New PC

[cnewton2k]

Hi Folks,

I have just built a new PC but i am having some trouble trying to get the RAM to work correctly.

It has got in it

http://www.ebuyer.com/138562

and

http://www.ebuyer.com/132275

When i try and set the RAM to 4-4-4-15 the pc will not post, it just says that the Overclock failed!

I have updated to the latest BIOS and nothing seams to work. I have tried some og my mates RAM in it and it wouldnt work @ his max settings either.

DOes this sould like my MB is broken?

Cheers

[DocDutch]

have you tried it without oc'ing the mem?

might be that the board doesnt like the ram... have you checked on the asus website for compatible memory and also noticed the board is ddr2 and ddr3 you sure its in the right sockets?

[cnewton2k]

yeah they are in the correct slots.

@ the moment i have got it set to 5-4-4-15 and it runs ok.

[DocDutch]

might be that the board doesnt like oc'ing memory that much then... dont see any reasons why it wouldnt work on higher mem speeds

[cnewton2k]

neither do i

the settings i have put in are what the RAM will allow.

I think i am going to RMA it and get a different board.

[zing]

Have you set the vdimm correctly needs to be 2.1 v min

if its set to spd chances are the vdimm is well to low

[cnewton2k]

the vdimm is i set to 2.1

also when it fails and resets the CPU overclock falls back to 2.14!!

---------- Post added at 15:25 ---------- Previous post was at 15:02 ----------

Can someone elxplain this to me please as i think it might shed some light on my problems

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=30907

[Down the Pub]

are you o/c it or not?i have that same mobo and no probs with it, have a butchers at This gives you a full rundown of o/cing and it was done with asus boards, some handy advice although it maybe of some or no help to you.

[cnewton2k]

my cpu is overclocked to 3.2 witha FSB of 1600

[zing]

what speed is your ram running at with that overclock? what ratio

[cnewton2k]

the ram is running @ 800MHZ and with timmings of 5-4-4-15

[Down the Pub]

Originally Posted by Solventcandy

my cpu is overclocked to 3.2 witha FSB of 1600

so you have a fsb of roughly 400mhz then? mine is set at 420 giving me 1680Mhz without doing anything else. have a read of that guide i posted in previous post.

don't think memory compatibility is a problem in this case, i have geil ram and that isn't on the Asus QVL http://www.asus.com/999/download/pro...94/1694_10.pdf , it runs fine set @ 2.1v and 4-4-4-12 witha 1:1 ratio

[alferret]

You could try the Asus forums as they might be able to shed a little more light on your problem http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx...Language=en-us

But from what I have been reading on the asus boards BIOS 1001 aint to hot and you may have to leave your timings relaxed a little until the next update is availiable.

It may be helpful if you list your full spec as this may shed some extra light on your problem, CPU, PSU, GPU etc.

Running at 5-4-4-15 shouldnt make much difference from 4-4-4-15 I dont think you or I would actually see a difference.

[cnewton2k]

Originally Posted by alferret

You could try the Asus forums as they might be able to shed a little more light on your problem http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx...Language=en-us

But from what I have been reading on the asus boards BIOS 1001 aint to hot and you may have to leave your timings relaxed a little until the next update is availiable.

It may be helpful if you list your full spec as this may shed some extra light on your problem, CPU, PSU, GPU etc.

Running at 5-4-4-15 shouldnt make much difference from 4-4-4-15 I dont think you or I would actually see a difference.

Thanks

My full spec is as follows

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping @ 3.2

Gecube HD 3870X2 1GB Dual GPU PCI-E Power Gamer Edition Graphics Card

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory REAPER EDITION CL4

ASUS P5KC AiLifestyle Series iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard

OCZ 780W ModXstream Modular Power Supply - Blue LED 12cm Fan

Hitachi 250GB SATA Hard Drive 7200rpm 8MB Cache

There ya go!

[Down the Pub]

Originally Posted by Down the Pub

are you o/c it or not?i have that same mobo and no probs with it, have a butchers at This gives you a full rundown of o/cing and it was done with asus boards, some handy advice although it maybe of some or no help to you.

or look at this, the bloke uses the same cpu and the only mobo difference is that he uses the deluxe board, everything is in there i.e. bios settings ect etc O/Cing guide.