Asus P6X58D Premium and F3-16000CL9T-6GBRH Bios Settings

[ecartman02]

I have spent the better part of 2 days trying various settings that I have found here on the GSkill forums and on the Asus forums. However, i have not had any luck getting a stable build. I have had tons of BSOD and i have re-installed Windows 7 64Bit a thousand times.

My question is this: What settings are stable for this memory to work with this motherboard. I know someone out there has this same setup and has done this before. I dont want to reinvent the wheel either.

Please help, I am lost and going in circles. All I would like to do is have a stable 24/7 build.

System Details:
i7 920 CPU
ASUS p6x58D Premium (Bios 808)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000)


Current BIOS Settings
Ai Tweaker
Target CPU Frequency: 2660MHz
Target DRAM Frequency: 1066MHz
Default
Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto]
CPU Ration Setting [Auto]
Intel ? SpeedStep ? Tech [Enabled]
Intel ? TurboMode Tech [Enabled]
Xtreme Phase Full Power Mode [Enabled]
DRAM Frequency [Auto]
UCLK Frequency [Auto]
QPI Link Data Rate [Auto]
*******
CPU Voltage Control [Manual]
CPU Voltage [Auto]
CPU PLL Voltage [Auto]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage [Auto]
IOH Voltage [Auto]
IOH PCIE Voltage [Auto]
ICH Voltage [Auto]
ICH PCIE Voltage [Auto]
DRAM Bus Voltage [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC [Auto]
***********************************************
Load-Line Calibration [Auto]
CPU Differential Amplitude [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew [Auto]
CPU Spread Spectrum [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew [Auto]
PCIE Spread Spectrum [Auto]

*******
DRAM Timing Control (Sub Menu)
1st Information: 8-8-8-20-4-59-8-6-20-0

DRAM CAS# Latency [Auto]
DRAM RAS# PRE Time [Auto]
DRAM RAS# ACT Time [Auto]
DRAM RAS# to RAS# Delay [Auto]
DRAM REF Cycle Time [Auto]
DRAM WRITE Recovery Time [Auto]
DRAM READ to PRE Time [Auto]
DRAM FOUR ACT WIN Time [Auto]
DRAM Back-To-Back CAS# Delay [Auto]
2nd Information: 1N-51-53-53

DRAM Timing Mode [Auto]
DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHA [Auto]
DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHB [Auto]
DRAM Round Trip Latency on CHC [Auto]
3rd Information: 5-5-14-10-10-10-7-6-4-7-7-4

DRAM WRITE to Read Delay (DD) [Auto]
DRAM WRITE to Read Delay (DR) [Auto]
DRAM WRITE to Read Delay (SR) [Auto]
DRAM READ to WRITE Delay (DD) [Auto]
DRAM READ to WRITE Delay (DR) [Auto]
DRAM READ to WRITE Delay (SR) [Auto]
DRAM READ to READ Delay (DD) [Auto]
DRAM READ to READ Delay (DR) [Auto]
DRAM READ to READ Delay (SR) [Auto]
DRAM WRITE to WRITE Delay (DD) [Auto]
DRAM WRITE to WRITE Delay (DR) [Auto]
DRAM WRITE to WRITE Delay (SR) [Auto]

[GSKILL TECH]

Sorry to hear you spent two days, but this should be the last. =)

Ai Tweaker
Ai Overclock Tuner [Manual]
CPU Ratio Setting [17]
Xtreme Phase Full Power Mode [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency - [167]
DRAM Frequency [DDR3-2000]
UCLK Frequency [Auto]
QPI Link Data Rate [Auto]

*******
CPU Voltage Control [Manual]
CPU Voltage [Auto]
CPU PLL Voltage [Auto]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage [1.60V]
IOH Voltage [Auto]
IOH PCIE Voltage [Auto]
ICH Voltage [Auto]
ICH PCIE Voltage [Auto]
DRAM Bus Voltage [1.60V]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC [Auto]
***********************************************
Load-Line Calibration [Auto]
CPU Differential Amplitude [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew [Auto]
CPU Spread Spectrum [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew [Auto]
PCIE Spread Spectrum [Auto]

*******
DRAM Timing Control (Sub Menu)
1st Information: 8-8-8-20-4-59-8-6-20-0

DRAM CAS# Latency [9]
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [9]
DRAM RAS# PRE Time [9]
DRAM RAS# ACT Time [27]
DRAM RAS# to RAS# Delay [Auto]
DRAM REF Cycle Time [Auto]
DRAM WRITE Recovery Time [Auto]
DRAM READ to PRE Time [Auto]
DRAM FOUR ACT WIN Time [Auto]
DRAM Back-To-Back CAS# Delay [Auto]

Then simply increase the CPU Ratio to overclock the CPU. Have fun!

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[wevsspot]

Sorry to butt in. But isn't 1.60v on the QPI/DRAM Core a lot of voltage? I thought the Intel spec. was 1.35v max. This is the same as QPI/VTT right?

[wevsspot]

Sorry to butt in. But isn't 1.60v on the QPI/DRAM Core a lot of voltage? I thought the Intel spec. was 1.35v max. This is the same as QPI/VTT right?

NM - Intel spec. can blow me

Anyways, I've got this memory running at rated speed and timings only using 1.475 QPI DRAM voltage on ASUS P6TD Deluxe board.

Bumping the DRAM Bus Voltage to 1.64v helped, as did PLL to 1.86.

Bumped cpu vcore up to 1.325 and all appears golden now at 200x19 with i7 920.

I've disabled load line calibration because of a huge voltage spike I observed when running an extended OCCT stress test. CPU vcore jumped from 1.288v actual to almost 1.60v towards the end of the test.

Disabling LLC does require a bit more vcore in the BIOS to account for vdroop, but at least I've managed to get rid of the vcore spike.

[GSKILL TECH]

Yes, it is a lot, but for a good batch of i7 920's, that's what is required to operate DDR3-2000. QPI/VTT or QPI/DRAM voltage varies from CPU to CPU, so always test for the lowest stable value.

Intel states 1.35V max, but they also state DDR3-1333 max.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH