Team,
I have had an issue for the last 3 weeks that (last night) just dawned on me might be a memory issue.
I have the 750i SLI FTW board, with (4) 2GB sticks of G-Skill F2-8500CL5D. I was previously running (2) 2GB sticks of Corsair ram, and the system was stable. I'm also running the Q9550 Quad Core processor OC'ed to 3 ghz.
I did not touch the memory timings when I switched from the Corsair to the G-Skill, because it was already set to 5-5-5-15.
However, ever since I went to the 8 GB of G-Skill, I have had random game crashes and blue screens. Diablo 3 and WoW just won't run for any length of time. When I ran the microsoft memory test, it consistently failed the Stride6 tests every time, but passed everything else.
Something tells me one of the (many) BIOS memory setting is off for this RAM. This MB should be able to run all 8 sticks at 1066 per pair no problem. Like I said, it boots and run like mad, but just isn't stable.
Doing some searching, I saw where the G-Skill tech mentioned this:
please try to set it unlinked at DDR2 1066 and timing 5-5-5-15 2T
and also add the memory voltage to 2.1v, CPU VTT voltage 1.4v
thanks
and this:
(8) GB: Same settings as above, but you may need to increase tRFC to 195ns and tRC into the 30 range.
If possible, could you please tell me what (all of the main memory) settings should be set to in the BIOS? 1066 is the max memory speed for this MB.
I very much appreciate all of your help,
Dreammage
I have had an issue for the last 3 weeks that (last night) just dawned on me might be a memory issue.
I have the 750i SLI FTW board, with (4) 2GB sticks of G-Skill F2-8500CL5D. I was previously running (2) 2GB sticks of Corsair ram, and the system was stable. I'm also running the Q9550 Quad Core processor OC'ed to 3 ghz.
I did not touch the memory timings when I switched from the Corsair to the G-Skill, because it was already set to 5-5-5-15.
However, ever since I went to the 8 GB of G-Skill, I have had random game crashes and blue screens. Diablo 3 and WoW just won't run for any length of time. When I ran the microsoft memory test, it consistently failed the Stride6 tests every time, but passed everything else.
Something tells me one of the (many) BIOS memory setting is off for this RAM. This MB should be able to run all 8 sticks at 1066 per pair no problem. Like I said, it boots and run like mad, but just isn't stable.
Doing some searching, I saw where the G-Skill tech mentioned this:
please try to set it unlinked at DDR2 1066 and timing 5-5-5-15 2T
and also add the memory voltage to 2.1v, CPU VTT voltage 1.4v
thanks
and this:
(8) GB: Same settings as above, but you may need to increase tRFC to 195ns and tRC into the 30 range.
If possible, could you please tell me what (all of the main memory) settings should be set to in the BIOS? 1066 is the max memory speed for this MB.
I very much appreciate all of your help,
Dreammage
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