Hi,
I've had my E6600 running conservatively at 3GHz for about 4 months now and it's been totally reliable. However in the last week i've started to get crashes which i've discovered are due to memory errors. Although the RAM is overclocked by about 30MHz it not running timings as tight as it's spec.
I don't understand why it's been fine for all these months and now problems are showing up.
The System fails memTest after only a couple of minutes with multiple errors. If I revert the memory divide back to 1:1 (DDR-66?) it's fine.
System is as below:
E6600 333*9
2Gb Corsair Dominator DDR-800 4-4-4-12
- running 333fsb 5:4 memory divide approx. effective 833MHz
Abit AB9 Pro
Gigabyte Galaxy II water Cooler
CoolerMaster Aluminium ATCS Chassis
The system has good cooling and airflow over the DIMMs, voltages seem ok and Temps are low (CPU & GPU)
Would giving it a bit more RAM voltage sort it out or is that a slipery slope?
I understand that increasing the RAM speed above 1:1 dosen't give big gains but I want an explanation of what's gone on
Thanks for any advice.
I've had my E6600 running conservatively at 3GHz for about 4 months now and it's been totally reliable. However in the last week i've started to get crashes which i've discovered are due to memory errors. Although the RAM is overclocked by about 30MHz it not running timings as tight as it's spec.
I don't understand why it's been fine for all these months and now problems are showing up.
The System fails memTest after only a couple of minutes with multiple errors. If I revert the memory divide back to 1:1 (DDR-66?) it's fine.
System is as below:
E6600 333*9
2Gb Corsair Dominator DDR-800 4-4-4-12
- running 333fsb 5:4 memory divide approx. effective 833MHz
Abit AB9 Pro
Gigabyte Galaxy II water Cooler
CoolerMaster Aluminium ATCS Chassis
The system has good cooling and airflow over the DIMMs, voltages seem ok and Temps are low (CPU & GPU)
Would giving it a bit more RAM voltage sort it out or is that a slipery slope?
I understand that increasing the RAM speed above 1:1 dosen't give big gains but I want an explanation of what's gone on
Thanks for any advice.