name='Kempez' said:Diosable EIST and thermal throttling.
Set RAM timings why 2.2v? Is that the stock volts?
name='XMS' said:I've just got my board installed this evening. Will post some BIOS screenies tomorrow![]()
name='weihk' said:e6300
commando
PC5400
so far i've set Vcore to 1.4
NB to 1.375
SB to auto............
Ram to 2.2
due to ram speed, im on 400x7
name='Clunk' said:Mr Smith,
Did that ram die while it was in your commando?
We have been suspecting that the commando has been killing ram for a while, and after having 2 sets go pop myself, I saw a review of the commando over at hardocp and interestingly, it killed one of his dominator 8888 sticks. I've also seen a couple of other reports of this on other forums. I know that mine werent overvolted intentionally, or out of spec, so either the commando killed them or the curse has reared it fugly head again.
I returned my 3rd one and got a refund, but I would urge people to keep an eye on their ram with this board.
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name='Clunk' said:Mr Smith,
Did that ram die while it was in your commando?
We have been suspecting that the commando has been killing ram for a while, and after having 2 sets go pop myself, I saw a review of the commando over at hardocp and interestingly, it killed one of his dominator 8888 sticks. I've also seen a couple of other reports of this on other forums. I know that mine werent overvolted intentionally, or out of spec, so either the commando killed them or the curse has reared it fugly head again.
I returned my 3rd one and got a refund, but I would urge people to keep an eye on their ram with this board.
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name='Mr. Smith' said:Hi,
The ram first started its life in the aw9d max; it wouldn't run past 975mhz, I was told the mobo had issues running ram on anything other than a 1:1 divider, on a 1:1 I wasn't getting high enough fsb to take it to 1066.
Then the icfx3200 - this ran the ram at 1066, even 1200mhz, but i realised the timings were on auto at something awful like 6-8-8-18. Trying to tighten them to 5-5-5-15 @ 1066 = errors.
Finally, we have the commando. Back to the old won't go past 975mhz...
As this is the 3rd mobo and I have always had the same/similar ram issues I concluded it was the ram.
However, your info has scared me! I don't want to get my new dominator stuff back only for the commando to kill it! Thanks for the heads up though - do you have more info on this? Is it just speculation or is the commando overvolting?
Cheers
Agreedname='Clunk' said:My ram, is/was OCZ Flex XLC 9200. The first set was bought from the US, the second in this country, so it is unlikely to be the same batch (agreed?).
name='Clunk' said:The problems started as soon as Commando number 1 arrived... it killed the ram.
I got a new set of the same ram, a new Commando, and changed the psu... The second Commando had problems from the start with the Flex ram, it flat out refused to post sometimes, it memtested fine in both the commando and the P5B, so I returned that board. On board number 3, All was fine for a couple of days, and then the exact same issues started again, no post, unable to clear cmos, and then finally, dead ram.
If it is to help someone out or as a source for what you are saying then sure provide a link. (p.s no need to in this case - i beleive you lol)name='Clunk' said:I wasnt sure if I was allowed to post a link to a hardocp review
name='Clunk' said:In the commando thread on XS, there is a couple of dead ram posts, and a mate poined me at another forum where some poor kid was having the whistling noises like me, and then his ram was killed.
name='Mr. Smith' said:Agreed
That just sucks hard. What are you using now?
If it is to help someone out or as a source for what you are saying then sure provide a link. (p.s no need to in this case - i beleive you lol)
In the XS commando thread there is reference to this whistling noise - it was identified as one of the copper coil things (no idea what they are called). Perhaps the faulty ram killer mobos suffer from this whistle? Mine does not - although it was XMS's before mine and Jim did have some ram die...
The heads up is all good mate - don't worry, sometimes the alarm bells need ringing. I'll keep an eye on my ram - however there is not much I can do other than change the mobo and rma the ram if it all happens to go wrong!
I repped you for the info![]()
name='weihk' said:heeeeeeelooooooooooo~~~~~
me commando is giving me stick for punching in 510x7 on me 6300.
dont know if its me ram or what, it wont even do one thing at 510x7!
LOL
maybe cause its still on 0601 bios.....lol
soooo.......anyone got ant bios screen for show? just interested at this stage.....wanting to know what settings you lot have done to it....
cheers
name='XMS' said:I'm not surprised mate. You can't just punch in an FSB of 510mhz and expect it to work. You need to move up slowly, adjusting the voltages as you go to keep things stable.
What divider are you running your ram at? And more to the point, what ram do you have?