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#3405786 - 10/07/11 05:16 PM Re: 4x DIMM (DDR2) stability? [Re: Flogger23m]
Flogger23m Senior Member Registered: 12/06/02 Posts: 2730 Loc: California	So the only way for me to get over 4GB of RAM stable is to upgrade to a new motherboard? The RAM kits are identical.
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#3405798 - 10/07/11 05:26 PM Re: 4x DIMM (DDR2) stability? [Re: Flogger23m]
speedbump Hotshot Registered: 11/23/05 Posts: 6484 Loc: Edgewood TX	I would bump up the voltage on the northbridge one notch and set the voltage for the memory at 1.9 manually. _________________________ MSI P55-GD65 with i5-750 @ 4.0Ghz vcore 1.4 Xigmatek Balder HS/2 120mm fans, Antec EW PSU EA750 750W PNY 16Gb DDR3 1333 One Samsung 840 250GB SSD, one 750Gb WD Black, two 1.5Tb LP Seagates Gigabyte GTX 460 1Gb OC to within an inch of it's life Lite-On 24X DVD burner, LG 12X Blu-Ray burner COOLER MASTER Storm Scout Win 7 Pro 64 Lots of fans spinning with little LED lights blinking www.razzledazzleart.com http://texascbx.blogspot.com/
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#3405809 - 10/07/11 05:45 PM Re: 4x DIMM (DDR2) stability? [Re: Flogger23m]
NoUseForAName Hotshot Registered: 11/02/04 Posts: 5534 Loc: Colorado	Originally Posted By: Flogger23m So the only way for me to get over 4GB of RAM stable is to upgrade to a new motherboard? The RAM kits are identical. Not necessarily...I would first loosen your timings. If that doesn't work then increase voltage like SpeedBunp said; and if neither of those work you could try lowering your FSB and drop the MHz on the RAM (if you have an unlocked multiplier for your CPU, you can increase it which would let you balance the CPU speed vs. FSB speed). _________________________ "No bucks, no Buck Rogers" Case: CoolerMaster HAF-922 MoBo: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 PSU: Corsair HX750w CPU: AMD FX-8320 @ 4GHz RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 GPU: Palit GTX 560 Ti 2GB Display: Asus 25.5" @ 1920x1200 OS: Win7 Pro 64bit Audio: On-board AC'97
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#3405813 - 10/07/11 05:51 PM Re: 4x DIMM (DDR2) stability? [Re: Flogger23m]
speedbump Hotshot Registered: 11/23/05 Posts: 6484 Loc: Edgewood TX	Don't go more than one notch higher on the memory voltage. Forgot to tell you that. I think they are rated at 1.8 so 1.9 won't hurt them. Memory will go up in a puff of smoke with aggressive voltages. I read the northbridge gets very hot on that mobo too and that could be the problem also, or part of the problem. Stick a fan over it someway. I'm assuming you are not using the integrated video chip. _________________________ MSI P55-GD65 with i5-750 @ 4.0Ghz vcore 1.4 Xigmatek Balder HS/2 120mm fans, Antec EW PSU EA750 750W PNY 16Gb DDR3 1333 One Samsung 840 250GB SSD, one 750Gb WD Black, two 1.5Tb LP Seagates Gigabyte GTX 460 1Gb OC to within an inch of it's life Lite-On 24X DVD burner, LG 12X Blu-Ray burner COOLER MASTER Storm Scout Win 7 Pro 64 Lots of fans spinning with little LED lights blinking www.razzledazzleart.com http://texascbx.blogspot.com/
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#3407009 - 10/10/11 12:06 AM Re: 4x DIMM (DDR2) stability? [Re: NoUseForAName]
Flogger23m Senior Member Registered: 12/06/02 Posts: 2730 Loc: California	Originally Posted By: NoUseForAName Originally Posted By: Flogger23m So the only way for me to get over 4GB of RAM stable is to upgrade to a new motherboard? The RAM kits are identical. Not necessarily...I would first loosen your timings. If that doesn't work then increase voltage like SpeedBunp said; and if neither of those work you could try lowering your FSB and drop the MHz on the RAM (if you have an unlocked multiplier for your CPU, you can increase it which would let you balance the CPU speed vs. FSB speed). What setting for the timings should I try? And I am assuming this is done in the BIOS? Where would I find the option to adjust the timings? I looked in the motherboard manual briefly and it doesn't seem to mention anything about how to set the timings.
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#3407011 - 10/10/11 12:19 AM Re: 4x DIMM (DDR2) stability? [Re: Flogger23m]
NoUseForAName Hotshot Registered: 11/02/04 Posts: 5534 Loc: Colorado	unfortunately after reading more on your mobo, it doesn't look like your BIOS version has those options (unless they somehow added them in the latest updates). You may just have to skip timings and increase the voltage like Speedbump said _________________________ "No bucks, no Buck Rogers" Case: CoolerMaster HAF-922 MoBo: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 PSU: Corsair HX750w CPU: AMD FX-8320 @ 4GHz RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 GPU: Palit GTX 560 Ti 2GB Display: Asus 25.5" @ 1920x1200 OS: Win7 Pro 64bit Audio: On-board AC'97
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#3407043 - 10/10/11 03:37 AM Re: 4x DIMM (DDR2) stability? [Re: Flogger23m]
shazif Junior Member Registered: 10/08/11 Posts: 2	Originally Posted By: Flogger23m I've had some crashing/programs stop responding as of late. I am wondering if these sounds like a RAM issue? 1) I was playing Crysis Warhead. The game randomly crashed to desktop. This actually happens every now and then, so I initially thought nothing of it. 2) ArmA 2 randomly stopped responding the other day. Odd because I never got that issue with that game. 3) Just now I exited ArmA 2 and the program stopped responding. The BF3 beta runs fine though. Otherwise I have not been doing anything intensive as of late. Do these crashes seem like they might be RAM compatibility issues? in Asus there is very great feature which allow you to share memory between graphics and CPU... so make sure you are dividing your memory according to requirements .... _________________________ shazif iphone apps zte Android Phones
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