OCZ Gold EL PC3200 (BH-5?)

[Mdogs444]

Hey guys, for some reason, i think my old TwinMOS burned out. It eventually wouldnt boot on 1 or 2 sticks, regardless of timings, speed, or voltage. So I caved in and bought these OCZ Gold EL's - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227211. I think they are BH-5 and are warranted up to 3.0V +/- 5%. I cannot get them to boot in my system at anything over rated timings/speed. Arent these BH-5's? They will run 2-2-2-5 successfully @ DDR400, but nothing more.

Ive tried to up voltage (up to 3.4V), use a divider to push them over to DDR500 or so. Nothing works.

Help?

 

[babyelf]

tried with only one stick?

 

[EvilCloudStrife]

Hey guys, for some reason, i think my old TwinMOS burned out. It eventually wouldnt boot on 1 or 2 sticks, regardless of timings, speed, or voltage. So I caved in and bought these OCZ Gold EL's - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227211. I think they are BH-5 and are warranted up to 3.0V +/- 5%. I cannot get them to boot in my system at anything over rated timings/speed. Arent these BH-5's? They will run 2-2-2-5 successfully @ DDR400, but nothing more.

Ive tried to up voltage (up to 3.4V), use a divider to push them over to DDR500 or so. Nothing works.

Help?

it is suppose to be BH-5 from what i know. maybe they changed the chips though, i donno

 

[Mdogs444]

Hmm, Maybe OCZ Steve will give me a heads up

 

[babyelf]

they are still UTT bh-5

socket 754 might have problem running 2 sticks.. try just one stick and see whether it works

 

[fldrice]

They are Winbond BH quality ICs but the newer batches seem to have very little headroom.

 

[HousERaT]

They are Winbond BH quality ICs but the newer batches seem to have very little headroom.

I agree. They are BH-die UTT chips..... they act like BH-5 but are not the same. I have bh-die TwinMOS sticks and they overclock fine (250fsb with 2-2-2-5 timings) and they also run those timings at 200fsb and 2.8v. Just know they are not exactly the same as BH-5.

 

[cwa4me]

I not one hundred percent sure, But from what I was told and understand from people who had both. It's made on the same die as old BH-5 but has not been threw the test that they would do when they labled the ram BH-5, Just my info., I got when looking to buy some BH-5 type ram, that is way I bought some old BH-5 (used) Instead of the new stuff. I have some Corsair 3500 BH-5. Hope this helps!!

 

[gigabit]

I have hit 262x10x4 with [email protected] @2-3-3-7 timming's ,But my 3700+ is dieing and wont even boot at 2.5ghz. And it aint the ram.Ive tried 3 differnt sets and 2 mobos and get the same results.This 3700+ is going back to AMD real soon.And 2.8v is exactly what it takes to get these to boot at 2-2-2-5-t1 because at 2.7v i get blue screens going into windows

 

[Eldonko]

they are still UTT bh-5

socket 754 might have problem running 2 sticks.. try just one stick and see whether it works

/agree

I have the same RAM and it is good stuff. Mines old though, maybe the better sticks are going into the PC3500 version now.

 

[SteveOCZ]

Have you cleared your CMOS?

 

[Mdogs444]

Yup many times. Just doesn't like to boot at anything over 212MHz to the memory.......regardless of divider and voltage. Wont pass memtest at over DDR408 w/ even 3.15V 2-2-2-5. Maybe i'd need to loosen timings, or just switch back to TCCD.

 

[gigabit]

Thats what im doing i just grabbed a set of OCZ PC3200 plats with TCCD off a memeber here.I cant wait to get them in my system even if my 3700+ is .dieing .But im hoping when i rma it AMD sends me a screamer

 

[SteveOCZ]

Ok there is no way these stick should overclock so poorly. Can you please try each stick out on it's own?

Thanks

 

[Mdogs444]

Thanks Steve, i just returned them (to local Frye's after 4 days), and ordered some Plat Rev 2's from newegg. These should turn out nice since im afraid of high voltage ram anymore. I think i toasted my TwinMOS SP's and now they wont boot, but i only gave them 3.4 volts.

 

[gigabit]

I got over 7100 in in sandra05 memory bandwidth test with them At Cas 2.5-3-3-7 at 265.I think this ram is very versital but also picky about timings and voltages mine do not like over 3.4v/3.5v at all .But when you find the right timings+voltage's they fly


SteveOCZ
How accurate is OCZ'S DDR Booster's read out.When it say's 3.3v im i really getting 3.3V or does it over or under volt some? I think mine Over volts a little.

 

[gtrdude485]

im having the same problem! i can run 3.1v 200 2-2-2-5 10hrs stable, i try to go 230 with timings suggested by eric ryder 2-3-2-6 n fail on first pass with over 50 errors. i'm currently trying them at 240 with a 5/6 divider at 2.5-3-2-6 3.2v but $h@* man thats not even oc'd!!??

it makes no sense being able to get my 3200+ to 272htt 8hrs stable but then have my ram only clock at pc3200. might just sell them unless i can get these setting down...

 

[SteveOCZ]

I got over 7100 in in sandra05 memory bandwidth test with them At Cas 2.5-3-3-7 at 265.I think this ram is very versital but also picky about timings and voltages mine do not like over 3.4v/3.5v at all .But when you find the right timings+voltage's they fly


SteveOCZ
How accurate is OCZ'S DDR Booster's read out.When it say's 3.3v im i really getting 3.3V or does it over or under volt some? I think mine Over volts a little.

The booster is calibrated before being shipped. The readout depends on how accurate your power supply's 12V rail is. If the 12V rail shifts or the -5V rail shifts it can cause the boosters readout to change. If it's showing 3.3V's then it most likely is 3.3V

 

[gigabit]

The booster is calibrated before being shipped. The readout depends on how accurate your power supply's 12V rail is. If the 12V rail shifts or the -5V rail shifts it can cause the boosters readout to change. If it's showing 3.3V's then it most likely is 3.3V

Thanks SteveOCZ.I wqas hoping thats what you'd say.One more ? Whats the highest Voltage that is covered by the warrantty.That plus + or - 0%-5% is confusing a little.I just wanna no for sure or did i already go over it with 3.5v

 

[fldrice]

im having the same problem! i can run 3.1v 200 2-2-2-5 10hrs stable, i try to go 230 with timings suggested by eric ryder 2-3-2-6 n fail on first pass with over 50 errors. i'm currently trying them at 240 with a 5/6 divider at 2.5-3-2-6 3.2v but $h@* man thats not even oc'd!!??

it makes no sense being able to get my 3200+ to 272htt 8hrs stable but then have my ram only clock at pc3200. might just sell them unless i can get these setting down...

You shouldn't need 3.1v @ ddr400. I thought these things were spec'd @2.8v.