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dr.grimm

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hi

i just bought new pc:
E8400 m(1333mhz FSB)
Corsair 2gig 2x 1024mb 1333 9-9-9-24 DHX
MSi X38 Diamond
HD 4850 radeon

for some reason the damn bios wont clock my Dram at its normal (as above) setting,it keeps my cpu fsb at 266mhz (*quad pumped) and my dram at 1066mhz,when i tri to set the speeds t there norml timings and save and try to boot my pc restarts not even pssing post, when i finaly manged to clock it all at 1333 FSB( dram at 669mhz (1:2 ratio) and cpu at 1333 FSB) i ran FEAR and Crysis...but my pc keeps restrating and locking up:confused:

plz help...haved slept in 2days struggeling with these settings:mad:
 
dr.grimm said:
hi

i just bought new pc:
E8400 m(1333mhz FSB)
Corsair 2gig 2x 1024mb 1333 9-9-9-24 DHX
MSi X38 Diamond
HD 4850 radeon

for some reason the damn bios wont clock my Dram at its normal (as above) setting,it keeps my cpu fsb at 266mhz (*quad pumped) and my dram at 1066mhz,when i tri to set the speeds t there norml timings and save and try to boot my pc restarts not even pssing post, when i finaly manged to clock it all at 1333 FSB( dram at 669mhz (1:2 ratio) and cpu at 1333 FSB) i ran FEAR and Crysis...but my pc keeps restrating and locking up:confused:

plz help...haved slept in 2days struggeling with these settings:mad:
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thats rather interesting, but as far as I know, when your fsb is 266 and means your ram is running at 2*266= 532 mhz, which makes no sense, you are right in saying that the fsb is quad pumped, but that means your fsb is only around the 1066 mark.

Can i ask you to go onto windows, and run cpu-z (you can download it from anywhere) and just check:
a) your fsb
B) your core clock
c) your rams speed

this should share some light on us, :P

I wonder if the fsb is not multiplied 5 time, coz that means:5*266=1330(what your fsb should be)
 
May I ask when you have a look at CPU-Z can you perhaps tell me what "spepping" your E8200 is, I see on MSI's webiste that the 1.3 Bios update for your Mobo states:
Wolfdale E8400 (3GHz, E0, 65W) has a 9.0 Ratio "since 1.3"
Wolfdale E8400 (3GHz, C0, 65W) has a 9.5 Ratio but is "under testing"

When you are in the bios, is your FSB/Memory Ratio set to "Automatic"? have you also tried to set your FSB/Ratio to 1:1 instead of 1:2?
 
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Definitely the bios, had same problem this week, and a bios upgrade sorted it.

The mobo clocked an E2220 @ 50hz fsb, that gave the cpu a speed of 600Mhz instead of 2.4Ghz, and no matter what i did, i could not change that, until the bios change.
 
JohnnyQ said:
Definitely the bios, had same problem this week, and a bios upgrade sorted it.

The mobo clocked an E2220 @ 50hz fsb, that gave the cpu a speed of 600Mhz instead of 2.4Ghz, and no matter what i did, i could not change that, until the bios change.
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ha ha ha, I bet that would have been rather fun when using windows
 
Glordit said:
May I ask when you have a look at CPU-Z can you perhaps tell me what "spepping" your E8200 is, I see on MSI's webiste that the 1.3 Bios update for your Mobo states:
Wolfdale E8400 (3GHz, E0, 65W) has a 9.0 Ratio "since 1.3"
Wolfdale E8400 (3GHz, C0, 65W) has a 9.5 Ratio but is "under testing"

When you are in the bios, is your FSB/Memory Ratio set to "Automatic"? have you also tried to set your FSB/Ratio to 1:1 instead of 1:2?
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hey

my stepping is 6 en revision is CO that is under testing, and ja tried all the ration settings
 
scotty777 said:
thats rather interesting, but as far as I know, when your fsb is 266 and means your ram is running at 2*266= 532 mhz, which makes no sense, you are right in saying that the fsb is quad pumped, but that means your fsb is only around the 1066 mark.

Can i ask you to go onto windows, and run cpu-z (you can download it from anywhere) and just check:
a) your fsb
B) your core clock
c) your rams speed

this should share some light on us, :P

I wonder if the fsb is not multiplied 5 time, coz that means:5*266=1330(what your fsb should be)
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my bus speed is at 334mhz
my cores at 3006mhz
multiplier at x9.0
FSB 1336.1mhz

DRAM aty 534.4mhz (should be 666mhz)
 
Glordit said:
May I ask when you have a look at CPU-Z can you perhaps tell me what "spepping" your E8200 is, I see on MSI's webiste that the 1.3 Bios update for your Mobo states:
Wolfdale E8400 (3GHz, E0, 65W) has a 9.0 Ratio "since 1.3"
Wolfdale E8400 (3GHz, C0, 65W) has a 9.5 Ratio but is "under testing"

When you are in the bios, is your FSB/Memory Ratio set to "Automatic"? have you also tried to set your FSB/Ratio to 1:1 instead of 1:2?
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so what does this mean???
 
dr.grimm said:
my bus speed is at 334mhz
my cores at 3006mhz
multiplier at x9.0
FSB 1336.1mhz

DRAM aty 534.4mhz (should be 666mhz)
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I don't see a problem then if your CPU is at ~3Ghz [The 8200's stock speed is 2.6Ghz I think] then the lower DRAM speed should not make a real diffrence at all. IMO it seems as if you are overclocking it, and have hit the boards max DRAM speed limmit. Could be wrong this is just my guess
 
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