***Official*** OCZ Support Thread part 2

[imported_Lothar]

Ignore the stupid troll above.

Originally posted by: ryderOCZ

Originally posted by: Lothar
OCZ support staff,
Do you know if the following OCZ RAM are fully compatible with ASUS motherboards(ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe and ASUS P5B Deluxe) running Conroe?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227124 (Ideally my first choice)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227030


And what is so "special" about this RAM besides the heatspreader?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227120
What warrants the name "Special Operating Edition"?

I'm an oldie upgrading from my Northwood and OCZ PC3700 Gold to a Conroe and whatever good PC2 6400 RAM I can find.

Special Ops Edition is just the heatspreader, as in Special Ops in the Military, hence the Camo look

We just got the P5B and P5W and we have not fully tested the ram yet, I can't give you a definite Yes/No answer at this time which sticks are going to work the best on either of them. Mid - Late next week sometime I should have more info.

Any update regarding the OCZ RAM's I mentioned with a 975X board?
Been almost 3 weeks now.

 

[Yourself]

Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

 

[EROEIone2one]

Finally got the new system together... obviously some problems though, hence me posting in this thread.

I'm running C2D E6600 and two sticks of TiAlpha VX2 on a P5W-DH. Stock setting everywhere else. Latest ASUS bios (1201). Since anandtech benchmarked this ram using this mainboard, I first went with their settings.

I'm getting a consistent flood of Memtest errors at 98% on the Test 5 passes. I've tried the following settings:


800 DDR2 3-3-3-9 2.15V

1067 DDR2 4-3-4-11 2.25V

Same as above but at 2.30V

The indicated stock settings for this memory on the OCZ page (1067 DDR2 4-4-4-15 2.30V)


Is there something here I'm missing?

 

[Ruhnie]

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

I am having some similar problems now. I have the rev1 version, and I pass memtest fine, even ran it for 9 hours. But I fail in under 5 minutes in either Prime95 or Orthos blend test at 5-5-5-15 and all stock speeds, with Vidimm at either +.3v or +.2v. I will try manually setting to 4-5-4 tonight, but I am about fed up with this RAM. I feel an RMA in my near future. I haven't even tried to OC yet!

 

[imported_hopeless]

Originally posted by: SteveOCZ
I sent it again with my non OCZ email. If you get it and send the form in, mention to them you can't receive emails from OCZ addresses

I sent you a pm.

Thanks

 

[SteveOCZ]

Replied

 

[SteveOCZ]

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

Do both sticks produce errors in memtest when tested seperatly?

 

[Yourself]

Originally posted by: SteveOCZ

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

Do both sticks produce errors in memtest when tested seperatly?

Didn't try individual sticks....will do that tonight....

 

[ryderOCZ]

Originally posted by: Ruhnie

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

I am having some similar problems now. I have the rev1 version, and I pass memtest fine, even ran it for 9 hours. But I fail in under 5 minutes in either Prime95 or Orthos blend test at 5-5-5-15 and all stock speeds, with Vidimm at either +.3v or +.2v. I will try manually setting to 4-5-4 tonight, but I am about fed up with this RAM. I feel an RMA in my near future. I haven't even tried to OC yet!

Failing Prime is not the end all of stability...check this thread out as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113539

 

[Ruhnie]

Originally posted by: ryderOCZ

Originally posted by: Ruhnie

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

I am having some similar problems now. I have the rev1 version, and I pass memtest fine, even ran it for 9 hours. But I fail in under 5 minutes in either Prime95 or Orthos blend test at 5-5-5-15 and all stock speeds, with Vidimm at either +.3v or +.2v. I will try manually setting to 4-5-4 tonight, but I am about fed up with this RAM. I feel an RMA in my near future. I haven't even tried to OC yet!

Failing Prime is not the end all of stability...check this thread out as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113539

Hmm interesting, it would seem I am getting the type of errors in Orthos that the bug would produce. Lol so how the heck will I test for stability? If all I do is use my rig for gaming, would Memtest86+ and 3DMark be enough?

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: ryderOCZ

Originally posted by: Ruhnie

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

I am having some similar problems now. I have the rev1 version, and I pass memtest fine, even ran it for 9 hours. But I fail in under 5 minutes in either Prime95 or Orthos blend test at 5-5-5-15 and all stock speeds, with Vidimm at either +.3v or +.2v. I will try manually setting to 4-5-4 tonight, but I am about fed up with this RAM. I feel an RMA in my near future. I haven't even tried to OC yet!

Failing Prime is not the end all of stability...check this thread out as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113539

Getting the same issues with my rev2 4-4-4-15 sticks. I guess we can blame the cpu, and or ram, but it seems when I run the ram at 5-5-5-15 timings, Prime95 runs without rounding errors.

 

[Yourself]

Originally posted by: Thor86

Originally posted by: ryderOCZ

Originally posted by: Ruhnie

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

I am having some similar problems now. I have the rev1 version, and I pass memtest fine, even ran it for 9 hours. But I fail in under 5 minutes in either Prime95 or Orthos blend test at 5-5-5-15 and all stock speeds, with Vidimm at either +.3v or +.2v. I will try manually setting to 4-5-4 tonight, but I am about fed up with this RAM. I feel an RMA in my near future. I haven't even tried to OC yet!

Failing Prime is not the end all of stability...check this thread out as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113539

Getting the same issues with my rev2 4-4-4-15 sticks. I guess we can blame the cpu, and or ram, but it seems when I run the ram at 5-5-5-15 timings, Prime95 runs without rounding errors.

Are you running a DS3 mobo?

 

[Ruhnie]

Originally posted by: Yourself

Originally posted by: Thor86

Originally posted by: ryderOCZ

Originally posted by: Ruhnie

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

I am having some similar problems now. I have the rev1 version, and I pass memtest fine, even ran it for 9 hours. But I fail in under 5 minutes in either Prime95 or Orthos blend test at 5-5-5-15 and all stock speeds, with Vidimm at either +.3v or +.2v. I will try manually setting to 4-5-4 tonight, but I am about fed up with this RAM. I feel an RMA in my near future. I haven't even tried to OC yet!

Failing Prime is not the end all of stability...check this thread out as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113539

Getting the same issues with my rev2 4-4-4-15 sticks. I guess we can blame the cpu, and or ram, but it seems when I run the ram at 5-5-5-15 timings, Prime95 runs without rounding errors.

Are you running a DS3 mobo?

After some research on this so-called "bug" and testing on my end, I'm now certain this is a cop-out answer from OCZ. I can run memtest and Orthos stable for 8+ hours with a 3x memory multiplier, but once I change that I error out in seconds. This OCZ RAM is simply a POS. I bought some Corsair today and will be RMA'ing my OCZ tomorrow. This will be the first and last time I buy from OCZ. Not worth the headache to save a few bucks.

 

[EROEIone2one]

Still wondering why the stock settings for my 2 sticks of VX2 (1067 DDR2 4-4-4-15 2.30V) errors out consistently in memtest #5.

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: Yourself

Originally posted by: Thor86

Originally posted by: ryderOCZ

Originally posted by: Ruhnie

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

I am having some similar problems now. I have the rev1 version, and I pass memtest fine, even ran it for 9 hours. But I fail in under 5 minutes in either Prime95 or Orthos blend test at 5-5-5-15 and all stock speeds, with Vidimm at either +.3v or +.2v. I will try manually setting to 4-5-4 tonight, but I am about fed up with this RAM. I feel an RMA in my near future. I haven't even tried to OC yet!

Failing Prime is not the end all of stability...check this thread out as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113539

Getting the same issues with my rev2 4-4-4-15 sticks. I guess we can blame the cpu, and or ram, but it seems when I run the ram at 5-5-5-15 timings, Prime95 runs without rounding errors.

Are you running a DS3 mobo?

Nope, this is with an Asus P5WDH.

 

[ryderOCZ]

I never said that this was the reason for failing prime, I merely pointed to a thread with some information that a user had found.

Failing prime, does not constitute bad ram either...Prime will fail for 100's of reasons, saying your ram is bad because it won't pass prime is simply not the case.

If you are unhappy or have a problem, then you need to email me so we can get it straightened out.

Thank you.

I will be returning home today from California, so I will not be able to reply until I get home which will be approx. 9 - 10 hours from right now (10:30 am Pacific Time)

Thank you again.

 

[Ruhnie]

Originally posted by: ryderOCZ
I never said that this was the reason for failing prime, I merely pointed to a thread with some information that a user had found.

Failing prime, does not constitute bad ram either...Prime will fail for 100's of reasons, saying your ram is bad because it won't pass prime is simply not the case.

If you are unhappy or have a problem, then you need to email me so we can get it straightened out.

Thank you.

I will be returning home today from California, so I will not be able to reply until I get home which will be approx. 9 - 10 hours from right now (10:30 am Pacific Time)

Thank you again.

Emailed, thanks.

 

[Madellga]

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

Those sticks don't like anything above 1.95V. Set your mobo to +0.15V and try again.

Look my signature, I was having the same issues as you until I tried lower VDim. Now it works and I can clock it to 400FSB at 4-4-4 / 16 hours Prime95 Stable!!
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8299/dq6pluse640032ghzvdim195bli0.jpg

I tried once 450x6 at 6-6-6 and same Vdim. It did boot and could run Prime95 for 40 minutes (I stopped the test myself).
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/282/dq6pluse640027ghzfsb450yg9.jpg

 

[Yourself]

Originally posted by: Madellga

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

Those sticks don't like anything above 1.95V. Set your mobo to +0.15V and try again.

Look my signature, I was having the same issues as you until I tried lower VDim. Now it works and I can clock it to 400FSB at 4-4-4 / 16 hours Prime95 Stable!!
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8299/dq6pluse640032ghzvdim195bli0.jpg

I tried once 450x6 at 6-6-6 and same Vdim. It did boot and could run Prime95 for 40 minutes (I stopped the test myself).
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/282/dq6pluse640027ghzfsb450yg9.jpg

Oh man you're a savior. That completely did the trick. I ran Orthos blend overnight at 420 FSB 1:1, 4-4-4-15, 2.0v, without any issue. 400 FSB would run 1.9v without any problems but it seems like 420 needed a small bump. My E6400 is happily hummin along at 420x8 (3360) at 1.3875v.

OCZ guys...hopefully you can use his suggestion in future cases...it saved me an RMA.

 

[drakore]

Hi,

I am currently in the market for 2x1gb of DDR ram. The products I am currently eyeing are the PC4000 DDR500 EB Platinum 3-3-2-8 and the PC3200 DDR400 Platinum 2-3-2-5. I do want to overclock my CPU (which I am in the process of doing now) but not to the max, so which ram is better suited for me? I do game a fair bit, this is why I am upgrading from 1gb (i've heard there is a fairly large advantage of 2g vs 1g in newer games).

I am currently running:

Athlon X2 3800
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
HIS x1900xt
WD Raptor 36GB
Kingston HyperX DDR400 2-2-2-5 2x512mb
Antec Neopower 480W

Any comments/suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Madellga]

Originally posted by: Yourself

Originally posted by: Madellga

Originally posted by: Yourself
Ok...need some help my OCZ Rev. 2 Platinum PC2 6400 sticks. I started to see more and more blue screens but chalked it up to overclocking even though my ram wasn't running over 800. I ran memtest and started pulling errors in test #5. My setup is as follows:

Gigabyte DS3
F4 Bios
4-4-4-15
+.3v which equals 2.1v


I have tried 400 fsb 1:1 ratio, 320 fsb 2.5:1 ratio, and 200 fsb 4:1 ratio, all of which produce Memtest errors and Orthos blend mode errors out in less than 5 minutes. Here's the funny thing, as soon as I go to 4-5-4 or 4-5-5 I can go error free and actually get some decent overclocks. So I guess my question for Steve or Ryder: Does this sound like bad sticks? Do you have any other solutions to try? Let me know...thanks!!

Rick

Those sticks don't like anything above 1.95V. Set your mobo to +0.15V and try again.

Look my signature, I was having the same issues as you until I tried lower VDim. Now it works and I can clock it to 400FSB at 4-4-4 / 16 hours Prime95 Stable!!
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8299/dq6pluse640032ghzvdim195bli0.jpg

I tried once 450x6 at 6-6-6 and same Vdim. It did boot and could run Prime95 for 40 minutes (I stopped the test myself).
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/282/dq6pluse640027ghzfsb450yg9.jpg

Oh man you're a savior. That completely did the trick. I ran Orthos blend overnight at 420 FSB 1:1, 4-4-4-15, 2.0v, without any issue. 400 FSB would run 1.9v without any problems but it seems like 420 needed a small bump. My E6400 is happily hummin along at 420x8 (3360) at 1.3875v.

OCZ guys...hopefully you can use his suggestion in future cases...it saved me an RMA.

My pleasure

I suffered a lot also but had to find this alone, trial and error. I think it was a bit of luck - I recalled a teacher who said once "sometimes more does not mean better".

For the OCZ guys, there are lots of people crying over the forums (here, xtremesystems.org, etc) about the DDR2 Platinums and the P965 chipsets. Please, remember this tip and spread the info.

 

[ryderOCZ]

Already noted and website updated.

 

[Ruhnie]

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[Dulanic]

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