help with xms3200xl

[SuB]

hey all, new poster here been talking to Dave and he's helped me get as far as i have.

right i can get the system to run stable at 285x9 with 333on the ram

system is:

Sli premium

venice 3000+ (unaware of stepping?)

1.5gb xms3200xl v1.2

water cooled so heat isn't a problem,

dave pointed me here because i can't get the system to get into windows 1:1.. but he thinks i should be able to.

i've attached a64 tweaker shot as he asked

cheers for any helps chaps

SuB

if u need any more system details please ask

 

[|3ourne]

1) 1.5 gb = no dual channel and 2T timings which isnt worth it imho but if you want then go ahead. Try only putting two rams in and ocing it.

2) Get the latest bios .

3) Max Async = 8ns ( for 2 modules ) / 9ns ( for three modules )

4) Idle Cycle Limit = 256

5) Twr = 2

6) Twtr = 2

7) Trtw = 3

8) Trrd = 3

Hope this helps . Its actually the 1.5gb thats really hurting you. Either get 2 gb or go down to 1 gb .

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah I waited for |3ourne as he's the expert on this thing.

But I was going to say that the extra 512mb will stop you OC'ing as much. The memory controller does not like it

 

[SuB]

yea i'm hoping to get 2gb around xmas, another 512mb.. but for the time being i do alot of photoshop stuff, and fear, and bf2 and suchlike tend to love me more when i put the other stick in, so i'll try takin it out and see how things go

cheers for the help |3ourne

 

[SuB]

sorry for double post

:which is latest bios now?

 

[FarFarAway]

Not sure. Here's where ya find out

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Think this is it:

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket939/A8N-SLI Premium/A8NSP009.zip

 

[SuB]

ok i got asus update, and it's says something about the NT registry service error?

and then says i don't have an ASUS motherboard, then it quits... ?

 

[FarFarAway]

Weird. Personally I don't use those things. Better to use Winflash with the latest BIOS on Asus' site

 

[SuB]

winflash says the bin file isn't a bios rom or something

on a side note running 1GB it's now 285 1:1 3 4 4 8

 

[FarFarAway]

winflash says the bin file isn't a bios rom or something

on a side note running 1GB it's now 285 1:1 3 4 4 8

Mate thats pretty loose timings!

Try tightening your timings please check This guide and tighten them mate. Run memtest86+ to get it tighter (as in this guide)

Remember ur RAM doesn't like more than 2.9v as its TCCD

Getting there tho

 

[SuB]

ok, having tested it in bf2 it's jumpy as hell lol 1gb really isn't enough for that game, i'll stick to 1.5 untill xmas hopefully then i shall pick up where i left off sahme cuz i got 290 stable now

 

[|3ourne]

actually corsair has trouble running tight timings like gskill and ocz can. try 2.5-4-4-8. Asus also doesnt have enough bios tweaks needed to get the max out of the ram. So 285 is an encouraging move. Do not expect ur 2 gb to run that fast though . You might have to disable bank interleaving to get beyond 260 mhz with 2gb , not to mention 2T timings.

@Kempez : I have seen TCCD with 3.1V pumping through it without any problems. It depends on individual rams. Gskill and ocz tend to have a comfort level of 2.6V - 2.8V . Patriots on the other hand wont oc worth shit till u put 2.9V thru them. Geil likes 2.8 so does corsair.

 

[SuB]

righty ho cheers 3|ourne, i really apreciate the help btw those numbers on myn that are REALLY high like 24 or somthing? on A64 tweak? shud they be that high?

 

[WC Annihilus]

My memory only handles 2.8 (2.85?) according to memtest test #5