I just got another stick of samsung PC2100 CAS 3 DDR memory for my system. Before I put it in, my system would go up to 151FSB and was pretty stable although I did have a few BSOD's. Since I put my new memory I can't get into windows above 140FSB :cries: It starts to load then restarts itself back to POST. Specs are in Sig and my V core is already at 1.85v any idea's?????
No... but i ran the first stick on it's own without cooling and it was fine at 151FSB? I will try cooling them, any products you can suggest?
i use a tt active cooling kit when i can be bothered (when i got to lans) but otherwise the case is off ne ways
No cooling whatsoever is actually needed on the memory unless you are upping the voltages to 3v and above.......... The A7V266-E has no separate ram voltage adjustment, only I/O adjustment, which doesnt help
If I understand rightly you used to be able to get 150+ fsb with 1 stick of memory then you added another and only get 140 fsb? If so 2100ddr is rated to 133 fsb (although samsung memory is a good overclocker) you may have been unlucky to get a baddish batch, not all memory is created equal. Also some motherboards have trouble with more than 1 stick of ram i.e iwill 333. A sugguestion would to upgrade the bios, if another is available or to backwards on the bios.
my ddrs @ 3.4 V's no cooling. runs fine. 150fsb with p4 ness, dunno why peeps talk so much bout cooling Jono
as herbs said, might have been a bad batch...well thats what it sounds like anyway.... its the same with the ram on graphics card, except when you buy a gainward gcard if u get the right one, they will have tested the ram that is on there out to see wether it will overclock well so they can gurantee that.... i dont know about any ram producers out there apart from mushkin who do the same.... you must have been lucky the first time and unlucky the second time... i got my crucial 512stick to 158fsb no probs but then i had to back down on the cas latency to get more out of it....
I just updated to BIOS 1007 and well it wasn't fun!! I restarted after update and set the FSB to 150....... A few memory error beeps later and I realised that this wasn't good So I turned off the PSU to reset BIOS (nice feature) and was stuck in the BIOS for 10 minutes. The problem was my USB keyboard wasn't responding, it's done this before and I have just reset to get it to work. This time however everytime I pressed the reset button I would get no system activity at all! After 10 minutes of pure arse leakage I decided to try my old PS2 keyboard and low and behold it worked, I set the FSB back to default and here I am. A new feature has been added to the BIOS called "Load Performace" whats this?? I tried to enable it and my PC just froze loading windows again so I'm guessing it's FSB related? how can I RMA the ram it's not as if I can just walk in the store and said it doesn't overclock I want a new stick.
i have noticed by checking the Asus NG, ppl seem to have quite a few problems with samsung memory. i also noted that if anyone 9like me) has a A7V 333 board, and 2/3 sticks of PC2700 it is advisable to upgrade your bios to 1006. as any bios below that won't support full speed 333, instead it will revert back to 266
heat the ram up with a soldering iron to damage it and send it back saying it dont work u aint seen me right
its all i could think of at the time but i suppose u could run the terminals from a 9v battery down em too thats all i can think of tho :-/ sorry
