why does it go to failsafe mode.

thefishdude

thefishdude

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ok specs are

aw9dmax
conroe6700
corsair 6400 44412 ram

ok so at standard *** ram is running on spd settings 55515 at 667mhz 1,8v. now ram states that it willl run at 44412 800mhz 2.1v. so i set the settings to that pc runs great no problems used for 6 hours of gaming last night no issues. yet when i reboot i get messaage system running in fail safe mode and the ram settings have been put back to normal.

i was wondering could this be because i am trying to run memory timings at 2:3 as i havent overclocked my cpu yet ? or is there something else i am missing.
 
well sorted this one looks liek my suspiscions were right it dont liek running with memory at 2/3 i over clocked the cpu only slightly though to 3.2ghz. swicthed the memory to its origional 4/5 ratio and now it accepts the memory speeds of 44412 2.1v 800mhz just fine :) running sweet :D
 
when i built my machine i set the ram to run at the speed it can run wich was 4-4-4-12 2.1v 800mhz nwo to do that i had to change the ratio from 4;5 to 2;3.

now techinally i wasnt overclock i was just making the ram run at the speed it said it could but the bios did not like runing at the 2;3 ratio

what ram have you got ??? and did you change any setting at all in bios did you set a speed for the ram when you installed it if so what did you set ?
 
check the mem timings in the bios make sure they are set at what the mem is rated to run at also the voltage of the memory.

strangely i ended up solving mine by overclocking the cpu. so problem ended giving me a faster pc to solve it lol.
 
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