will intel 975xbx board support ddr800

[nphield]

every time i change my memory settings from 667 to 800 my comp starts beeping(like the sound of when fries are done at mcdonads). I have the latest bios.......

memory im running
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145590

thanks in advance
nick

 

[psteele]

do you get three long beeps? if not, then its not the memory.

make sure you manually set the voltage to 1.9v, with 5-5-5-15 timings.

I have some patriot ddr2 800 4-4-4-12 running fine @ 800mhz with bios 1351.

if that dosent work, you may have bad memory.

also, post your system specs, and your OC (if ur OC'ing)

 

[nphield]

it countinously will beep and the beeps will have about a second between one another





Intel 975xbx
E6600
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800
MSI x1900xt 512MB
(2) 74 gig raptors Raid 0

 

[psteele]

can you confirm that you set the memory timings as I stated in the bios?

 

[nphield]

According to this article it really won't make much of a difference if i get my memory to run at DDR 800 instead of 667. Am i right or do i just suck at life today?

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=1&artpage=1962&articID=472

 

[psteele]

it'll perform best at ddr2 533.
you want the fsb and the ram to run at a 1:1 ratio.

e6600 fsb =1066 mhz quad-pumped

1066/4=266

ddr2 533= 2x266

thus ddr2 533 runs at a 1:1 ratio w/ your fsb.

ddr2 800 is nice if you want to overclock though.

for example, im tryin to get my e6600 to 400 fsb, or 3.6ghz.
Then itll run at a 1:1 ratio w my ddr2 800 ram

 

[nphield]

i c i c.

Well do you know how i would go about overclocking it. with DDR 800. Ill the forums i have seen use different boards. The only 975 guides i have seen short out the mothboard voltage regulator with a pencil. not to down with usin a pencil on my mobo after the hit it had on my wallet. I don't really want an insane overclock just a lil more. around 3 or so.......

thanks for all you help

nick

 

[psteele]

hmmm...well if you dont want to do the mod, i cant really help out much. Its pretty failsafe though, not much is around the pins other than themselves. I did the mod with the circuitwriter pen from radioshack...with all the components inside my case.

Do it man, DO IT 😀

EDIT: oops, i thought i was in another thread...the mod stated above in this thread isnt really needed...if you're willing to do THIS MOD then I can help you out. It opens up the overclocking options in the bios...and is MUCH different than the one stated above...