Wolfdale and GigaFAIL

[snakeeater_za]

Hi all

I recently, after much research and a shoestring budget, purchased an E5200 and a GA-EG31M-s2 mobo. Individually they o'c well but when paired i can't o'c more than 205FSB. 206 won't post. 196 will post, 195 won't. SO 5mhz FSB either up and down she wont post at all.. Won't even autorecover... I have to pop bios battery.

After MUCH googling I discovered these two threads, which are the most relevant to me.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] _11_0.html
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1354182

these guys essentially have exact prob, neither had a conclusion

I have rev 1.0 of my mobo btw

Other specs:

DDR2 800 jetflash transcend ram
585W Gigabyte ODIN PSU
stock cooling on everything

My plan was to try for 3.0ghz on stock cooling then get a Zalman locally. I have already sourced one.

But hardly worth it for a 5mhz o'c..

Plz help, picked these components as they both were best o'c option for me in my price range.

Btw, I have tried 240 x 12.5 with 667 (changed memory multipliers) cpu is at correct 1.125 stock voltage, ram timings and voltages are correct and other tricks like disabling speedstep (can't remember what my bios calls it) etc

 

[doormatderek]

Sounds like generic RAM to me, never even heard of that brand before. and before you consider your purchase, especially if you're considering overclocking, READ SOME REVIEWS of the motherboard/cpu/RAM before you buy. Maybe try the newer BIOS but that is Ver. 1 of that board, makes you wonder was changed in Ver. 2

 

[snakeeater_za]

Sounds like generic RAM to me, never even heard of that brand before. and before you consider your purchase, especially if you're considering overclocking, READ SOME REVIEWS of the motherboard/cpu/RAM before you buy. Maybe try the newer BIOS but that is Ver. 1 of that board, makes you wonder was changed in Ver. 2

Just flashed to F2. The second and latest bios. It helps.. sorta.. when it doesn't post now at least it autorecovers. but can't exceed fsb 206 now.

Ram is generic, but for 7mhz fsb o'c it should be fine.. Transcend big here in South Africa. and it is DDR800 (although its in single channel now)

 

[MaDMagik]

Btw, I have tried 240 x 12.5 with 667 (changed memory multipliers) cpu is at correct 1.125 stock voltage, ram timings and voltages are correct and other tricks like disabling speedstep (can't remember what my bios calls it) etc

With the usual outcome(no post)?

I would suggest leaving ram at 1:1 ratio for the time being and raising cpu vcore to something like 1.25-1.30 and than try upping the fsb. Maybe the mobos auto-voltage is screwed or something or simply doesnt work well with this particular chip. Set the voltage manually - dont be afraid to try that, Ive been prime-stressing my e5200 @4.02Ghz with 1.60v for past two days and it still works

For the sake of excluding fsb hole/wall you can try booting with fsb 233/266/300/333, you can drop the multiplier to x10 when doing so

 

[snakeeater_za]

will give that a shot. thanks man