Building new computer for granddaughters

[jlabit]

Not really trying to overclock this machine. Just trying to get it to run at it's rated speed, but having problems. This forum has the best experts at this type problem.

Just finished building a new computer for my 2 granddaughters, and I'm having one problem I'm having a hard time getting a handle on. I have been building these things for years, but not a lot of experience overclocking, so I am not real sharp with bios issues. The motherboard is this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131724

The memory is this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148346

The problem I am having is that both the bios, and CPUZ are telling me that the memory is running at 1066. It is supposed to be 1333 memory, and when I set it to run manually at 1333 in bios, the computer will not boot. I get just a black screen. Setting it back to auto frequency will restore a good boot. I also manually set the memory voltage to 1.5 volts, which is what the voltage is supposed to be. Anyone have any ideas where I am going wrong? Every time I have ever installed a memory stick I got the frequency I was supposed to get, except once. On that occasion, resetting the memory voltage to the required 1.65 volts fixed that. Not sure what else to do. Would appreciate advice. Thanks.

[DarkTower87]

Originally Posted by jlabit

Not really trying to overclock this machine. Just trying to get it to run at it's rated speed, but having problems. This forum has the best experts at this type problem.

Just finished building a new computer for my 2 granddaughters, and I'm having one problem I'm having a hard time getting a handle on. I have been building these things for years, but not a lot of experience overclocking, so I am not real sharp with bios issues. The motherboard is this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131724

The memory is this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148346

The problem I am having is that both the bios, and CPUZ are telling me that the memory is running at 1066. It is supposed to be 1333 memory, and when I set it to run manually at 1333 in bios, the computer will not boot. I get just a black screen. Setting it back to auto frequency will restore a good boot. I also manually set the memory voltage to 1.5 volts, which is what the voltage is supposed to be. Anyone have any ideas where I am going wrong? Every time I have ever installed a memory stick I got the frequency I was supposed to get, except once. On that occasion, resetting the memory voltage to the required 1.65 volts fixed that. Not sure what else to do. Would appreciate advice. Thanks.

Both of those are bad links. Make sure that you have the timings set correctly. Go in and manually set them. Make sure you have the voltage set properly aswell. You could also have bad ram. Download the memtest 86+ image and burn it to disk. Then boot from it and run it for at least 4-8 hours but preferably 24 hours.

[CybrSlydr]

Holy crap...

I read the thread title and then the authors name and my brain turned his name into...

"jailbait" lmfao

[jlabit]

Sorry, I fixed the bad urls. I manually set the timings for what I found on the internet for this memory. I also manually set the voltage to 1.5v. Not sure what else to do.

[DarkTower87]

Originally Posted by CybrSlydr

Holy crap...

I read the thread title and then the authors name and my brain turned his name into...

"jailbait" lmfao

Originally Posted by jlabit

Sorry, I fixed the bad urls. I manually set the timings for what I found on the internet for this memory. I also manually set the voltage to 1.5v. Not sure what else to do.

Try some other DDR3 and see if it works. It sounds like it could just be some bad RAM that cannot run at its correct timings and speed.

[hostage67]

Originally Posted by jlabit

Sorry, I fixed the bad urls. I manually set the timings for what I found on the internet for this memory. I also manually set the voltage to 1.5v. Not sure what else to do.

Increase the voltage slightly, see if that will give you enough stability to boot.

[pckid9234]

+1 FOR MEMTEST.
Thought I had good ram... got 10 plus errors waiting to hear back from corsair

[jlabit]

Thanks for the quick responses. I ran memtest for an hour last night and got no errors. Going to run it all day today today. Got a second stick of the same memory due in by UPS truck today. When it gets here, I'll pop it in and see what happens. Think I'll try bumping that memory voltage up just a little bit and see what happens. Thanks again.

[DarkTower87]

Originally Posted by jlabit

Thanks for the quick responses. I ran memtest for an hour last night and got no errors. Going to run it all day today today. Got a second stick of the same memory due in by UPS truck today. When it gets here, I'll pop it in and see what happens. Think I'll try bumping that memory voltage up just a little bit and see what happens. Thanks again.

Please let us know what the solution is once you find it.

[jlabit]

OK. The problem is the processor itself. Wish I had known that when I was shopping for CPU's. The processor is limited to dual channel memory at 1066. My granddaughters are 7 and 5 years old and probably won't be playing Crysis or BF yet, like I do, so this machine will play their games fast enough. Just hard to believe that Intel is producing a chip in Q3 of 2011 that limits memory speed to 1066. Live and learn. Thanks again for your assistance. This is definitely the place to go for help. Have a good day.

[vai0]

What proc is it?

[jlabit]

It is an Intel G630 dual core.