X48 Platinum memory problems

Hello everyone,
I recently put together my new system with the following specs:
CPU model and rated speed: E8500
Memory : OCZ 2x1Gb DDR3 1600 (OCZ3P16002GK)
Motherboard and revision: MSI X48 platinum
Motherboard Bios rev: 2.20 (latest)
Video card:-MSI-ATI3870x2
Power supply: Cooler master rp m850
Operating System: WinXP
I've had great trouble getting my system to run with all the BIOS settings on Auto (it didn't run at all actually, could get past the post but then the screen turns black).
I figured out that the problems came from the memory settings and thus lowered them to run on 800Mhz. Gladly this works stable.
I have tried to change other settings in the BIOS but with no succes. Now I keep reading and reading about memory timings/voltages/FSB ratios/Mhz/and a whole bunch of abbreviations however it feels like I'm only getting further away from a sollution to running my memory at nominal speeds.
I've also tested the memory and found the following:
FSB 400 x 8 (i've got watercooling so that shouldn't be any problem, heat wise)
FSB/Mem ratio 1:2.00
Timings on 7-7-7-24-60 2T
Cpu voltage on Auto
Mem voltage on 1.88 (bios showed the numbers in red)
Tried with the above settings strip no.1 in slot 1 (closest to cpu) and ran without error.
Tried with the above settings strip no.2 in slot 1 also ran without error.
Tried with the above settings strip no.2 in slot 3 also ran without error.
Then tried both strips 1 and 2 in slot 1 and 3 and found heaps of errors.
To be exact:
Tst 5 had error count 1 to 70
Tst 7 had error count 71 to 226
Tst 8 had error count 227 to 264
Can any of u guys give me some new insight on how to proceed from here, cause I'm starting to get lost......

Quote from: moriarty on 03-June-08, 23:22:51
Memory : OCZ 2x1Gb DDR3 1600 (OCZ3P16002GK)
Running stable at 800Mhz
Then upped the Ram voltage from auto to 1.88v and... dang!! Not stable anymore.
Then turned it back to 1.79v to find it stable.
Got it somewhat stable at 1067 but not at 1333.
The road to 1600 seems to be a hard one....
OCZ3P16002GK is in fact an overvoltaged DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-20 at 1.5V).
Something more: 99% of the DDR3 memory modules at 1600 or 1800 are overvoltaged 1333 or 1066 modules.
For future take care and don't buy ... nice heat spreaders.
cheers

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Let's forget about wikipedia and books for newbies.
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OK, That's what I did:
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Quote from: John_Doe on 18-January-09, 02:38:37
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MSI X48 Platinum LGA775, CFire,DDR3,GBLan,SATA2,ATX mboard
Hope someone has an answer. thanks again

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

P35 Platinum rebooting problem

Hello,
I have just registered at MSI Forums, as i have quite strange problem with my PC and i need help :azn:
My specs:
Motherboard : MSI P35 Platinum, bios ver1.9
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 coolde with Thermalright Ultra 120a + Zalman 120mm fan
Memory: Mushkin XP2-6400 2 GB CL4-4-3-10
VGA : Inno3D 8800gts 512 with Accelero s2 rev2 + 2 Silverstone 90mm fans
HDD : Seagate 160GB SATA
Optical : Liteon DVDRW LDW-851S
PSU : Tagan TG430-U22 (i am running it at 'combined rails' mode, which has 28A rating for the 12v rail-information from the sticker)
I also have 3 120mm fans mounted in case
I have Windows XP SP2 installed
I took attempt to overclock my cpu and memory, and i managed to get 3.4ghz for cpu and 972mhz for memory (486FSB ; CPU Multipliter 7 ; RAM timings 5,5,5,15 ; RAM voltage 2,0v ; CPU voltage 1.4125v ; VTT FSB voltage AUTO ; NB voltage 1.45v ; SB I/O power 1.8v ; SB core power 1.15v), i am able to run Orthos Blend test (stressing cpu and memory) for about 8 hours (so it's pretty stable I think)
So, let's get to the point:
I am able to run my PC flawlessly all day long, but when i try to turn it on next day, it keeps rebooting itself for few minutes (it turns for about 10 seconds but the screen stays black, then it turns off and turns on again.....LEDS keep showing red/red/green/red indicating memory problem) and finally boots with 'overclocking failed' information.............i get to the bios, change ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, save settings (or not save..it doesn't matter at all) and then it boots and loads Windows no problem.......... what the heck is wrong?? Is it memory problem? Or maybe PSU? (I was using it in my previous PC)
Any suggestions ? :azn:
Thanks in advance

Avoid that one, instead go for:
Quote from: Frankenputer on 20-September-08, 02:03:41
I would recommend the Corsair VX550 or TX650.
or 750TX

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