CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 Reading as 1066

Vadersblade · May 1, 2009

Alrighty folks,

I have the forementioned RAM set up in my ASUS M4A79T Deluxe. Shows up at 1066, running 7-7-7-20. How do I get this to run stable at the supposed 1600 9-9-9-24? I tried changing my bios to 1600mhz and upping the voltage to 1.8, but that tends to make me bluescreen after a half an hour or so. Any ideas?

dark2099 · May 1, 2009

Did you increase the timings as well? Those won't change by themselves.

Vadersblade · May 1, 2009

I tried, but it seems the page to alter the timings was removed from the newest BIOS revision. It shows how to do it in the manual, but when you are in the BIOS, those 2 pages are just not there.

Naekuh · May 1, 2009

do you guys have straps on the AM3 board? i havent played with one, but on intel's you can lower or raise the strap and use the associated timings on ram.

Vadersblade · May 1, 2009

I don't see any straps. I found where the timings were hidden in bios. I changed them to 9-9-9-24 and set the ram to 1600 at 1.8. Worked fine, until it crashed. Damn stability! I heard something about increasing the voltage to the north bridge, anyone hear anything about that helping?

thraxed · May 2, 2009

I know my ram detects the same way tell I turn on the XMP profile in the bios.

cdawall · May 2, 2009

that board doesn't do XMP.

subtimings are to tight leave everything on auto and set it to 1600 1.8v and see what it does

Vadersblade · May 2, 2009

Tried it at 1600 and 1.8, freezes up after half hour to an hour.

cdawall · May 2, 2009

Vadersblade said:
Tried it at 1600 and 1.8, freezes up after half hour to an hour.

run memtest

Vadersblade · May 2, 2009

Alrighty, ran memtest and came up with 0 errors. Any other ideas?

n-ster · May 2, 2009

do as if you're OCing it??? idk just an idea...

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CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 Reading as 1066

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