Memtest86 crashing at 233mhz FSB, bad memory?

[IctusBrucks]

I have OCZ 3700 EB memory. When I try to run my fsb at 233mhz to get 466mhz DDR, I experience some instability.

So I ran memtest86 from a floppy. If I run it at an fsb 200mhz it runs without crashing. But at an fsb of 233 it always crashes at 65%. Does this mean that my memory is bad, or could it be the motherboard?

Here is another strange thing I noticed: If I set my memclock to cpu ratio to 1:1 with an fsb of 233mhz, CPU-Z reports memory speeds of 116.5mhz, half of 233. But at 2:1 it reports 233mhz. What is the deal with that?

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

? that's wierd

if your motherboard runs fine with that fsb and the mem 1:1 then its your memory

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

just replied to you in my thread in case you missed it

i think he meant use a 2:1 ratio. on my board at least 2:1 means the memory speed is twice the fsb... 200 fsb => ddr400 233fsb=>ddr466 i think other brand boards use 1:1 to mean 200fsb=>ddr400. as for the half speed i'm lost. tried it on mine and at a fsb=233 and 1:1 i got 233 try using a different prog like motherboard monitor to see if that was just cpuz

good luck, i'm going to send my kingston mem back now that my psu just died

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

ps what's the deal with pc3700 memory, we should start a support group

oh yeah, try memtesting each stickn individually. one of mine was yanked and the other worked fine at 466 mhz with auto latencies (3338 for this stuff) i couldn't get it to pass memtest at 470 mhz though even by upping the latencies a ton

 

[IctusBrucks]

ok i will try 1 stick at a time a bit later tonight.

But out of curiosity, can you send a screenshot of your CPU-Z memory tab running at 466mhz?

I just did another test of 200mhz FSB 1:1, and CPU-Z reports 100mhz memory. i have motherboard monitor but I can't find where to give me memory speed info.