Just got 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 a few days ago. Tried to oc it. when I inscrease the FSB to 280MHZ, the bios will only post my memory as a single channel, 1024 mb. Also in bios, it shows I only have a 1gb memory in slot 1. However, my cupz shows my system memory as 2048 mb, dual channel. When I lower the FSB, it would not recongize my second memory, unless I set my bios back to default , shut down my pc for a while and power it back. So what is the issue? Because I have a bad memory slot or FSB was too high for my motherboard.
Thanks for any replies.
Here is my bios spec:
CPU Configuration
CPU Host Frequency [Manual]
Actual Frequency (MHz) [280]
PCIE Clock [100MHz]
AGP/PCI Clock [66/33MHz]
Spread Spectrum [Disable]
Boot Failure Guard [Enabled]
Ratio Actual Value 13
Ratio CMOS Setting [13]
Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled]
No-Execute Memory Protection [Disabled]
Chipset Configuration
DRAM Frequency [266MHz (DDRII533) ]
Flexibility Option [Enable]
DRAM CAS# Latency [5]
DRAM Bank Interleave [Auto]
Precharge to Active (Trp) [5]
Active to Precharge (Tras) [15]
Active to CMD (Trcd) [5]
REF to ACT/REF to REF (Trfc) [Auto]
ACT (0) to ACT (1) (Trrd) [Auto]
Read to Precharge (Trtp) [Auto]
Write to Read CMD (Twtr) [Auto]
Write Recovery Time (Twr) [Auto]
DRAM Bus Selection [Dual Channel]
DRAM Command Rate [2T Command]
→ Advanced Memory Configuration [Untouched]
DRAM Drv DQS [Auto]
DRAM Drv CS [Auto]
DRAM Drv DCLKA,B [Auto]
DCLK Output Duty Ctrl [Auto]
It could be both bad memory and too high fsb. What is the max FSB for the board? Try testing the memory running memtest on stock settings with 1 stick at a time. Also, e5xxx are 200mhz FSB chip right? You may have to up the voltages and make sure memory speed is correct.