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I am overclocking my memory for a short but to me very important test i am doing. I have done my fair share of memory OCing and never encountered such stubborn stick. Using an p8z77-v lx, i5 2500k and 2x4GB ballistic sport sticks.
The stick defaults to 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24, at 1.6V it will do 1600Mhz 8-9-8-17 or 1866Mhz 9-10-8-32. At 2133Mhz it will not boot no matter the voltage or timings. Now, i wouldn't be surprised at that if for instance it took high timings like 13-13-13-40 to get it to run at 1866Mhz. But it can do that with fairly close to stock timings. I used to be able to boot at 2133Mhz with 1333Mhz office-grade sticks on this very system years ago so it surprised me that this sticks simply lock at 1866Mhz.
I would really like to finish this test and all i am missing is 2133Mhz, i would really hate to buy a new ram just for this last bit. So before i do that and buy new ram for 1 test only, i am wondering if someone has an advice on what else i can try to make this ram boot at 2133Mhz.
I did the usual things. Up to 1.7V ram, increased memory controller voltage, tried tweaking secondary timings (but its a lottery with those since i dont have any data as to which timings are even within spec for this ram), etc.
The stick defaults to 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24, at 1.6V it will do 1600Mhz 8-9-8-17 or 1866Mhz 9-10-8-32. At 2133Mhz it will not boot no matter the voltage or timings. Now, i wouldn't be surprised at that if for instance it took high timings like 13-13-13-40 to get it to run at 1866Mhz. But it can do that with fairly close to stock timings. I used to be able to boot at 2133Mhz with 1333Mhz office-grade sticks on this very system years ago so it surprised me that this sticks simply lock at 1866Mhz.
I would really like to finish this test and all i am missing is 2133Mhz, i would really hate to buy a new ram just for this last bit. So before i do that and buy new ram for 1 test only, i am wondering if someone has an advice on what else i can try to make this ram boot at 2133Mhz.
I did the usual things. Up to 1.7V ram, increased memory controller voltage, tried tweaking secondary timings (but its a lottery with those since i dont have any data as to which timings are even within spec for this ram), etc.