If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the
register
link to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum you want to visit from the selection below.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
F3-16000CL9T-6GBTD + ASUS Rampage II Extreme BIOS Settings
even if you're trying the XMP profile you still need to manually bump the QPI/DRAM Voltage up to at least 1.4875 - 1.5500 in order to get this memory to run on that board at DDR3 2000 speeds.
if you haven't bumped the QPI/DRAM voltage it simply isn't going to work at DDR3 2000 speeds.
you may also need to bump your cpu vcore up a tad over over the stock voltage.
MSI Big Bang xPower x58
Intel i7 950
GSkill DDR3 2000 6x2Gb
Gigabyte GTX 460 x2 SLi
OCZ Vertex 2 SSD - OS Drive
WD Black 640Gb x2 RAID0 - Apps and Programs
WD Black 1Tb backup and storage
Corsair TX950W
Water cooling - Swiftech and DangerDen
In an effort to help streamline the trouble shooting process when using this memory kit with the Asus Rampage II Extreme motherboard, there are some preliminary steps to take EVERY time before assuming there is a problem with the memory.
1. Ensure that you're running the latest BIOS revision released for the board. You can use the CPUz utility for this, it has a simple GUI, it's accurate and best of all it's free, click on the Mainboard tab and look at the BIOS information. Compare this to the latest BIOS release available on Asus' website. If your BIOS is older than the one on Asus' website, download the new version and flash.
2. Make sure that your memory is installed in the correct slots - for a 6Gb kit the memory modules should be installed in the A1/B1/C1 DIMM slots (the blue slots)
3. If you want to run this memory at DDR3 2000 speeds you will probably need something better than the stock Intel cooler, running at DDR3 2000 your cpu and ondie memory controller will be hot - I repeat they will be hot.
4. If you want to run this memory at DDR3 2000 speeds you HAVE TO increase the QPI/DRAM VTT to at least 1.48v or higher to get your system to boot or to get your system stable.
5. In many situations (even keeping the cpu at stock clocks) you will need to bump your cpu vcore.
6. Please add your system specs when asking for assistance and don't forget to list what power supply you are using, make, model and power rating.
7. A template showing all your BIOS settings or photos of your relevant BIOS pages is a big help too.
8. This one should really be at the top of the list - but once you have entered the BIOS settings as recommended by G.Skill, you need to run Memtest 86+ version 4.10 on your memory modules. Don't skimp on the test time. 4-5 hours is good, but a full eight hour run is even better. In most situations an 8 hour run of Memtest should yield about 8 full test sequences.
[IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG] http://www.glowfoto.com/static_image.../img6/glowfoto
[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]i have already replace the stock cooler to V8 cooler master,
my system has the latest bios i.e. 1802
i have posted some images that could help
Ok found you on the thread, you are responding to GSkill from a May suggestion? Looks like he was suggesting lowering the QPI/DRAM voltage and manually setting the CPU Ratio....yes/no? What has been going on, has it been stable all this time and is now having problems or what exactly is the problem you are looking for help with?
Pls offer comments on support I provide, HERE, in order to help me do a better job here:
Not sure what CPU, which will play into it also, but I always suggest and go with a combination of the highest freq that has the lowest CL as criteria that falls in the budget. Believe the Rampage is rated to 2000 so might look to 1866/8 or 2133/9. Going this way will offer a combination of highest overall performance and higher bandwidth (for memory intensive games/apps) than would say 1600/9 or 1600/8
Pls offer comments on support I provide, HERE, in order to help me do a better job here:
Not sure what CPU, which will play into it also, but I always suggest and go with a combination of the highest freq that has the lowest CL as criteria that falls in the budget. Believe the Rampage is rated to 2000 so might look to 1866/8 or 2133/9. Going this way will offer a combination of highest overall performance and higher bandwidth (for memory intensive games/apps) than would say 1600/9 or 1600/8
Comment