Need settings for Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 with F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM

[soarwitheagles]

Hi everyone. Ok, I purchased the Gskill F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM over two months ago and attempted to use it with my Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3. I experienced nothing but instability and BSOD's for weeks. After much frustration, I RMA'd the Gskill F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM. Today I finally received the two new sticks.

I placed them in the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 and so far, so good...no system crashes, no BSOD's, no symptoms of instability [I am keeping my fingers crossed]!

I am presently running MemTest86 v4.10. The good news is so far, no errors. So far so good! And this makes me very, very happy.

The present settings I see are:

Chipset : Core IMC (ECC : Disabled) / BCLK: 133MHz
RAM: 666MHz (DDR3-1332) / CAS : 9-9-9-24/Dual Channel

Here is my question:

How can I bring the settings up to run the full 1600 MHz?

How can I change the timings and settings to experience the full 1600 MHz?

Please help me understand how to go safely from 1333 MHz up to 1600 MHz.

Must I enable XMP? Must I manually change the timings? Must I alter the voltage?

Is there anyone here that has the exact same Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 with the Intel i5-750 and the F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM RAM and you have achieved a stable system that is running at the advertised 1600 MHz?

Please let me know the exact changes in the BIOS settings and voltages.

Thank you,

Soar

[WuDuP]

You need to enable XMP. I have a P55A-UD4P with the same memory as yours and an i7 875K. With XMP enable is have 1600MHz with no problems. I did not tweak any other settings. XMP takes care of all of that.

[soarwitheagles]

Ok, I am trying your advice

You need to enable XMP. I have a P55A-UD4P with the same memory as yours and an i7 875K. With XMP enable is have 1600MHz with no problems. I did not tweak any other settings. XMP takes care of all of that.

WuDuP,

Ok, I enabled XMP in the BIOS [XMP is disabled in default mode] and am now running Prime95 and will run Memtest86+ v.4.01 later this evening. So far, everything is going smooth with no evidence of system instability and no BSOD's.

Does anyone else have any more advice for me?

Thanks,

Soar

PS. Here's my present system components:

Intel i5-750
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 v.1
WD Caviar Black 500 GB 7200 RPM
Maxtor 1TB
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4GB DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL7D
Enermax Infiniti Ein720AWT 720W Modular PSU
Cool Master Sniper Black Edition
PNY 9800 GTX+ 512MB
Corsair Cooling Hydro Series CH50
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

[GSKILL TECH]

The XMP should take care of setting that memory, so if it is stable, everything is ready to go. =)

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[soarwitheagles]

Ok, thank you!

The XMP should take care of setting that memory, so if it is stable, everything is ready to go. =)

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

Gskill tech, Ok, yes, system is finally stable. I will leave it as is [XMP enabled now].

Thanks,

Soar