vDimm when on [Auto], maybe they do but just in case set in manually then and re-test!

 

[paradisiac]

vDimm being DRAM Voltage on my bios?

 

[darren.head]

Disable all references to spread spectrum and disable C1E and speedstep in your bios after you have done what Big.Wayne has suggested.

 

[paradisiac]

do i not need speedstep so it doesnt run at full speed all the time to save power and stuff?

 

[paradisiac]

i put the bios back to original and am currently upgrading it with each version until its up to date (or does the latest version have all the bits from the other updates in it?) as im not sure what was done before i got the board.