My Super Talent mem is the only one that works?

CaNiBuS · May 8th, 2007, 06:30 AM

I have an eVGA 680i motherboard. First sticks of mem I had in there were OCZ PC2-8800. One day they stopped working, the letters and numbers in the bios were all corrupted. I thought I would buy some Mushkin Redline with EPP and see how that works. Well, after having it for a few days I'm fed up. The memory can stay stable for several hours or several minutes. Totally random lock-ups. I ran memtest86 for 8 hours and it found no errors. No voltage would keep it stable, at first i thought it was the CPU going bad so i raised the voltage but it still happened. If I increase the voltage on the Mushkin over 2.25v the computer won't even post.

So, now I'm back where I started. Good 'ol Super Talent running smoothly. Since its only DDR2-800 I can't really push it but the latencies are nice and low (even though that doesn't matter much with ddr2, it seems).

Mac Daddy · May 8th, 2007, 12:21 PM

Thats weird and almost sounds like something in the chipset firmware (hardware) ... you updated the BIOS and Chipset drivers on that mobo lately ?

IModAmd · May 8th, 2007, 01:17 PM

Well... do an fresh bios update ( flash it maybe something are corupted) and after if that not works check your mobo compatibility list maybe somes memory are not compatible ... or maybe the voltage are too high for your motherboard... like me the max voltage i can put is 1.95 v ! ROLF :P Well try that and sent your feedback

IModIntel · May 8th, 2007, 01:30 PM

¥eah, i would try to make sure i have the latest bios release, even though i always thought that the 680i was a botched chipset.

CaNiBuS · May 8th, 2007, 01:49 PM

This is my second motherboard since I RMA'd the other. This one came with the last bios but I still had problems so I flashed it to the newest. The max voltage on this is 2.4v. I'm starting to think that this chipset is just crap.

IModAmd · May 8th, 2007, 01:51 PM

But ... well the new chipsets of nvidia are really poor... like quality because the drivers are not really quite devloped for it... and for mine too an 570 ultra... the lastest drivers date of this summer :P

but maybe is because 2.4 v is too high for your mobo

Well... try to found an memory compatible for your board and with not an too high voltage and try an flash of bios (the more newer)

IModIntel · May 8th, 2007, 02:16 PM

Yeah, Nvidia chipset are crap, but only for intel i think,

If your considering another motherboard, i would recommend something with the Intel 965P or the 975X, the only thing is you wont be able to run SLI on these boards considering that you have an 8800GTX and that the multi GPU solutions with these chipsets are only Crossfire.

CaNiBuS · May 8th, 2007, 02:35 PM

I've never used the memory voltage at 2.4v. The Super Talent runs fine at 2.1v and the Mushkin defaults to 2.250. I ran the Mushkin at its default timings and lower than its rated speed so I wouldn't think memory voltage would be a problem.

I have an Asus Commando sitting on my table at home. I guess it's time to put that thing back in...

IModAmd · May 8th, 2007, 02:38 PM

Yeah i think asus commando are better than the board you had now

Well nice piece

i always dreamed had one lol ! Well you can wait for new updates but ... well had always in head the support from nvidia are not always good

Asus stuff are really quite good so put your asus commando and check the results

Mac Daddy · May 9th, 2007, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CaNiBuS

This is my second motherboard since I RMA'd the other. This one came with the last bios but I still had problems so I flashed it to the newest. The max voltage on this is 2.4v. I'm starting to think that this chipset is just crap.

Reading the entire thread I think your right Bro something is not right with that chipset ... this is the second you RMA'd the first Mobo so ....