You've probably got it set right but I'd try it at 2.2v or above to get
it stable. Unfortunately, most boards that aren't enthusiast expensive
seldom go above 2.1v. My board is borderline stable with Corsair 1066
RAM and tops out at 2.1v so I just run it at 800 and it's fine.
On 1/4/2010 5:49 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
I just put 8 GB of G.Skill ram only my Mobo (Gigabite P35-DS4). This is
DD2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 ram. I got this from NewEgg.
I quickly noticed Win7 would crash before too long. Finally, I got into Prime95
and it immediately halted saying that there was an error in calculation (it was
getting wrong results for known calculations!). After seeing this, I put the
old 2G of HyperX DD2-800 ram back in the system. Prime95 seems to be working
now, though I have not completed a full-length stress test. I have been using
this ram for the last two years, though.
I did try a few other setting of the timing on the G.Skill ram, but never got
to anything that seems stable.
Should I keep going with this ram (while trying to find some setting that
works) or seek to return for an exchange with Newegg? By the way, the old ram
gets a 5.5 on Windows Experience Index while the new ram gets a 7.2.
Thanks.
