Weird no post ram issue, IP35-E

[OnEMoReTrY]

alright this is a strange issue. I've been running 4x1gb for about a month with no problems. Yesterday I got an arctic freezer pro 7 and realized it didnt fit. I unplugged everything and took the motherboard out and took the northbridge heatsink off and sawed off the top blade. The freezer pro 7 fits perfectly now. I connected everything back up and now I am getting a long beep. Took the ram out of dimms 3 and 4 and posted fine. Tried just using 1gb in dimm 3 or 4 and neither boots. I've verified that all my ram still works. When I fill up dimm 1,2,3 there is no beep, it just doesnt post. I've tried resetting the CMOS, I flashed it to the latest bios, ver17, loaded optimized defaults, laid back the timings, increased voltage on ram, nothings working. Whats wrong? It was just working

 

[OnEMoReTrY]

And another issue im having, I cannot get over 335FSB no matter what I do. Ive tried raising the vcore, ive tried raising the CPU VTT ive tried raising the ICH, the MCH, the GTLREF, ive tried messing around with the DRAM ratio, no matter what I do I cannot get over 335 FSB. wtf is going on a I believe i had this problem before I even got my freezer pro 7. Any help would be greatly appreciated, i am so frusterated T_T so ready to just buy another motherboard =/

 

[krnmastersgt]

335 FSB with a 9 multi? Does a higher fsb work with a lower multi but same chip freq?

 

[OnEMoReTrY]

Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
335 FSB with a 9 multi? Does a higher fsb work with a lower multi but same chip freq?

nope, it is absolutely stuck at 335FSB T_T

 

[krnmastersgt]

So you've tried something like 375 with an 8 multi and got nothing? Then I guess it would be the board if that doesn't work, as for the failing dimm slot, not sure.

 

[OnEMoReTrY]

Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
So you've tried something like 375 with an 8 multi and got nothing? Then I guess it would be the board if that doesn't work, as for the failing dimm slot, not sure.

Yea T_T wont even do 356 x 8... T_T so weird... and yea im all outta ideas on the ram problem, i have no idea how i could have killed those slots by doing what i did... so weird. Guess its time for a new motherboard zzz probably get the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L or just use 2GB of ram and 355FSB for a while til prices drop on the X38's =/ and im pretty sure its not a short somewhere because i have an acrylic case and nothing looks out of the ordinary.

 

[krnmastersgt]

Personally, knowing Nehalem is right around the corner I wouldn't go for an X38, the P35-DS3L sounds like a good idea.