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[MQuartermass]

RMA'ing my OCZ800 ram. Cannot get it to post even after BIOS flash, vdimm upping, timing changes. Nothing.

So I'm thinking of getting this. Can anyone verify that it works? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220095

 

[ForgetCassettes]

I coupled the board with 2.1V Patriot PC2-6400 memory (2x1GB) and I never had a problem. The board had the original F1 Bios installed and I popped both sticks in without issue. I don't have a Core 2 Duo yet. I'm running a Pentium D 920 @ 4.0 Ghz which is the same overclock I achieved on my Asus P5WD2-E Premium. I have had nothing but positive things to say about this board. I bought the board figuring that I would eventually upgrade to a 975 board but now I may just stick with it

 

[harbin]

Blitzz PCI super G wireless card not working on this board.

 

[cpl edge]

i have this board and find it quite frustrating. it seems to have absoutly no where to adjust the ram. no timings, no latency, just the ddr speed and voltage. i also feel like compared to the cheap 754 amd board i was coming from, the bios on this board is just lacking. im not looking to sli or crossfire, but i want my watercooled e6400 to stretch its legs a little. all i could get was 20% extra out of it. thats not even 30c!!! and yes, i have the 3rd revision of the bios...

 

[gobucks]

Originally posted by: MQuartermass
RMA'ing my OCZ800 ram. Cannot get it to post even after BIOS flash, vdimm upping, timing changes. Nothing.

So I'm thinking of getting this. Can anyone verify that it works? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220095

exact same problem here. i RMA'd it and ordered Corsair PC2-6400 from zipzoomfly ($176 AR). It runs at 1.9V, which should make it play nicer with the mobo. I really like Corsair's products and haven't had much in the way of problems with them.

BTW, CPL Edge, in order to get the advanced features like timings and what not, just hit CTRL + F1 from the main BIOS menu. it should flicker for a minute, and then when you go into the overclocking menu, all the extra stuff you need will be there.

 

[cpl edge]

holy s!#$... that was way too easy... i feel like the kid that nobody likes that just got invited to a cool party or something... yeah...

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

This board has compatiblity issues with OCZ Gold chips. OCZ GOld I say, not value. I can understand DFI hating Corsair VS, but GIgabyte hating OCZ Gold? boo. Platinum is a rip at the moment too....

 

[River Side]

it's cuz OCZ tried to go cheap and use non-Micron or as is said 'Micron equivalent' chips.. I wouldnt' touch such high voltage RAM.. why not get cheaper RAM and OC it if u're going to feed 2.1v to your RAM anyway!!

 

[MiranoPoncho]

Hello all, Please forgive me If This seems foolish or stupid, but Can the DS3 run dividers for the ram? As, While I mind not paying the slight premium for ddr2 800, Would it work with a divider also, if it can be set?

 

[saymyname]

I want to get two of these boards, with a e6300 and e6400 but finding memory is a bit difficult since DDR2 is new to me.

I doubt I'd overclock so what 2GB set would be good and affordable? It looks like you need to get 1.8V memory to be safe. Patriot? GSkill? Corsair (still pissed off about my problems with the ultra-d though)? DDR2 667 or DDR2800?

 

[harbin]

Originally posted by: cpl edge
i have this board and find it quite frustrating. it seems to have absoutly no where to adjust the ram. no timings, no latency, just the ddr speed and voltage. i also feel like compared to the cheap 754 amd board i was coming from, the bios on this board is just lacking. im not looking to sli or crossfire, but i want my watercooled e6400 to stretch its legs a little. all i could get was 20% extra out of it. thats not even 30c!!! and yes, i have the 3rd revision of the bios...

Ctrl +F1 will bring out the timings and latency of the memory?

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: harbin

Originally posted by: cpl edge
i have this board and find it quite frustrating. it seems to have absoutly no where to adjust the ram. no timings, no latency, just the ddr speed and voltage. i also feel like compared to the cheap 754 amd board i was coming from, the bios on this board is just lacking. im not looking to sli or crossfire, but i want my watercooled e6400 to stretch its legs a little. all i could get was 20% extra out of it. thats not even 30c!!! and yes, i have the 3rd revision of the bios...

Ctrl +F1 will bring out the timings and latency of the memory?

It will bring out the options to change them in bios.....

 

[imported_amx]

this is split between people having issues and people gettin it to run fine.

 

[Jodiuh]

...so far...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145015
TWIN2X2048-5400c4
Boot @ 1.8V, changed to 1.9V per spec, SPD AUTO wrong (5.5.5.15, should have been 4.4.4.12), manufacturer date of almost a year ago, crashed Kaspersky, Firefox, and more. Definitely a bad stick, but I've had only one other Corsair ram set in the past...and they were bad too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227124
OCZ2G8002GK
No boot @ 1.9V. The specs call for 2.0V, so go figure.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220095
PDC22G5300LLK
Boot @ 1.8V, SPD (4.4.4.12) perfectly on AUTO, and passed a round of Memtest. It's priming now.

 

[saymyname]

That Patriot 2GB is looking pretty good right about now...

 

[CPUCarl]

Originally posted by: saymyname
That Patriot 2GB is looking pretty good right about now...

This works too:

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85025-5&ps=ho1

 

[saymyname]

I'm ordered a DS3, E6400 retail, and that Patriot 2GB kit. Hopefully I'll have it Monday, Tuesday at the latest.

 

[Matts0344]

Anyone know if all DS3s cat boot with Core 2 Duo no matter the BIOS?

I don't have any extra 775 CPUs so I need a board that can boot with C2D.

Or if not, does it at least have a removable BIOS?

 

[gobucks]

Originally posted by: Matts0344
Anyone know if all DS3s cat boot with Core 2 Duo no matter the BIOS?

I don't have any extra 775 CPUs so I need a board that can boot with C2D.

Or if not, does it at least have a removable BIOS?

yup, the default bios works with core 2 chips.

 

[buck]

Just an update:

Processor: E6400 @ 3.280Ghz
Motherboard: DS3
Memory: OCZ 2 x 1 GB PC6400 Platinum @ 5,5,5,15 800mhz
Cooling: Zalman cnps9500
FSB: 410
Memory Mult: 1:1
vcore: stock
vdimm: +0.3v
pcie: 100
gmch: normal
FSB: normal

Idle upper 30C's
Dual Prime Load 50Cish

Dual prime stable and ran 3dmark06 a few times no problems for either with the new f4e bios. Will work on it more tomorrow, has yet to lock up or give errors yet (with this oc), i just want to find its sweet spot.

 

[Soul Colossus]

Anybody use this with Corsair XMS PC2-6400 4-4-4-12: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145034

That's what I plan on getting with my E6600 system, or maybe the same thing but with higher latency.

 

[zakaie]

I was planning to get the DS3 board for sure to play with an C2D E6300; however, I was going to go hit up the OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum as well until I started hearing about the chances I'd be taking. I am planning to make a non-overclocked system with headroom to overclock 3-6 months down the road.

However, I am under a budget of very close to $150 or so for RAM at the moment--so I was thinking whether it would be more advisable to

a) get two gigs of a lower clock of a compatible brand (2x 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-675; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145015 ),

b) get one gig of the same clock of a compatible brand (1x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800; http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85025-2 ), or

c) get one gig [dual channeled] of the same clock speed of a compatible brand (2x 512 MB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145566 )


Part A sounded good until a poster (Jodiuh) had said s/he had problems with getting it to not crash. However, s/he did mention that one stick was bad (and other experiences with Corsair were bad). Part B leaves me room to get another stick of 1GB in the future, but there is a rebate on 2x 1GB of the same stick that I can't capitalize on due to my budget. Part C sounded pretty good too, but that would mean that I would (in the future) be running a quad channel 2gb system (4x 512) or a dual channel 1gb and a dual channel 2gb --which I am not certain is condusive to future overclocking or if it is inhibitive.

I'm not sure what to do at this point, but I know I don't feel comfortable with the OCZ parts I was considering... and I do have good experiences with Corsair so far.

Any one have advice?

 

[Pabster]

Stay away from OCZ memory with this particular board.

It doesn't like Gold or Platinum, or EL's. I was able to get Gold to boot a few times but it requires insane voltage and is unstable as hell. Some people have luck with Platinum's, others do not.

Patriot and Corsair seem to be the best choices. Although I have some cheap Samsung PC4200 that runs well on the DS3 also.

 

[Alphafox78]

anyone know how to get the SATA working with NCQ? I loaded the Intel INF drivers but its showing up as DMA mode 5... I messed around with the bios setting under advanced that had to do with IDE native and SATA modes, but all I got it to do was have the DVD drive come up under PIO mode, which is slow... any ideas?