Cannot get this Ram to run at 1066. I originally purchased this for an ASUS M3N78 Pro as G.Skill was the approved vendor for this board. Never could get this ram to run at 1066. I RMA's this board 2 times. Still unable to run at 1066. Always defaults to DDR2 800. I purchased a new MB a Biostar TA790GXE 128M 5.0x.
This board is supposed to support DDR2 1066. This board also defaults to DDR2 800. Even when manualy setting to 1066 in the bios. Biostar tech support said to raise the voltage to 2.1v which I did. Same result. Contacted Biostar Tech once again and was told I would have to OC the CPU to get to 1066.
I noticed on the spec page at G.Skill that the timings are the same as DDR2 800 5-5-5-15
I did do a 12% OC and managed to get the RAM to run at 900MHz with the CPU at 3.6GHz. I really don't want to OC because I need this PC to last for a good while. I have read many reviews with many people having the same issue with various MB's. I paid a premium for the memory and this is my first experience with G.Skill. I normally run Crucial Ballistix in all my PCs. I'm not very happy but don't have the extra money to purchase more. Please explain why this will not run at the designed frequency.
My system
MB Biostar TA790GXE 128M 5.0x latest BIOS
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2GHz Quad Core C2 125w
Video HIS HD4670 1GB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0
PC Power and Cooling 750w Silencer PSU
This board is supposed to support DDR2 1066. This board also defaults to DDR2 800. Even when manualy setting to 1066 in the bios. Biostar tech support said to raise the voltage to 2.1v which I did. Same result. Contacted Biostar Tech once again and was told I would have to OC the CPU to get to 1066.
I noticed on the spec page at G.Skill that the timings are the same as DDR2 800 5-5-5-15
I did do a 12% OC and managed to get the RAM to run at 900MHz with the CPU at 3.6GHz. I really don't want to OC because I need this PC to last for a good while. I have read many reviews with many people having the same issue with various MB's. I paid a premium for the memory and this is my first experience with G.Skill. I normally run Crucial Ballistix in all my PCs. I'm not very happy but don't have the extra money to purchase more. Please explain why this will not run at the designed frequency.
My system
MB Biostar TA790GXE 128M 5.0x latest BIOS
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2GHz Quad Core C2 125w
Video HIS HD4670 1GB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0
PC Power and Cooling 750w Silencer PSU
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