Built a system with this configuration a week ago:
Motherboard: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 rev. 1.3
Processor - i5 2500K
Primary HD - Vertex 3 120GB
SATA controller - AHCI
G.Skill RipjawsX F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL
Graphics - Ati HD 5770 (my old card)
Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 (which unfortunately blocks my DDR3 Channel 4 with this memory)
OS - Win 7 64bit
Initially was having following problems with RAM:
1 - couldn't install in dual channel configuration - got the infamous 'boot loop' - no POST, just continually restarting.
2 - would only run in 1600Mhz - the minute I set XMP to Profiles 1 or 2, the POST would fail and it would revert to original settings.
Board came with BIOS f10; subsequently installed f11i which made no difference. Now, however, have installed f11j - and can run my G.Skill at 2133Mhz as intended. Great improvement, system feels much snappier and a couple of seconds have come off the cold boot time.
However, still can't run in dual channel mode. Hoping for a new BIOS fix for this - but if you have any tips / tricks that might get this working would love to hear them...
Motherboard: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 rev. 1.3
Processor - i5 2500K
Primary HD - Vertex 3 120GB
SATA controller - AHCI
G.Skill RipjawsX F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL
Graphics - Ati HD 5770 (my old card)
Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 (which unfortunately blocks my DDR3 Channel 4 with this memory)
OS - Win 7 64bit
Initially was having following problems with RAM:
1 - couldn't install in dual channel configuration - got the infamous 'boot loop' - no POST, just continually restarting.
2 - would only run in 1600Mhz - the minute I set XMP to Profiles 1 or 2, the POST would fail and it would revert to original settings.
Board came with BIOS f10; subsequently installed f11i which made no difference. Now, however, have installed f11j - and can run my G.Skill at 2133Mhz as intended. Great improvement, system feels much snappier and a couple of seconds have come off the cold boot time.
However, still can't run in dual channel mode. Hoping for a new BIOS fix for this - but if you have any tips / tricks that might get this working would love to hear them...
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