GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 1.0) ram problem

[tolja]

Hello,

i have problem to set ram working on 1600 mhz
right now it is working on 1066 mhz and everything is working

here is some info about my PC

GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 1.0)
BIOS : Award (Phoenix) F5 03/11/2010
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 10GB DIMM DDR3

Chipset
Model : Giga-Byte X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.43GHz (4.86GHz)

Chipset
Model : Giga-Byte Core Desktop (Bloomfield) UnCore
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.43GHz (4.86GHz)
Total Memory : 10GB DIMM DDR3
Channels : 3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 540MHz (1GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Kingston 9905403-111A00LF 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Kingston 9905403-111A00LF 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Kingston 9905403-111A00LF 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Kingston 9905403-111A00LF 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Kingston 9905403-111A00LF 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Kingston 9905403-111A00LF 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 (240 SM4.0 1.43GHz, 1.8GB DDR3 2x1.26GHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 (240SP 30C 1.55GHz, 1.7GB 2x1.26GHz)
CUDA Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 (240SP 30C 1.55GHz, 1.7GB 2x1.26GHz)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 (240SP 1.43GHz, 1.7GB 2x1.26GHz)

Storage Devices
CORSAIR CMFSSD-128GBG2D (128GB, SATA300, NCQ) : 119GB (C:)
Seagate ST3500320AS (500.1GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ) : 466GB (D:) (E:)
WDC WD15EARS-22Z5B1 (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5", NCQ) : 1TB (G:) (H:) (I:)
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS40 (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (F:)

Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS)hd (D:) : 292GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500320AS (500.1GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ)
hd (G:) : 488GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD15EARS-22Z5B1 (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5", NCQ)
Hard Disk (C:) : 119GB (NTFS) @ CORSAIR CMFSSD-128GBG2D (128GB, SATA300, NCQ)
hd (E:) : 174GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500320AS (500.1GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ)
hd (H:) : 488GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD15EARS-22Z5B1 (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5", NCQ)
hd (I:) : 421GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD15EARS-22Z5B1 (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5", NCQ)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A
Optical Drive (F:) : N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS40 (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64

[Dark Mantis]

Your system is reporting only 10GB of memory instead of the real amount of 12GB. There could be various reasons for this. One of which could be bent CPU socket pins but more likely is the QPI/Vt setting being wrong. You will probably need somewhere between 1.2 and 1.45v depending on the rest of your hardware.

You haven't said what voltage the memory is at default ? But that will need to be increased.

Make sure thtas your Memory multiplier ties in with your Uncore multiplier.

[tolja]

Hello Mantis
Thanks for helping

Everything is set  on defaults "auto" in bios
as u see on image
can u be a little more specific what to change in bios
i am not expert in this i don't want to burn something

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

Well firstly I need the timings and voltage off the modules themselves (or package they came in). ie 8-8-8-24  1.65v

You will need to take your QPI/Vtt off Auto and the same with your Uncore and see what they are set to at the moment. post the settings here too.

[tolja]

memory is kingston KHX1600C8D3K2/4Gx 1.65v 8-8-8-24

there is too many options in bios so i take some screenshots

hope this will help

[Dark Mantis]

Right well we will try and get all the memory working at 1600 Mhz.

In the BIOS under Channel A Timings enter the memory timings manually at 9-9-9-25 the other channels will be copied across automatically.

and the DRAM voltage at 1.68v

Set the memory clock ratio (memory multiplier) at 12.5x

Set the Uncore multiplier at 25 ( up to 27 max) trial and error.

You may need to increase the QPI/Vtt voltage from its present value to between 1.20 and 1.40v. Again trial and error.Start low and see if it gets more stable or not as you increase voltage.

[tolja]

i tried different  1.20 to 1.40v voltage for QPI/Vtt
didnt help

got crush around 30 min working

[Dark Mantis]

That doesn't help much. Can you be a bit more specific in what happened ?

[tolja]

i set the
timing 9-9-9-25
dram voltage 1.68
memory clock to 12 (cant set it to 12.5)
set unicore 25
and QPI/Vtt between 1.20 and 1.40v

after i turn the computer on i saw that computer was little slower and after 30 min of work he just restart

any other info i can give u?

[Dark Mantis]

No 12x for the memory multiplier was right. Just a typo on my part.

Uncore you can try at 24 to 26

Dram voltage you can increase to 1.70v

[tolja]

hi
i didn't had the time to test (i will do that later)
i notice new F7 bios
but if i try to upgrade @bios software just crush (image)

with F6 i have big trouble (crush all time) that's why i am using F5

any info about new F7 ?

also wondering why "12.0 gb (10.0 gb usable)"
any idea?

Thanks

[Dark Mantis]

Well you were lucky as we don't recommend using the @BIOS for running updates as it is far more dangerous than using QFlash the BIOS utility. You can see now why we advise that.

The amount of usable memory being low compared to the total amount of memory installed is usually dependant on either the settings being wrong or bent pins in the CPU socket.

[tolja]

i just update to F6
and RAM 12gb is ok now

i will test stability again now

[tolja]

i return to F5 bios again
F6, F7L  are not stable
there is F8A  (but beta)

[Aussie Allan]

  You can always go back......Beta can mean better!

  Aussie Allan