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[mazeroth]

Right now I have my Corsair VS 2x512 in banks 1 and 2. I've read where it may be better to use 1/3 or 2/4. Any truth to this?

Thanks!

 

[the cobbler]

Originally posted by: mazeroth
Right now I have my Corsair VS 2x512 in banks 1 and 2. I've read where it may be better to use 1/3 or 2/4. Any truth to this?

Thanks!

orange slots. you are going to have a hell of a time getting Corsair VS up and running smoothly on a DFI board: they hate basically all Corsair ram

since I've had experience with the exact same board/ram, here's a jumpstart:

punch this in order into bios and set vdimm at 2.6v + .01v:

2.5
enabled
3
7
3
14
17
4
3
2
4
auto or 2048
B.I.=enabled
twcl=1
skew=auto
dqs=0
drive= level 7/weak 4
data= level 3
max async=8ns or auto
dram response=normal or fast
read preamble= auto
256 clocks
D.C.=enabled
8x
4x
32-bit=auto

this should hopefully get you up and running. Give a few full passes of memtest86+ before you boot into Windows.

but I would keep an open mind about the fact that these may simply not function in a DFI board. Might think about a RAM upgrade in the near future.

 

[TheGlassman]

Put the sticks in the same color slots. This will give you dual channel (twice the bandwidth).
The slot closest the cpu (4, , and 2, the matching color) are best for overclocking.

 

[CP5670]

orange slots. you are going to have a hell of a time getting Corsair VS up and running smoothly on a DFI board: they hate basically all Corsair ram

My sticks work perfectly at every divider and haven't ever needed any tinkering at all. I'm using the yellow slots as suggested on DFI street. It seems the DFI boards don't like some types of CVS chips (this memory uses several different kinds of chips and there is often no way to tell exactly what you have) and are fine with others.

 

[the cobbler]

that's pretty much the way I understand it as well. seems like a lot of the 2x1gb value kits run better in the yellow slots and a lot smoother than the smaller kits and some of the older ICs. I actually couldn't get mine stable above 209mhz in the yellow slots, so I tried the orange and got closer to 230mhz. whatever works, i guess.

 

[mazeroth]

Right now I have them in different colored banks and I'm running at 9x267 dual prime stable on my Opteron 165. When you guys say running the RAM at 230mhz, you don't mean the HTT, right? When I check CPU-Z it says I'm running the RAM at like 218mhz or so (I'm at work right now; can't check).

With the way it's running now should I even bother moving them into the 1/3 or 2/4? the cobbler, should I still enter the settings you gave me?

Thanks!

 

[TheGlassman]

Originally posted by: mazeroth
Right now I have them in different colored banks and I'm running at 9x267 dual prime stable on my Opteron 165. When you guys say running the RAM at 230mhz, you don't mean the HTT, right? When I check CPU-Z it says I'm running the RAM at like 218mhz or so (I'm at work right now; can't check).

With the way it's running now should I even bother moving them into the 1/3 or 2/4? the cobbler, should I still enter the settings you gave me?

Thanks!

You are running single channel with a divider, so the HTT and Memory speed don't match.
If you use the recommmended slots your memory speed will increase to effective 436, (dual channel) which will do a much better job feeding your dual core. If you pause your post screen at ide detction you should see 64 bit enabled and you want 128 bit.
So you should move your sticks (to yellows) as it will impact performance.

 

[Pens1566]

Originally posted by: CP5670

orange slots. you are going to have a hell of a time getting Corsair VS up and running smoothly on a DFI board: they hate basically all Corsair ram

My sticks work perfectly at every divider and haven't ever needed any tinkering at all. I'm using the yellow slots as suggested on DFI street. It seems the DFI boards don't like some types of CVS chips (this memory uses several different kinds of chips and there is often no way to tell exactly what you have) and are fine with others.

I can't remember seeing the yellow slots recommended anywhere. Always use the orange.

 

[CP5670]

I saw a post on there at some point that said the yellow slots have better compatibility for value memory while the orange slots allow higher end memory to overclock further, or something to that effect. I have never tried these sticks in the orange slots though, so they may in fact work better there.