Memory Compatibility

[Rocketeer]

Hello, im new to the forums :) and im hoping to learn and get the help i need from every1, thnx!

i have a problem with my memory, i have 4x 1Gb PC8500 Crucial Ballistix Tracer ram, installed on the following pc:

cpu: Q6600 G0, B Stepping
Gigabyte X38 DQ6 Board, F8 Bios
Thermalright Ultra120 Extreme + Scythe S-Flex Fan
eVGA 8800GTS 320mb
74gb Raptor
320gb WD7200
Enermax Liberty 500W PSU
gigabyte aurora case

the problem is, when i install any other ram it works fine, but with the tracers, the bios wont recognize the SPD timings, and when i try to configure the voltage to 2.2v and timings to 5-5-5-15, i find weird fields that i honestly havent heard of, there they are:
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when i installed other memory its fine, but when i install the tracers i get weird errors in windows, blue screens, fuzzy boots, and games wont start, not to mention that the ram gets REALLY hot, plz notice that the ram DOES WORK FINE on other boards, so i hope that its a matter of the right values in bios since crucial says this board is 100% compatible.

i figured this is a ram issue thats why i posted here, help plz!

[Blazing fire]

Welcome to the fourms!

I am no expert but I can think of some possible reasons. Your motherboard voltage may be too low, so try increasing it slowly. Try settings advance timings (see my sig) to manual (not sure of values as I have yet to play with them extensively). Ues 2 sticks at a time for 4 sticks may be too taxing on the motherboard etc.

Do run memtest86 to confirm it's stable or you will face os curruption.

Hope that helps somewhat :). I await your results!

[meionm]

Switch performance mode from Turbo to Standard

When you doing memory by spd and putting timings you got something called refresh to act delay, keep that value at 50.

Bump GMch voltage to +0.1v

Run memtest86"+" http://memtest.org/

[Blazing fire]

Another similar problem, solved by loosening advance timings. Just wish to reinforce what i have said.

Thread: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=575055

Single post: http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=5754472&postcount=14 (http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=5754472&postcount=14)

[Rocketeer]

thanks for the replies blazingfire and meionm, im at work atm so will try em when i get home and post results, but i've got a couple of questions:

When you doing memory by spd and putting timings you got something called refresh to act delay, keep that value at 50.

Bump GMch voltage to +0.1v

now thats the problem, the board doesnt read the spd timings right, so when i leave the settings to the spd it reads timings 5-6-5-20 or something like that which isnt correct. now i know the first 4 values (5-5-5-15 @ 1066) and and the voltage (2.2v). but i dont know about the other values like "rank write to read delay" and such, i can leave them as they are, but seeing that the bios doesnt read spd rimings right i doubt they are the "correct" dps values.

a noob question, what is GMch voltage??

Another similar problem, solved by loosening advance timings. Just wish to reinforce what i have said.

Thread: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=575055

Single post: http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=5754472&postcount=14 (http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=5754472&postcount=14)

im afraid im stuck with the manual spd values again :(

i hope ill get replies by the time im home, i will try do the steps u guys said and run memtest, ill post results.

thanks!

[Blazing fire]

Try even looser timings. Like 5-5-5-18 800mhz/667mhz.

I'm afraid SPDs don't have advance timings.

From "2) How to overclock CPU" in my sig


CPU VID Control – The processor vcore, I’m not sure why DFI calls it “CPU VID Control” but whatever. From here on out, I’m going to call it Vcc since technically, the term VID is an entirely different concept (see this document (http://download.intel.com/design/processor/datashts/31559205.pdf), page 14 for more if you have an interest).
DRAM – The memory vcore.
SBCore – Southbridge vcore (might be called ICH in your board).
NBCore – Northbridge vcore (might be called MCH in your board).
VTT – Reference voltage (might be called FSB Termination voltage in your board). It’s used to terminate data lines between the MCH and CPU.