HELP: X48 Platinum, lower FSB ratio to 1.6, no boot

Hi, everyone. I'm new here, so I hope you'll forgive me if I ask a dumb question.
I'm having a problem setting up my system to over-clock my processor, and I'm getting caught in a very early step where I don't expect a problem, and I'm hoping maybe someone can give me some suggestions.
Here's my setup:
- X48 Platinum
- Intel Q9450 (45nm, 2.66GHz, 4x333MHz FSB)
- 4x 2GB Crucial DDR3, 1333MHz
I started by setting everything to defaults. CPU multiplier is 8x, FSB is 333, memory/FSB ratio is 2.0, memory is using SPD, all voltages are on Auto. (Except the memory voltage, which I had to bump to 1.58 to make it work with all four slots populated). In this state, everything works perfectly. I run stress tests, and everything is peachy.
Next thing I did was lower the memory/FSB ratio to 1.6, which would run the memories at 1066MHz. When I do that, the system won't boot. The LEDs on the motherboard say "ICH", which means that it's somehow getting stuck when initializing the southbridge.
Can anyone give me some insight into what is going on here and how I might fix this problem? How could UNDERclocking the memory cause the system to not boot? And how could I work around it?
I also tried manually setting the memory timings to what I know to be in the SPD, but that didn't help. Another thing I did was raise the FSB speed to 417MHz so that the memory would be back up at 1334MHz and lower the CPU multiplier so it would be below 2.66GHz. That didn't help either, but it's not where I want to start since I don't yet know the correct terminator and threshold voltages. I'm not sure what else to do here.
Thanks.

Quote from: RemusM on 09-April-09, 03:17:04
Let's forget about wikipedia and books for newbies.
A DRAM is organized as a matrix (with rows and columns)
tRAS is the time interval between the row accesses.
This signal is also used to refresh the memory cells (the capacitors) on the rows.
High speed + tight timings = incomplete refresh.
In other words, corrupted data.
I'm not disagreeing with you. Among other things, I'm trying to find some other reason to account for the memory having been adequate time, despite the setting. Keep in mind that this is FOUR memory modules that are working at this speed. One explanation is that the BIOS is simply lying about this. That is, I can set the number to 9, but it's not really getting set to 9 in the hardware.
One way to test this is to run a performance test at 7-7-7-20, 7-7-7-16, and 7-7-7-9 to see if it makes any measurable difference. If it doesn't, then there's no reason for me to use the lower number, because there's a risk that whatever magic is saving it's ass right now isn't always going to be true, such as when both heavy CPU activity and DMA are going on at the same time.
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At 1066MHz and 1.58V, it's impossible to get stability if tRAS < 16.
So please, if you're looking for help here, post a screenshot of your SPD settings (use CPU-Z).
You'll see the real timings of your DDR3 modules (not that 7-6-6-9 aberration).
At the moment, I'm not using 7-6-6-9 but 7-7-7-20 as you suggested. So regarding the CPU overclocking help, this is irrelevant. While I am working on overclocking the CPU, I won't be using the "aberrant" timings.
On the other hand, the fact that it ran for 4 days straight error-free at 7-6-6-9 is interesting and may bear some investigation.
BTW, I'm not running Windows. I'm running Linux. I want to overclock, because this is a compute server, and I want my neural nets, genetic algorithms, and Verilog simulations to go faster. If you'd like to see a screen shot of some tool, is there a Linux equivalent to CPU-Z? I'm not interested in spending money on a Vista license just so I can run this program. I do have a valid (and currently unused) license for Windows XP Pro (SP2), but I have a feeling that it won't fully support this board without extensive wranglings with trying to get drivers installed early in the install process. Suggestions?
Did you mean to ask for SPD numbers, or the numbers currently set? As for SPD, I looked up the micron spec on the chips on the memory module and found out that at 1333MHz, it's 9-9-9-24, and I also know the rest of the numbers. I'm not at home right now, but let's see what I can remember. tRFC=74 (but I think the SPD has it set to 60). tWR=10, tWTR=5, tRRD=5... I'm probably misremembering some of those. I'll report later.

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Yes, from the few hits on google search I know that my problem is an old one. Still I'm a noob to this and I hope to find some help/guidance to get through it. This is the situation
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Hi,
Thx for the reply. Yes I'm running 2N.
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Originally posted by axeluktoo
Hi,
Muncher23: Hmm, I've seen this before only recently - no solution - as yet, that I know of. You could try putting a lower FSB CPU in the mobo and then clear the CMOS - it might default to the CPU's lower FSB setting. Might work, then again may not.
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hi,
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Hello everyone,
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Quote from: moriarty on 03-June-08, 23:22:51
Memory : OCZ 2x1Gb DDR3 1600 (OCZ3P16002GK)
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I want to ask about the yellow slots..do they work as normal pci slots or what is ther functin ?
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Quote from: stanman1 on 22-January-09, 19:35:56
OCZ 4Gb (2x2Gb) DDR3 1333MHz Gold Dual Channel Kit
The entire forum is full of similar OCZ DDR3 issues.
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr3_pc3_10666_gold_edition
It's very hard to understand why do they need 1.7V if they're real DDR3-1333 CAS=9.
Probably because they're not ...
Anyway, please post a screenshot of the CPU-Z Memory SPD settings.
cheers

Hi, i am badly in need of help. i partitioned my mac hd yesterday and now the boot camp is nt working as i was using win 7 on it. i am using macbook pro 13'' 2011. plz help me. anxiously waiting for response... specially from "Christopher"

hi, i am badly in need of help. i partitioned my mac hd yesterday and now the boot camp is nt working as i was using win 7 on it. i am using macbook pro 13'' 2011. plz help me. anxiously waiting for response... specially from "Christopher murphy"

you can't add or mofidy partition numbers. especially not if and once you have windows installed.
boot from Windows 7 DVD afterwards
but first you have to tell us and Christopher what and how you partitioned your system.
Successful setup of OS X Lion + Data Partition + Bootcamp Win7 Ult
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3293948
So after many, many hours I think I've finally figured out how to successfully setup Mac OS X Lion on one partition, a seperate data partition, and Windows 7 Ultimate on a Bootcamp partition . Here is a screenshot of my setup on my 13" MacBook Pro
Thread with suggestions on Windows backup methods:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3798090
Paragon CampTune
Paragon CampTune is a commercial product that is designed expressly for this task. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/camptune/ It consists of a downloadable ISO that needs to be burned to a disc and booted from in order to resize the partitions costs US$19.95.
Securing Dual-System Configuration
Imaging is still the most affordable and robust way to secure computer data. Unfortunately Mac OS X backs up only HFS+ volumes, leaving Windows with dual-system configurations unsecured. You can permanently lose all of your data unless you have a Windows-compatible backup solution.
Paragon’s CampTune and Paragon’s Drive Copy for Mac can secure the entire dual-system configuration. CampTune creates traditional images of volumes or entire hard disks, Drive Copy can copy them to other disks. In case of an emergency, you can restore the previously created image or copy all your data back to its original state.
GParted Live
GParted Live is similar to CampTune as it is also distributed as a bootable image that needs to be copied to a CD/DVD or USB flash drive. As free and open source software, distributed under the GPL, it will always be available free. Since it has more functions than CampTune, it may be harder for folks who are not as experienced with partitioning hard drives. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
iPartition
Coriolis Systems' iPartition is a £29.95 ($44.95 US) utility that runs in Mac OS X and allows resizing of all of the relevant partition formats, including HFS+, FAT32, and NTFS. It provides a Mac-oriented user interface that may be easier to manage than some of the free utilities. As it is not capable of resizing the boot disk, it requires a bootable external disk or a boot DVD. (A tool to create a boot DVD is included.)
Paragon Partition Manager
From the makes of CampTune is a commercial tool that is similar in functionality to GParted Live, but has a more polished/friendly user interface than GParted Live. Previously only the US$79.95 Professional version supported all the features required for this, but as of version 11 the US$39.95 Personal version has also been reported to work. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/
Winclone/Disk Utility
Winclone is a free tool for creating and restoring backup images of your Windows partition. One of its key features is that it can restore to a larger partition than the one the image was created from.
NOTE: Winclone has been discontinued, but for now remains available and capable of completing these tasks (including creating and restoring Windows 7 images).
Winclone updated to support Lion Winclone updates and download
Disk Utility can resize HFS+ (Mac OS) partitions, but is currently incapable of resizing NTFS partitions, so you could use it to reduce the size of the HFS+ partition and create a new larger placeholder MS-DOS (FAT) partition
The full process would be:
Backup Windows partition with Winclone.
(if the new Windows partition is smaller than the old one make sure you set the preferences in Winclone to save the image as an uncompressed dmg)
Delete old Windows partition
Resize current Mac Partition
Create new Windows partition as MS-DOS (FAT) in free space after Mac OS partition.
(If the new Windows partition is smaller than the old one an additional step is required: shrink the filesystem on the image by selecting Tools->Shrink Windows (NTFS) Filesystem)
Reboot your computer for the new Windows partition to mount properly (winclone may not restore if you don't reboot)
Restore Winclone partition over new Windows partition
An alternate Winclone based process is described in the External Guides section
Native OS utilities
MR user Kazyua reports that you can use the disk management utilities provided with the current operating systems if you want to do it manually. Windows 7 and OS X both have partition resizing functions built in. In OS X, open Disk Utility and manually shrink the mac HFS+ partition by dragging the lower right corner. Then in windows go to the start menu and type "disk management" into the search box then hit enter. You should get an overview of the drives you have and the individual partitions. Right-clicking on the partition gives an "Extend Volume" option. The Windows NTFS volume should then be extended into the free space you created with Disk Utility. This method has not worked for other users, so try at your own risk.
Resizing under VMWare Fusion
If you are looking to allocate more space to Windows under VMWare please refer to the following thread http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=828182
From http://guides.macrumors.com/Extend/Resize_Boot_Camp_Partition
Thread with suggestions on Windows backup methods:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3798090

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