Gigabyte GA X38 DQ6 Blog

[Pastie]

I ran the same RAM on my old Gigabyte X38 - had to set it to run at 5-6-6-18 to get it to run properly though.....

[supershanks]

That's interesting thanks mate.

[GSF]

Originally Posted by Pastie

I ran the same RAM on my old Gigabyte X38 - had to set it to run at 5-6-6-18 to get it to run properly though.....

to run properly at 800mhz or 1066??

[supershanks]

1066 I would guess

[Pastie]

Yes it was 1066 - OCZ says the mem should run 5-5-5-18 @ 2.1v - 2.2v. OCZ Reaper

I had to spend a few days working out the correct speeds and voltages for it with that board though.......

I ended up at +0.35 for the memory, which ran the mem at 1066.

[GSF]

Originally Posted by Pastie

Yes it was 1066 - OCZ says the mem should run 5-5-5-18 @ 2.1v - 2.2v. OCZ Reaper

I had to spend a few days working out the correct speeds and voltages for it with that board though.......

I ended up at +0.35 for the memory, which ran the mem at 1066.

so far it seems more stable... so my error must have been trying RAM at +0.40 and not +0.35 i guess... ... ill post back if it fails

[GSF]

nah, crashed again :P

[Salty]

Doesn't sound good for that memory at that speed. I saw +.2 suggested for fsb overvoltage, just wondering if u tried +.1 or even +.05 if present.

Over at TTGigaByte they suggest pcie frequency of 100 rather than auto, but would that affect ram?

I guess you've tried something like 5 - 6 - 6 -18 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 57 - 4 on the ram already? Suggestions above already cover the possibilities pretty well.

Run CD version of memtest at 1066 to see if its a definite fail?

May have to stay at 800 or replace ram.

[sloppyjoe]

Things have been going smoothly for me, and a little *too* easy you might say. I'm currently running my E8400 @ 445x9 = 4.00Ghz. CPU voltage at 1.3v. 2.00D strap, so the RAM is @ 890Mhz. Temps are at 45'C max with Prime running, and my CPU fan is only at low-medium RPMs. My RAM is at +0.30v (it's rated at 1066mhz 5-5-5-15 @ 2.1v... though I've accidentally booted it at 1.8v with looser timings). I've only had Prime running for an hour, but will leave it on overnight to waste electricity

On another note, I'm actually upgrading from an E2160, which is a 1.8Ghz chip that I had OC'd to 3Ghz. I ran some benchmarks to test the difference from E2160@3Ghz vs E8400@3Ghz. Theoretically this was just the cache difference of 1MB vs 6MB, respectively. I saw 10-20% improvement across CPU benchmarks and non-graphics intensive games (Unreal Tournament 3, Left 4 Dead 2).

Also, my BIOS is F9J

Full settings below:
MB Intelligent Tweaker (MIT)
Robust Graphics Booster: AUTO
CPU Clock Ratio: 9x
CPU Host Clock Control: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency(Mhz) : 4.00 (445*9.0)
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) : 100
C.I.A.2: Disabled
Performance Enhance : Standard
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) [2.00D]
Memory Frequency(Mhz): 890
DRAM Timing Selectable : Manual
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time: : 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# : 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge : 5
Precharge Delay(tRAS) : 15
Advanced Timing Control
ACT to ACT Delay(tRRD) : 4
Rank Write to READ Delay : 4
Write To Precharge Delay : 8
Refresh to ACT Delay : 50
Read To Precharge Delay : 4
tRD : 8
tRD Phase Adjustment : Auto
Command to #CS Timing: : 2T
Clock Driving and Skew Control
CPU/PCIEX Clock Driving Control : 800mv
CPU Clock Skew Control : Normal
(G)MCH Clock Skew Control : Normal
System Voltage Control
DDR2 OverVoltage Control : +0.30v
PCI-E OverVoltage Control : Normal
FSB OverVoltage Control : Normal
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control : Normal
MCH Reference Voltage Control : Normal
DDR Reference Voltage Control : Normal
DDR Termination Voltage Control : Normal
CPU GTLREF1 Voltage* : Normal
CPU GTLREF2 Voltage* : Normal
CPU Voltage Control : 1.3000v
Normal CPU Vcore : (Didn't right this down... Normal?)

[supershanks]

Thanks for input Salty I always tend top set pcie frequency 100~103 rather than auto. As you say doubt it will do anything for ram.

May have to stay at 800 or replace ram.

Is sounding bad but the most likely option.

Originally Posted by sloppyjoe

Things have been going smoothly for me, and a little *too* easy you might say

enjoy it while you've got it
Thanks for sharing the difference E2160 v E8400