F2-9600CL5D-4GBTD + GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P / R BIOS settings

[whtlightning]

I have the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P and four sticks of F2-9600CL5D-4GBTD. After using the above settings, I am able to use two sticks in slots 1 & 3, OR, two sticks in slots 2 & 4. I can NOT use all four sticks. I get memtest freezeups, blue screens, etc. I have memtested all the sticks individually and in pairs using either the red slots or the yellow slots. All appears fine, just limited to 4 GB at a time. I bought this memory and MB because they appeared to be (on paper) the best setup available to go the x64 route with my E8400 and Corsair 650 w p/s.

I have experimented with most all the setups in the forum, all to no avail. I'm at the end of my rope. Any ideas?

[GSKILL TECH]

What memory frequency are you using? Do you have CPU Host Frequency at 375? It may be too stressful on the memory controller to run 8GB at DDR2-1200. Let me know your exact settings and we'll go from there. Please create your own thread, I don't want to flood this guide.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

[Jun Tang]

Hi,

I know this thread is kind of old, but I couldn't find the final resolution to the situation.

I'm new too overclocking....but I saw a F2-9600CL5D-4GBTD for sale on amazon so I thought I would give my system a boost.

I'm a filmmaker and would appreciate the added speed to decrease my rendering time in After Effects and Maya 2011 (64bit).

I appreciate all the help I can get.

My system is currently as follows
EP45-UD3P (rev FE)
Q9650 3.6Ghz (9x400mhz)
Thermalright Venomous 120 (1 fan)
500 Watt Generic
CoolerMaster 922HAF
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+


thanks

[GSKILL TECH]

Well... did you at least try the guide posted above? You need to try that first, then see if you can work the CPU FSB to 400 from 375.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[Jun Tang]

Originally Posted by GSKILL TECH

Well... did you at least try the guide posted above? You need to try that first, then see if you can work the CPU FSB to 400 from 375.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

Yes, I tried it. Didn't work.

Here is my current MIT settings. Right now, I just want my CPU to run at stock 3.00 Ghz, and my ram to run at 1200mhz. And to be able to run prime95 without an issue.

Let me know what I should tweak first. Thanks for the add.

CPU = Q9650 E0
Motherboard = EP45-UD3P (Rev. 1.6)
BIOS Version = FE
Ram = G.SKILL F2-9600CL5D-4GBTD


MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster .............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio .....................: 9X
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.................: -
CPU Frequency .......................: 3.24 GHz (360 x9)


Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control...............: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 360
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........: 100 (set manually)
C.I.A.2........................................... .Disabled

Advanced Clock Control
CPU Clock Drive......................: 800mV
PCI Express Clock Drive..............: 900mV
CPU Clock Skew.......................: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew.......................: 0ps


DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance..................: Standard
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)......: Disabled
(G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: 400MHz
System Memory Multiplier ............: 3.33D
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 1200
DRAM Timing Selectable ..............: Manual



Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time.....................: 5
tRCD ................................: 5
tRP..................................: 5
tRAS.................................: 15

Advanced Timing Control
tRRD.................................: 4
tWTR.................................: 4
tWR..................................: 8
tRFC.................................: 68
tRTP.................................: 4
Command Rate (CMD) ..................: Auto


Channel A
Static tRead Value...................: 10
Channel B
Static tRead Value...................: 10



Motherboard Voltage Control

CPU
Load Line Calibration (LLC) .........: Disabled
CPU Vcore..............1.1875V...........: Auto
CPU Termination.....1.200V*..........: Auto
CPU PLL.............1.500V*..........: 1.570
CPU Referen.........0.760V*..........: Auto

MCH/ICH
MCH Core............1.100V...........: 1.340
MCH Reference.......0.800V...........: Auto
MCH/DRAM Ref........0.900V...........: Auto
ICH I/O.............1.500V...........: 1.500
ICH Core............1.100V...........: Auto

DRAM
DRAM Voltage .........1.800V.........: 2.100
DRAM Termination .....0.900V.........: Auto
Channel A Reference ..0.900V.........: Auto
Channel B Reference ..0.900V.........: Auto

[Jun Tang]

Since this is my very first experience trying to overclock my computer in bios....it's been a huge learning curve.

Pretty cool stuff. Like a mechanic working on classic car.

Anyhow, I took out the G.skill memory and test one stick at a time. And I change the slot.

The F2-9600CL5D-2GBTD pass a 4 hour memtest86+ 4.20 in Slot #1, #2, and it's currently being tested in Slot #4 (but so far it's looking good). Slot #3 is faulty because it failed within the first pass.

So I will trying any further progress in Slot #2 & #4.

Side note, what would happen if I put the memory sticks in slot #1 and #2. Would it affect my system?

thanks

[GSKILL TECH]

Depending on the BIOS version, it will want to be in 1 and 3, or 2 and 4. The latest ones are 1 and 3, so don't flash your BIOS, that way 2 and 4 are you intiial slots. That is if you have an older BIOS...

Thank you
GSKILL TECH