- Mar 17, 2009
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Background: Tonight I replaced my e6400 with an e8400. I updated my Bios per Asus (P5B-deluxe) with the bios I need to support the e8400 a couple days ago. Since then everything was running fine with my e6400 in place. Besides the cpu change, nothing else has changed with my main comp. I have ran this board for 2 years with no problems and the e6400, and have ran it with 2x 1gb of OCZ gold and then 2x 2gb of my current ram with no problems before the e8400.
Ram: 2x 2gb OCZ Reaper ddr2 800 4-4-4-15.
When I first boot up, my computer hangs at the splash screen right before the bios. When I remove one stick of ram the computer will load fine. I ran memtest on both sticks of ram in slot 1, and they both went through 2 passes, and like I said, the ram was working before with the e6400. I then tried booting with ram in slot 1, 2, 3, and 4 separately which all worked, so it doesn't seem to be an issue with the sticks or slots.
I manually set the timings in the bios, and also tried letting them go auto. I tried with tons of different manual timings as well to see if that was the issue. Finally I set my FSB to x8 instead of x9 to try and replicate the e6400 to see if that was the issue... no go. I've heard of problems with this board and posting with 2 sticks of ram before, but the 2 years I used it with the e6400 I had no issues. What could be causing it with the e8400?
One other weird thing, when I try to overclock my e8400 and set the voltage, after I save and go back to the bios, the cpu voltage will reset to auto and not let me change it. I'm running fine right now at 3.6 (400x9) with 39C idle but for whatever reason I can't set the voltage manually. This e8400 has given me nothing but problems :/
Ram: 2x 2gb OCZ Reaper ddr2 800 4-4-4-15.
When I first boot up, my computer hangs at the splash screen right before the bios. When I remove one stick of ram the computer will load fine. I ran memtest on both sticks of ram in slot 1, and they both went through 2 passes, and like I said, the ram was working before with the e6400. I then tried booting with ram in slot 1, 2, 3, and 4 separately which all worked, so it doesn't seem to be an issue with the sticks or slots.
I manually set the timings in the bios, and also tried letting them go auto. I tried with tons of different manual timings as well to see if that was the issue. Finally I set my FSB to x8 instead of x9 to try and replicate the e6400 to see if that was the issue... no go. I've heard of problems with this board and posting with 2 sticks of ram before, but the 2 years I used it with the e6400 I had no issues. What could be causing it with the e8400?
One other weird thing, when I try to overclock my e8400 and set the voltage, after I save and go back to the bios, the cpu voltage will reset to auto and not let me change it. I'm running fine right now at 3.6 (400x9) with 39C idle but for whatever reason I can't set the voltage manually. This e8400 has given me nothing but problems :/
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