Hello, I've been having an issue with this board. I understand it is pretty picky with ram and settings.
asus p5n-e sli
intel q6600 2.4ghz quad core
4gb (2x2gb) mushkin em2 ddr2-800
evga 8800gts - 640mb
With all auto settings, board detects 5-5-5-31 2T. The board will never boot into windows (Vista Ult. 64 bit) and the install itself would often crash. I had some luck changing the timings to 5-5-5-18 and bumped up the ram voltage to 1.9. This would work sometimes, but vista would often lock up a few minutes in. The system will boot/work better with just one stick, but it still crashes often. I have also tried tweaking the nb voltage as well - this may have helped some, but I still experienced crashes. Usually, the system will blue screen when booting into windows, or will just lock up and eventually blue screen while working in windows.
I tried the other 2 slots and that was no dice. I tried tweaking the voltages on all the vcore, nb, and dram. I can get it stable as long as its pretty much idle - running 3 instances hci memtest and there are no errors, but the system will lock up after a period. When trying to install programs from DVD or CD, the system will often lock up - even with just 2 gigs.
I set the DLT freq. to x3, and clocked the ram down to 667. So it appears that 4 gigs in 2x2gb dual channel mode just doesnt work with this board. :\ I have not seen anyone pull it off.
My question is... is there anyone who has got this particular ram/mobo combo to work, or what is the best option to use for a 4gb (2x2gb) setup?
asus p5n-e sli
intel q6600 2.4ghz quad core
4gb (2x2gb) mushkin em2 ddr2-800
evga 8800gts - 640mb
With all auto settings, board detects 5-5-5-31 2T. The board will never boot into windows (Vista Ult. 64 bit) and the install itself would often crash. I had some luck changing the timings to 5-5-5-18 and bumped up the ram voltage to 1.9. This would work sometimes, but vista would often lock up a few minutes in. The system will boot/work better with just one stick, but it still crashes often. I have also tried tweaking the nb voltage as well - this may have helped some, but I still experienced crashes. Usually, the system will blue screen when booting into windows, or will just lock up and eventually blue screen while working in windows.
I tried the other 2 slots and that was no dice. I tried tweaking the voltages on all the vcore, nb, and dram. I can get it stable as long as its pretty much idle - running 3 instances hci memtest and there are no errors, but the system will lock up after a period. When trying to install programs from DVD or CD, the system will often lock up - even with just 2 gigs.
I set the DLT freq. to x3, and clocked the ram down to 667. So it appears that 4 gigs in 2x2gb dual channel mode just doesnt work with this board. :\ I have not seen anyone pull it off.
My question is... is there anyone who has got this particular ram/mobo combo to work, or what is the best option to use for a 4gb (2x2gb) setup?
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