OCZ Rev 2 and DFI SLI-DR not working...PSU??

[DaFOBulous1]

I got this RMAed in person about 1-2 months ago. When I got it home, it had the 3/10 BIOS and I had to overvolt it to 2.8 to make it work according to technical support.

Well, a few days ago, I decided to tinker around putting in some value ram and the OCZ Rev 2 just to try out BF2. Well, when I finally took it out again, I had the same problem before.

One stick on the orange slot works but with two, I get that beep with the pause. I kept upping the volt and also decided to update the BIOS according to the tech support guy.

Doesn't work...thing is...it seems it isn't consistent like it worked one time with a certain setting but now doesn't. Could it be the PSU?

It's in my sig but the interesting thing is under speed fan for -12V for example, it's at like -9.87V...is that a sign of a failing PSU? As for the +!2V, it's around 11.4-11.80.

Any suggestions would be appreciative.

MY PSU SPECS:
# +3.3V(26A) & +5V(47A) = 235W(Max)
# +12V(28A) = 336W(Max)
# -12V(1.0A) = 12W, -5V(0.8A) = 4W, +5VSB(2.5A) = 12.5W

THE READINGS ACCORDING TO SPEEDFAN:
Vcore1: 1.36V
Vcore2: 1.17V
+3.3V: 3.28V
+5V: 4.84V
+12V: 11.39V
-12V: -9.40V <----- ??
-5V: 1.33V <----- ??
+5V: 4.87V
Vbat: 3.04


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[Thor86]

I would ditch Speedfan and use SmartGuardian from DFI's website. You can also find the MBM settings/profiles for DFI boards on DFI-Street.com

Sounds to me it may be your memory settings. Get back to us with your bios settings, and you may need to flash your bios to the latest version.

 

[DaFOBulous1]

Yea, I tried one of one and it seem to not work either. UGGH.

Yea, I did update the bios to the 6/24/05 according to CPU-Z. Any other suggestions are the most safest settings because I just want it to work ASAP for 1GIG now...sigh.

 

[Saga]

Using OCZ Gold I can't even get the vdimm past 2.6 without getting said beep and pause. =O It happens when using twin 1GB sticks regardless of which color slot. Load the default settings on the 24/05 BIOS and then go into the RAM configuration and set everything to auto. For some reason some of the presets with those BIOS will cause some sticks of 1GB to not post. Auto it then once you can at least post go to dfi-street and read up on how to configure your RAM specifically.

 

[DaFOBulous1]

I feel like killing myself. I bought a Powerstream 520W and stil the same problems...what gives?

 

[rise]

software voltage reads are pretty much useless. you ned to check with a dmm.

anyway, have you memtested the sticks seperately?

 

[DaFOBulous1]

Sure did...I didn't test it extensively but all I know is that with either stick, it works fine if it's just one stick...if I add another one...no go.

Im thinking about flashing it back to the 3/10 or may bios.

Any more suggestions would be great. I do not want to RMA this board for sure.

 

[Thor86]

You have to make sure your power supply is turned off before switching hardware, and press the on/off switch a couple of times to drain power from the motherboard.

Are you using all 4 power plugs on the motherboard? There is the 24pin, the 4pin (P4), the 4pin (molex), and the floppy power plugs, and try the tests again.

Also, make sure you reset the bios to Optimized Defaults and try again.

Good luck. :beer:

 

[Geff]

I am using 2 sticks of OCZ 3200 rev. 2 RAM (512 x 2) . Both sticks are inserted in the orange RAM slot. Im using the latest official BIOS from DFI. Even before and after flashing to latest BIOS build I have no problems running the RAM from default voltage. I now have it at 2.8 since I have the RAM overclock. As what have been suggested above make sure all 4 powerplugs are being use.

 

[DaFOBulous1]

I have tried that and I odd thing is that it doesn't work for either the yellow or the orange slots so if I use two stick in any configuration, it's a no go. I have even updated the bios to the beta 7/02 and same results. All 4 power connectors are in as I did have it running for a few weeks with the older 3/10 bios.

Let me know if anybody else have any suggestions.

Thanks!

 

[rise]

i've used the 5.10-2 bios for a few months, for me, they're better than the 6.23.

i'd flash to them, load optimized and set these at stock speed-
vid 1.4+110%
ldt-1.2 or 1.3
chipset 1.6v
dram 2.8 or 2.9

200-E-2.5-4-7-3-14-17 and everything else on auto. if it fails, try disabling bank interleave to see if you can at least get the dual channel to post.

the ocz rev2 doesn't need that many volts so unless they have been damaged by feeding too many volts through for too long, which i don't think you have, 2.9v should be more than enough.

edit- oh yeah, try removing the audigy and pick up a $20 dmm so you can get a real read on that psu. the 6600gt iirc doesn't have an external power connector so it'll be sucking all its juice off the 16x slot. if in fact your 12v line is that crappy, well, ya know

 

[DaFOBulous1]

OK...I just tried out it on DIMM 1 and DIMM 2...no problems there... UGGH. So it works on single channel but not dual channel. Im guessing it's not the PSU as I bought a Powerstream 520W...(so tempted to keep it) to test and the same results.

RMA again?

Sigh.