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So I've been wrestling with this issue for about a week now and am at a complete loss. Here are the specs of the system I'm trying to get to work
Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 MHz
2 sticks of 2GB Gskill RAM (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)
10000 RPM 72 GB HDD
ATI Radeon x1950 PCI-E
Thermaltake 480W PSU
The issue is that when installing either Win7 or Vista, the installation will freeze on the Windows loading logo the first time it attempts to boot to the desktop. After you shut it down and attempt to restart, it will sometimes make it through the loading logo, get to the "Windows is setting your system up for the first time" screen and then reboot.
I also own a set of GSkill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ sticks that give the same result. I've swapped hard drives, same problem.
I've been cruising forums for several days now, trying various BIOS, voltage, and timing settings. Below is a list of what I've tried recently and failed with the 2GB sticks.
I'm currently running the newest BIOS for my board (F7) and done memtest86 on both sets of RAM which came back fine. Pretty much each change I make in the BIOS, I completely reinstall the OS as to make sure nothing's corrupted on the software side.
It's getting to the point where I think the motherboard might actually be bad but I know a guy who had the exact same symptoms with an Asus motherboard and it turned out to be RAM settings. Any help that you can provide would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 MHz
2 sticks of 2GB Gskill RAM (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)
10000 RPM 72 GB HDD
ATI Radeon x1950 PCI-E
Thermaltake 480W PSU
The issue is that when installing either Win7 or Vista, the installation will freeze on the Windows loading logo the first time it attempts to boot to the desktop. After you shut it down and attempt to restart, it will sometimes make it through the loading logo, get to the "Windows is setting your system up for the first time" screen and then reboot.
I also own a set of GSkill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ sticks that give the same result. I've swapped hard drives, same problem.
I've been cruising forums for several days now, trying various BIOS, voltage, and timing settings. Below is a list of what I've tried recently and failed with the 2GB sticks.
I'm currently running the newest BIOS for my board (F7) and done memtest86 on both sets of RAM which came back fine. Pretty much each change I make in the BIOS, I completely reinstall the OS as to make sure nothing's corrupted on the software side.
It's getting to the point where I think the motherboard might actually be bad but I know a guy who had the exact same symptoms with an Asus motherboard and it turned out to be RAM settings. Any help that you can provide would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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BIOS version F7 ***I choose "Load Optimized Defaults" first, then make changes to specific settings*** MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Robust Graphics Booster ...[AUTO] CPU Clock Ratio ...........9X Fine CPU Clock Ratio.......0.0 CPU Frequency .............2.4 GHz (266x9) Clock Chip Control >>>Standard Clock Control CPU Host Clock Control.......[Disabled] CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ....266 PCI Express Frequency (Mhz). [AUTO] C.I.A.2 .....................[Disabled] Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter] CPU Clock Drive..................[800mV] PCI Express Clock Drive..........[800 mV] CPU Clock Skew (ps)..............0ps MCH Clock Skew (ps)..............0ps DRAM Performance Control Performance Enhance..............[STANDARD] Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)..[Auto] (G)MCH Frequency Latch...........[Auto] System Memory Multiplier ........[Auto] Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..........800 DRAM Timing Selectable ..........[Manual] Standard Timing Control CAS Latency Time...5 [5] tRCD ..............5 [5] tRP...............5 [5] tRAS...............15 [15] Advanced Timing Control tRRD...............3 [AUTO] tWTR...............3 [AUTO] tWR................6 [AUTO] tRFC...............64 [AUTO] */I have tried values of 52, 54, 62 as well tRTP...............2 [AUTO] Command Rate (CMD)0 [2] Driving Strength Profiles Driving Strength ...... >>Channel A Static tRead Value........5 tRD Phase0 Adjustment.....0 [AUTO] tRD Phase1 Adjustment.....0 [AUTO] tRD Phase2 Adjustment ....0 [AUTO] tRD Phase3 Adjustment.....0 [AUTO] Trd2rd(Different Rank)....6 [AUTO] Twr2wr(Different Rank)....6 [AUTO] Twr2rd(Different Rank)....5 [AUTO] Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)....8 [AUTO] Dimm1 Clock Skew Control....[AUTO] Dimm2 Clock Skew Control....[AUTO] DDR Write Training..........[AUTO] Driving Strength Profile......[AUTO] Data Driving Pull-up Level....[AUTO] Cmd Driving Pull-up Level.....[AUTO] Ctrl Driving Pull-up Level....[AUTO] Clk Driving Pull-up Level.....[AUTO] Data Driving Pull-Down Level..[AUTO] Cmd Driving Pull-Down Level...[AUTO] Ctrl Driving Pull-Down Level..[AUTO] Clk Driving Pull-Down Level...[AUTO] >>Channel B Static tRead Value..........5 [AUTO] tRD Phase0 Adjustment.......0 [AUTO] tRD Phase1 Adjustment.......0 [AUTO] tRD Phase2 Adjustment ......0 [AUTO] tRD Phase3 Adjustment.......0 [AUTO] Trd2rd(Different Rank)......6 [AUTO] Twr2wr(Different Rank)......6 [AUTO] Twr2rd(Different Rank)......5 [AUTO] Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)......8 [AUTO] Dimm1 Clock Skew Control......[AUTO] Dimm2 Clock Skew Control......[AUTO] DDR Write Training............[AUTO] Driving Strength Profile......[AUTO] Data Driving Pull-up Level....[AUTO] Cmd Driving Pull-up Level.....[AUTO] Ctrl Driving Pull-up Level....[AUTO] Clk Driving Pull-up Level.....[AUTO] Data Driving Pull-Down Level..[AUTO] Cmd Driving Pull-Down Level...[AUTO] Ctrl Driving Pull-Down Level..[AUTO] Clk Driving Pull-Down Level...[AUTO] Motherboard Voltage Control Voltage Type >>> CPU CPU Vcore...............1.3v..[AUTO] CPU Termination?........1.200v....[AUTO] CPU Reference............:0.805v....[AUTO] >>>MCH/ICH MCH Core.........1.100v...[1.200V] ICH I/O..........1.550v...[AUTO] >>> DRAM DRAM Voltage ........1.800v...[1.900v] */ I have tried 1.8 and 2.0 with no success
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