MOVED: MSI P45 Platinum Problems

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119387.0

Still does not work. Any ideas from users who have faced similar problems are welcome.
Meanwhile in a private message I have been accused of spamming all P45 threads. This is atrocious! Please guys, I am not here on behalf of MSI's business rivals to create a ruckus. I have spent my hard earned money on the board and am now facing problems. I hoped to gain sympathetic answers from fellow users, instead of biased accusations. Let me mention here that I have seen seven P45 problem threads on page no. 1 alone of this forum. I responded only to two of them, because my problems were similar.
So if you have any ideas to resolve my difficulty, please tell me about them. This is going to be my last MSI purchase. But that should deter fellow users from helping me out. You are not working for MSI after all!
Rajat

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MOVED: MSI P45 Platinum won't post after warm boot

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=125291.0

Thanks for the reply DougKmcse
I have no trouble with the overclocking since this is only a minor overclock (2.8GHz), the only problem I have with this is it gets stuck at restart. With that 2.8GHz OC, i have the vcore @ 1.285v which was stable running 1hr Prime95. I just can't understand why it gets stuck during warm boot.. might try to experiment (400x6 = 2.4GHz) when I get home from work to see if the 400 FSB is causing this. And yes, I agree with you that it would be easier to use a lower FSB with a higher multiplier. I just wanted to try having 400 and having a perfect 1:1 ratio. I have some data suggesting a 1:1 (@ 400:400) is better than 1:1.2 or any other divider. I used Everest cache & memory bandwidth benchmark to test this. I got lower "ns" testing my RAMs (PC6400 DDR2 800) during 1:1 FSB:Ratio (400:400) vs 1:1.2 (333:400)

MSI P45 Platinum Problems

Hi.
I am trying to overclock, currently I'm in windows at 4Ghz on my E8500, I know its stable for that as its second hand and tested, the problem is, these GTL ref settings are confusing, even touching them and then saving and exiting bios results in no screen and a row or 4 RED LED's, turning the PC off and then back on solves that but it seems to happen now and again if I say restart windows as it loops and gets to the Bios screen, well its supposed to, it does not due to the red LED's.
Now I am hoping its because I'm simply not overclocking correctly, The Bios baffled me!, I had a Gigabyte P35C DS3R before with an E6600 and the bios was so much more simple.
I have disabled everything from the green power functions, spred spectrum, EIST speedstep etc....
Voltage settings are as follows:
CPU - 1.3325
DRAM - 2.004
MCH - 1.304
VTT - 1.30V
ICH Auto
CPU Multiplyer is at 9.5X
FSB is at 425Mhz - 1700QP.
Now if I go into the bios, save and exit, every time the screen never comes back on, it goes to 4 red LED's, now I know in the book that means CPU is damaged but it really is not, I'm hoping I just have the wrong mix of voltages, but I still can get into Windows, just not out of the Bios without turning the PC off due to 4 RED LED's..
Any help would be aprechiated, thanks.
I looked on google but seems not many info on this mobo.
Its a big trouble at the moment to overclock though
*EDIT**, Very sorry if I have posted this in the wrong forum, could a mod please move it?
Thanks

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I dont know if I need to tweak the GTL Ref settings?
Leave these GTL Ref settings on AUTO if you don't know what to do with them. Do some reading on the technical background first as this is not the most basic stuff:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119345.0
http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=87
http://www.edgeofstability.com/articles/Article.html
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As far as I know "Multi-Step OC-Booster" is disabled.
You may want to try Mode 1 & Mode 2 and see what happens:
Mode 1-Entering OS then OC to setting level; No OC during H/W booting
Mode 2-OC some percantage during H/W booting, and then entering OS to OC to setting level
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odd really its supposed to be able to do 4Ghz at 1.32V this
Says who? What are you basing this assumption on?

Problem with MSI P45 Platinum DDR2 mainboard and Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D Ram

Hi, I have encountered with a problem.
First I had
MSI p45 platinum ddr2 bios ver. 1,4
Intel E8400
Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D 2x1Gb
2 Asus ATI EAH 3870 Crossfire
and it was running with windows XP without any problems.
Problems began when I decided to upgrade to 6Gb of ram and to install Vista 64. Ram modules witch I bought are the same Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D, but 2x2GB.
When i put them together adjust voltage 2.1v and timing 5-5-5-15 they fail mem test with huge amount of errors.
when I test only 2x2gb modules memtest sometimes doesn't open at all, sometimes just stops working on 8 minutes of test. couple of times they completed memtest without any errors.
Can someone advice what should I do and what could the problem?
Thank you for your answers.

Quote from: obsessed on 15-October-08, 18:20:44
Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D 2x1Gb
Problems began when I decided to upgrade to 6Gb of ram and to install Vista 64. Ram modules witch I bought are the same Corsair Dominator PC8500C5D, but 2x2GB.
1) the modules are not the same (the DDR2 chips are different)
2) as general rule, mixing 2x1GB with 2x2GB is a bad idea.
cheers

Problems Powering up MSI P45 Platinum board

I've currently started a new build using the following equipment:
Coolermaster COSMOS 1000
MSI P45 Platinum
Intel Quad Q9550 Processor
2 x 2gb OCZ Memory
Sapphire ATI 4790 HD 1gb Graphics Card
PC Cooling 750W Silencer PSU
Wired everything up, connected all the connectors. When I go to power up the system, I get a Red LED 3 but no fans or anything spins up. Switched out for a known good power supply and received the same problem. Not sure where to go from here?

Hi,
take the board out of the case to test it on a non-conducting surface in barebone configuration (CPU, one memory stick, video card, Keyboard and power connectors, nothing else). Make sure every kind of connection (front panel etc. to the case is removed).
Then clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU and try to power-Up the board. Try both of the following methods to power-up the system:
1. use the little red onboard-power-on-button (make sure you don't confuse it with the reset button)
2. shorten the two pins of the board's pin header that are usually hooked up to the case's power-on button with a screwdriver

Problems Powering up MSI P45 Platinum board --LED3 still flashing

Hello all
I've currently started a new build using the following equipment:
Coolermaster COSMOS 1000
MSI P45 Platinum
Intel Quad Q2600 Processor
1200 MHz patriot 2x1GB Memory
xfx 9800 HD 1GB Graphics Card
power supply Trust switching power supply ATX 400W&P4 :
220 v AC
+3.3v---20A
+12v ---18A
-12v --- 0.5A
+5v ----24A
-5v ---- /
+5v sb ---2A
Wired everything up, connected all the connectors. When I go to power up the system, I get a Red LED 3 but no fans or anything spins up. Switched out for a known good power supply and received the same problem. Not sure where to go from here?
and also i press cmos reset button and nothing happing

Quote from: flink on 30-April-09, 13:56:54
i'm sure the hole for the cmos clear button in the i/o shield is the problem. the button is pressed by the i/o shield and your pc won't start.
a well known problem.
I remember reading about this issue before I built my P45 Platinum system. I made sure during the build that the button was not being pressed by the i/o shield.

Msi p45 platinum cpu voltage problems...?????

my system...
msi p45 platinum:bios(1.4v) intel e7300.... ocz 800 mhz ddr2 ram
his ICQ 4850....
I m changed in bıos voltage but cpu-z dont looking..
1.34v in bios and 1.2v in cpu-z looking....
not nevertime I don"t did...... what you think about this.....
help me pls...

This is a known v1.4 BIOS Bug. It was fixed in BIOS v1.5b1 and in all BETA Releases that followed. If you don't want to flash a BETA Release, you need to wait for the Release of the official/final v1.5 version.

Msi p45 platinum power up problems

Hey guys, i have got a fairly new system i think its about 2 months old
e8400 e0
msi p45 platinum bios 1.71beta
4g kit 1066 kingston hyperx
palit 1g 4870
huntkey 650w psu
Okay so heres the deal, the computer was running at 3.6ghz, stable for the past 2 months.
I have tried 4ghz with almost every possible combination of volts, but it passed prime 95 for about 36 hours 1 day, and the next have a random reboot
I also noticed that my psu was making this weird whining noise so i just ordered and installed a pc power and cooling 750w.
To my happyness comp booted up at 4ghz and seemd stable enough for 2 hours. (just searching net and stuff) then boom, comp turns off.
okay so i thought maybe it wasnt stable. tried to reboot but to no avail. all i get is about half a second when my fans try to spin up but then it just cuts off again.
i have tested the usual out of box, 1 stick of mem, clear cmos with power cord removed, removed battery for 10 minutes but nothing. Also did the same with the old psu which was working.
All that happends is it trys to start, eg leds everywhere flicker and i mean flicker there is no way i can see what order. Im refering to the 8 leds down the bottom. the flick on then off.
After trying to start it up once, i wont get another chance to start it. eg i have to remove the power and wait till the power is completly gone from the system b4 i can try again and only have the same thing happen.
Thanks for your help guys

Something may have been damaged during overclocking. What voltages did you work on when you overclocked the system to ~4GHZ? What where your temperatures?
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Next, I see that you are using a Beta BIOS, what's the reason behind it?
I suppose the reason is this:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=117741.msg947085#msg947085
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Updated changelog for 1.71:
1.Add the patch for Wolfdale CPU OC capability.
2.Fix the system hang in WHQL after Disable SMBus Controller.
3.Fix the system keep restarting when disable ACPI function and without TPM card.
4.Add CMOS location changed warning code for M-flash boot fail.

MSI P45 Overclocking problem

Hi,
Im trying to overclock my E8400 processor. I try to raise bus speed from 333MHz to 400MHz. It boots to windows but after like 10 secs I get BSOD. Im using FSB:DRAM ratio 1:1, core voltage 1.235V and DRAM voltage 2.1V. Im also using multi-step OC booster in mode 1.
My setups is:
Intel E8400
MSI P45 Platinum (Bios 1.0)
OCZ 4GB 800MHz DDR2 PlatinumXTC (OCZ recommend 5-4-4-15 latency but i have those setting in auto and latency atm is 6-6-6-18, problem?)
GF GTX 280
Zalman 600W PSU
Thanks for you help!

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Im also using multi-step OC booster in mode 1.
I'm not sure what this is but I think you need to disable settings such as these to be able to successfully OC. For example (X38):
D.O.T. Control = disabled
Intel EIST = disabled
C1E = disabled
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OCZ 4GB 800MHz DDR2 PlatinumXTC (OCZ recommend 5-4-4-15 latency but i have those setting in auto and latency atm is 6-6-6-18, problem?)
I think trying auto is ok. Then raise memory voltage in increments. Try also setting FSB:DRAM to auto and see what happens.

E8400 on an MSI P45 Platinum

I just got done reading the guide on tweaking VTT/GTL which helped me get a better grasp about the awesome settings the P45 have.
Anyway I have a bit of a dillema, I can't seem to get 4.0Ghz without cranking my settings up to this:
Vcore = 1.525v (This will fry it eventually)
CPU GTL REF0 = AUTO (For now)
CPU GTL REF1 = AUTO (For now)
DRAM Voltage = 2.100v (Manu specs)
DDR_VREF_A = AUTO (For now)
DDR_VREF_B = AUTO (For now)
MCH Voltage (Is this the Southbridge?) = 1.556v (I have no idea what to set this to, I just cranked it up as high as it would go)
MCH GTL REF = AUTO
VTT FSB Voltage = 1.60v (What the hell is VTT?)
ICH Voltage (Is this the Northbridge??) = 2.12v
The problem with this is I'm going to cook my system...the funny thing is I can remove the jumpers and run my CPU at 3.6Ghz and all stock voltages without a single problem - however going even 1Mhz above this requires me to crank the hell out of this system.
Anyone here have any settings they use for this board w/ an E8400? I'm kind of out of ideas at this point.
Specs:
MSI P45 Platinum
Intel E8400 Core2Duo @ 3.0Ghz
OCZ OC RAM DDR2-1066 @ 5-5-5-15-2T and 2.1v
Antec TruePower 750w w/ (4) Independent 12v rails

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...the funny thing is I can remove the jumpers and run my CPU at 3.6Ghz and all stock voltages without a single problem
Thats a good starting point. Set BIOS to default and then ensure your memory is at DDR2-800 at ~1,9V.
From there start increasing your FSB. I think you will have a better chance at what you are trying to achieve with a lower memory frequency. See how far you can go that way without changing any other voltages, but always check your V Core under load as you increase the frequency.
I have had my proc at up to 3,7GHZ (board jumpers removed) all other BIOS settings being stock/auto, but I manually kept my DDR at 800.
My core Voltage will rise to 1,296 under full load at that freq, which is still below the Intel spec max of 1,3625 "Table 2-3. Voltage and Current Specifications in the Intel spec sheet". So I know there is room for more. My CPU core temps will be between 55 and 60C depending on the auto speed-up of the cooler, which I must say is very effective.
Running some real world tests though, i.e. 3D gaming, I found that the increase above the 3,4GHz I am running now, is hardly worth the additional heat and obvious associated higher voltages. My chipset especially heats up to about 55C and I need to take the passive cooling off at some stage to check the MSI factory paste.

MSI P45 Platinum and RAID 0!

System specs below! First of all this system is basically a gaming rig. I am running Vista 64 on one single Western digital hard drive, and using an identical drive for storage. I was thinking about setting up a RAID 0 array with these two drives. Can this be easily done with this mobo? I am just wondering if there are any quirks associated with the MSI P45 Platinum mobo that would make this a pain to set up. Anyone else running a RAID 0 with this mobo and having good results? Would it even be worth it?
I was told my several different people in the gaming community, that RAID 0 really speeds up map loading, which would be great. I would be backing up the array to another internal drive using True Image.
Any advice would be great!!

Quote from: Jack t.N. on 20-May-09, 03:16:19
Only, if you set the controller to AHCI Mode (which would not really be a problem either). You probably won't need any additional drivers when the controller is working in IDE Mode.
If you have to install drivers, use the latest ones from the JMicron FTP Download Server:
ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/Win2k_xp_Vista/
Ok, well I won't have my new storage drive until Thursday. I will run HD tune on the drive connected to both different controllers and see what is the fastest.
I know we talked about this just a little. Still wondering about the RAID drives, or any drives attached to the ICH10R's SATA connections when it is set to RAID in the bios. The drives, including my SATA CD/RW drive does not show under "Standard CMOS features". Just #7 and #8 of the JMicron's show since they are still set to IDE in the bios.
You commented with:
"They are now Controlled by the ICH10R Firmware. Look here":
--> Integrated Peripherals --> On-Chip ATA Devices --> AHCI Devices Group
--> Integrated Peripherals --> On-Chip ATA Devices -->
Those locations are just where you set the RAID mode. There's no actual drives listed there. I do see a screen popup when booting my system with the two RAID drives saying "ok" and bootable. Plus I see them in the Matrix storage console. Is this normal then? There really is no place when you search through the bios that you can see them listed?? I can hit the Ctrl and I keys and go into the actual RAID bios, but I don't see my RAID drives listed in the actual bios.
Am I explaining this right?? Just wanting to make sure everything is working right. It sure seems to work well with bench marks. Here's a shot of my array with HD tune. I'm thinking that burst rate can't be right.

MSI p45 Platinum LEDS

Hello,
I am a student Studying in Male', Maldives. Iwould like to know this MSI p45 platinum Motherboard.
If anybody could help it would be really very helpful. So the problem is that the motherboard has a green led 3 red leds showing so i want to know how i can change it to green according to the manual.
LED 12, LED 8, LED 14, LED15 are Red and the LED 10 is green so.. how can i change LEDS 13, 7, 11 to green..
thanks..
Ximan

Quote from: Ximan on 01-March-11, 18:29:43
Hello,
I am a student Studying in Male', Maldives. Iwould like to know this MSI p45 platinum Motherboard.
If anybody could help it would be really very helpful. So the problem is that the motherboard has a green led 3 red leds showing so i want to know how i can change it to green according to the manual.
LED 12, LED 8, LED 14, LED15 are Red and the LED 10 is green so.. how can i change LEDS 13, 7, 11 to green..
thanks..
Ximan
Most probably same problem as mine, ram no seated properly, I unplug and plug many times, sometimes have to lay the cpu (if it a tower) on its side, then boot up can function.
My problem as follow
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=144468.0
Description of LED array status
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=123890.0
Nothing to do with LED status but problem related to USB
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=123722.0

First boot freezing windows on a MSI P45 Platinum

I have from the beginning witch first starts the pc windows vista 64 bit freezing . And happening after starting up it after 2 minutes. A time if the computer restart is does good the pc., however, also with heavy work suchrebuild film, or playing games . On my previous mother boards I have never that problem. i have flashed to the newest bios but have also the same problem. have nvidia gts 250 4 gig G-skill 1066 mhz P45 platinum have mother chalkboard nothing is overclockt. memtest carried out and no errors
I had firstly asus P5Q, and it was stably But not with the MSI P45 Platinum
fsb 333
Dram freq 1066 mhz
Installed Windows vista 64 bit service pack 1
500 watt Coolermaster silent pro
Quad 9400
MSI P45 Platinum(Gamer serie) bios 1.6
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail CAS latency 5-5-5-15
ZALMAN CNPS 9500 AT ( CNPS9500AT ) Cooler voor processor
Nvidia Asus GTS 250 DK top videocard
Samsung 1 tera HD
WD 500 gig
WD 500 Gig
3 fans in pc more

befor my msi i had a asus P5q turbo with the same hardware and had no any problem with it i had also windows vista 64 bit
Productbeschrijving CoolerMaster Silent Pro M500 - voeding - 500 Watt
Type apparaat Voeding - actieve Power Factor Correction (PFC) - intern
Naleving van specificatie ATX12V 2.3/ EPS12V 2.91
Afmetingen (BxDxH) 15 cm x 15 cm x 8.6 cm
Lokalisatie Europa
Input Voltage 115/230 Volt wisselstroom V
Geleverde energie 500 Watt
Output Connector(s) 4-PIN interne voeding, 4-PIN mini-stroomconnector, 15-pens seriële ATA-voeding, vermogen 8-pins +12 Volt, voeding 24-pins ATX met afneembaar 4-pins deel, 8-pins PCI Express voeding met afneembaar 2-pins deel
Garantie van de fabrikant 5 jaar garantie
Model RS-500-AMBA-D3 RS-500-AMBA-D3
Type Type Intel ATX12V V2.3 ＆ SSI EPS 12V V2.91 Intel ATX12V V2.3 & SSI EPS 12V V2.91
Dimension (W / H / D) Dimension (W / H / D) 150(W) x 86(H) x 150(L) (mm) 150 (W) x 86 (H) x 150 (L) (mm)
Input Voltage Ingangsspanning 90~264V (Auto Range) 90 ~ 264V (Auto Range)
Input Current Ingangsspanning 8A@115Vac, 4A@230Vac 8A @ 115Vac, 4A @ 230Vac
Input Frequency Range Input Frequency Range 47~63Hz 47 ~ 63Hz
PFC PFC Active PFC >0.9 Active PFC> 0.9
Power Good Signal Power Good Signal 100~500ms 100 ~ 500ms
Hold Up Time Hold Up Time >17ms > 17ms
Efficiency Efficiency 85% Typically 85% Typisch
MTBF MTBF >100,000hrs > 100.000 uren
Protection Bescherming OVP/ UVP/OCP/OPP/OTP /SCP/ OLP OVP / UVP / OCP / OPP / OTP / SCP / OLP
Output Capacity Capaciteit 500W 500W
Max. Max. Output Capacity Capaciteit 620W 620W
Operation Temperature Operation Temperature 0~40℃ (Nominal Input Voltage) 0 ~ 40 ℃ (Nominal Input Voltage)
Regulatory Regulatory NEMKO / TUV / CE / GOST / C-tick / / UL / FCC NEMKO / TUV / CE / GOST / C-tick / / UL / FCC
Fan Fan 135mm ultra silent fan Ultra Silent 135mm fan
Certification Certificering 80 Plus 80 Plus
Connector Connector M/B 20+4 Pin Connector x 1 M / B 20 +4 pins connector x 1
CPU 4+4 Pin x 1 CPU 4 +4 pin x 1
PCI-E 6+2 Pin x2 PCI-E 6 +2 pin x2
4 Pin Peripheral x 5 4 Pin Peripheral x 5
SATA x 6 SATA x 6
4 Pin Floppy x 1 4 Pin Floppy x 1

Add a new 4tb hdd to msi p45 platinum ?

I'm planning to add a new 4TB western digital, caviar green HDD's for my msi p45 platinum motherboard ist work will or use 3 tb .
thank you

Just some notes regarding large drives on the older chipset boards.
The P45 Plat has
• SATAII controller integrated in ICH10R/JMicron® 363 chipset
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports by ICH10R
- Supports two SATAII ports by JMicron 363, support SATA RAID 0/1/JBOD.
In principle the ICH10R allows amongst Raid capability also the ability(potentially) to handle up to 2TB in AHCI.
What other users with similar boards have however commented on is that they were able to use up to 3TB drives on the JMicron controller, obviously with the latest firmware for that controller and also AHCI. We all know that the JMicron ports are a bit slower than the Intel ports, but that is evident with Asmedia as well.
So when you do test, check both your Intel and JMicron ports and see what they report as the drive capacity in the BIOS.

Overclocking Q6600 with MSI P45 Platinum

Hi again!
I need some advice regarding my OC settings.
Unfortunately, im an unlucky owner of the infamous Q6600 L8XX batch which has a high VID (1.3250v)
Anyway, I was able to reach 3GHz stable with these settings:
MSI P45 Platinum official v1.5 bios
Motherboard OC Jumper set to: default
================================
C1E: Disabled
Green Power: All Disabled
================================
Multi-Step OC Booster: Mode 1
DOT Control: Disabled
Intel Eist: Disabled
Adjust CPU FSB Frequenxy (MHz): 333
Adjust CPU Frequency: 3000
CPU Multiplier: 9
================================
Advance DRAM Configuration: Manual
Enhanced Settings: Enabled
NB Drive Config: auto
CAS Latency (CL): 5
tRCD: 5
tRP: 5
tRAS: 15
Advanced memory Setting: Disabled
FSB/DRAM ratio: 1:1.2
Adjusted Dram Frequency: 800
================================
ClockGenTuner: No Changes Done
Adjusted PCI Frequency: 37.5
Auto disable DRAM/PCI Frequency: Disabled
================================
CPU Voltage: 1.3175v
CPU GTL REF0: auto
CPU GTL REF1: auto
Dram voltage: 2.100v
DDR_VREF_A: auto
DDR_VREF_B: auto
MCH Voltage: 1.4v
MCH GTL REF: auto
VTT FSB Voltage: 1.35v
ICH Voltage: 1.52v
================================
Spread Spectrum: Disabled
My goal is set at 3GHz and to get a lower cpu voltage (lower than my current 1.3175v), but anything below 1.3175v restarts when i stress test using OCCT. I've run memtest and it's ok. Can anybody advise which voltage I can configure to lower my cpu voltage? Also, is 333 x 9 to achieve 3GHz better? Or should I go with 375 x 8? Thanks! Btw, I plan to maintain these settings for the remainder of my CPU's life.. :D

thanks for the tip. i'm currently logging all my OC settings in an excel file. i just finished played an hour of COD4 without any restarts or instability. currently my settings are just the same except CPU voltage is at 1.344v and i reduced my Dram voltage to 2.0v. running memtest for over an hour, 2 passes already with no errors. i'll stress test it over the weekend.
i have a question though. a lot of people are suggesting a 1:1 FSB/DRAM ratio. but using 333x9 settings @ 1:1, you get 667.. i'm using 2x 2GB GeiL PC6400 800, that's why i used the 1:1.2 FSB/DRAM ratio to get 800. is it ok to keep using the 1:1.2 FSB/DRAM ratio even though people say 1:1 is the ideal ratio? many thanks for the reply

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