Running 8GB/1066/5-5-5-15 in an Asus P5N-T Deluxe motherboard using 2 sets of F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI-B. CPU is Intel QX9650 at stock.
This is what I've found so far (all other voltages on Auto):
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.36: Seemed to work for over a day, but then got a couple crashes and a driver bluescreen.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.40: Got a couple crashes when launched a game just an hour after booting up.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.44: No problems for 2.5 days, then got a hardware malfunction bluescreen during a game after a good while of playing.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.48: Got a hardware malfunction bluescreen while encoding an avi file about a half hour after booting up.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.48, HT=1.26: Hardware malfunction when Win7 startup sound played on bootup login screen.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.50: System freeze while using Google Chrome just 15 minutes after booting up.
- Mem=2.15, NB=1.44: Bootup fine, Windows Mem Diag (standard, 2-pass) reported OK.
- Currently using Mem=2.15, NB=1.40, HT=1.26, VCore up a notch: No issues so far for last 1.5 days.
Since the key seems to be the increased Mem voltage, I lowered the NB to 1.40 to test more. I decided to raise the HT and VCore a bit just in case, only because they were the other main recommendations I could find (but may apply more to AMD processors).
There's just one thing of note that concerns me about the memory info, as shown in AIDA64. In the "Enhanced Performance Profile" it lists tRC 48 and tWR 13, but my bios sets tRC 32 and tWR 6. I can only assume the values in the profile are maximum compatibility settings? I hope these 2 settings are not an issue, since my bios settings can only go up to tRC 31 and tWR 7 (and 7 does not stick)! I included shots from AIDA64 to see if the timings are correct.
Anyway, that's my experience so far, thanks for reviewing.
This is what I've found so far (all other voltages on Auto):
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.36: Seemed to work for over a day, but then got a couple crashes and a driver bluescreen.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.40: Got a couple crashes when launched a game just an hour after booting up.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.44: No problems for 2.5 days, then got a hardware malfunction bluescreen during a game after a good while of playing.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.48: Got a hardware malfunction bluescreen while encoding an avi file about a half hour after booting up.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.48, HT=1.26: Hardware malfunction when Win7 startup sound played on bootup login screen.
- Mem=2.11, NB=1.50: System freeze while using Google Chrome just 15 minutes after booting up.
- Mem=2.15, NB=1.44: Bootup fine, Windows Mem Diag (standard, 2-pass) reported OK.
- Currently using Mem=2.15, NB=1.40, HT=1.26, VCore up a notch: No issues so far for last 1.5 days.
Since the key seems to be the increased Mem voltage, I lowered the NB to 1.40 to test more. I decided to raise the HT and VCore a bit just in case, only because they were the other main recommendations I could find (but may apply more to AMD processors).
There's just one thing of note that concerns me about the memory info, as shown in AIDA64. In the "Enhanced Performance Profile" it lists tRC 48 and tWR 13, but my bios sets tRC 32 and tWR 6. I can only assume the values in the profile are maximum compatibility settings? I hope these 2 settings are not an issue, since my bios settings can only go up to tRC 31 and tWR 7 (and 7 does not stick)! I included shots from AIDA64 to see if the timings are correct.
Anyway, that's my experience so far, thanks for reviewing.
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