Transcend aXeRam Thread!

[AsRock]

My memory runs at 2.2V 1200MHz 5-5-5-15 (2 kits AxeRam) and the temp. is app. 40-45C. But the airflow in my case is good - 2x120mm and 2x140mm.

Not saying some one should try it but when i took the sinks of mine which i must say was really easy if they would be much cooler with some MX-2 lol.. But of course not worth trying as the warranty would be void.

Maybe buying other ram cooler for them and using some paper of 2 sided sticky take to protect the heatsinks then you would not void the warranty lol.

 

[Nickel020]

Thanks for the replies!

I measured the heatspreader temp on the X38 DQ6 (open testbed, ~23C room temperature, pretty much no airflow) and it's around 50C in Prime blend test. I'm getting some OCZ FLexXLC 1200 in the next few days, will be interesting to see if that runs cooler (without water). If the OCZ also runs relatively hot I'll keep the aXeRAM and sell the OCZ again.

And grats on getting 4x1GB running at 1200 dolf, that's pretty impressive!

 

[Wile E]

Thanks for the replies!

I measured the heatspreader temp on the X38 DQ6 (open testbed, ~23C room temperature, pretty much no airflow) and it's around 50C in Prime blend test. I'm getting some OCZ FLexXLC 1200 in the next few days, will be interesting to see if that runs cooler (without water). If the OCZ also runs relatively hot I'll keep the aXeRAM and sell the OCZ again.

And grats on getting 4x1GB running at 1200 dolf, that's pretty impressive!

The better solution to buying new ram in hopes of it running cooler, would be just to put a better fan blowing on them. I use an Antec Spot cool, and mine are cool to the touch at all times.

 

[King Wookie]

I've just slotted in 2 sticks of 1g 1066 axeram.

Unfortunately, I'll have to wait a few days till I have time to start working on o/c them.

Umm, I seem to have missed any pertinent post, so what is the voltage sweetspot on these sticks?

Oh, as there is a N after the barcode, I'm assuming they're D9's.

 

[erocker]

"N's" are the magic letter! With good cooling they should do just as well as the 1200's That's 5 5-5-15 at 1200mhz 2.2volts.

 

[King Wookie]

Sounds promising.

Now I just have to see if the rest of the system can keep up.

 

[ps3divx.com]

I hope someone can help me. I bought two 1GB sticks of AxeRAM 4 months ago. After upgrading to a 64-bit OS (osx86) I today bought two more sticks of the same. Now when I boot the OS crashes within 10 seconds. Tried this with XP too (though that can't really do much with 4GB, or with 4 cores, I wonder what it will do?).

I looked and all 4 sticks are N = Micron. Though of course they have different bar codes, since they were manufactured at least 4 months apart. I did keep the pairs together. On my board, a GA-P35-DS3P, I have to say the DIMMs are pretty close together when you get all 4 in there, which most people don't have. Do you think they're overheating, or should I just not mix'n'match different batches of AxeRAM? I'll try to get some more airflow on them. Though really they are so close together, with their fat heatspreaders on them, one wonders how much air can flow through. Would removing the heat spreaders work, or would that just void my warranty? They are running at 1066 and I believe still set at the default 5-7-7-24. Voltage is set to auto. I wonder if I need more voltage into GMCH so it can power all 4 sticks... or less so they generate less heat. Would really appreciate any suggestions.

Put a fan on 'em and that got me 25 seconds into the boot before I got a page fault BSOD. Also asking Transcend tech support. Probably for OC 4 sticks is rare. But I can't even get them to work at stock!

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

You should switch to Manual voltage control and set to 2.2 at least.
And you most certainly need to up the MCH voltages, 4 stick puts a much greater strain on the NB. Your problems wil dissapear if you do those two things.

 

[ps3divx.com]

I upped the MCH by .35. I upped the DDR by .25. GA-P35-DS3P does not show absolute voltages. Can I trust Everest? It notes that even after that .35 my DIMMs are only getting 2.05V. It does seem more stable now. Memtest88 is next, or what do you suggest?

You could say I had more of a voltage problem than a heat problem. Though since power and heat go up exponentially with voltage, I don't want to go overboard. No idea what the MCH resulting voltage is now, just know that I bumped it. Anyway that heat is over on the side in the NB.

I know the new sticks are rated 5-5-5-15 on the box. IIRC the sticks from 4 months ago were much slower. Is this possible? WAIT! I looked in the SPD tab on CPU-Z. All these sticks are TX1066QLJ-2GK. First set is from 36/07 second from 10/08. And they have the same timings table. That eliminates several of my conspiracy theories. Maybe I should go for the EPP timings now 5-6-6-15 2T 2.1V now.

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

I'm always skeptical about sofware monitoring of voltages. If you have the means get a cheap Digital Multimeter (DMM) and do a Google search for your boards vDimm measure point.

A quick search seems to agree on 1.25V is defualt MCH. So if you added .35 you would be at ~1.6, a little high unless you have some active cooling on the chipset. 1.4 would be about tops for most on stock heatsink. See if that voltage is still stable.

My old 975XBX would be more prone to fail with TOO much volts to the NB (most likely because of the increased heat load). I would think about more volts to the RAM, just check that it isn't getting too warm OR put a fan on them.
You should be good...

 

[ps3divx.com]

I did get the DDR voltage up to 2.1. Actually this went according to plan... I just didn't know the plan. (i.e. look at the 4 SPD profiles in cpu-z, and of course you have to add 0.3 to go from 1.8 to get to the EPP settings which require 2.1v) Also 5-6-6-15. MCH has an OK heatpipe on this mobo, but it is passive. I had backed it down to +0.30 and will back down some more. That said, currently, I can run OCCT for about 7 or 8 seconds and then it crashes. Tomorrow I'll get out the voltmeter. But what to change now? Go for 2.15 or 2.2 on the axeRAM? Did somebody say 2.2 fries the Micron chips? Is the OCCT load getting me back into heat issues, in which case more voltage could hurt as much as it helps. I'm gonna back off the NB to 1.4 and keep the DIMM at 2.1 and get out the multimeter. When I wake up in 10 hours that is.

 

[ntdouglas]

I did get the DDR voltage up to 2.1. Actually this went according to plan... I just didn't know the plan. (i.e. look at the 4 SPD profiles in cpu-z, and of course you have to add 0.3 to go from 1.8 to get to the EPP settings which require 2.1v) Also 5-6-6-15. MCH has an OK heatpipe on this mobo, but it is passive. I had backed it down to +0.30 and will back down some more. That said, currently, I can run OCCT for about 7 or 8 seconds and then it crashes. Tomorrow I'll get out the voltmeter. But what to change now? Go for 2.15 or 2.2 on the axeRAM? Did somebody say 2.2 fries the Micron chips? Is the OCCT load getting me back into heat issues, in which case more voltage could hurt as much as it helps. I'm gonna back off the NB to 1.4 and keep the DIMM at 2.1 and get out the multimeter. When I wake up in 10 hours that is.

Try 2.15v on ram. Most likely your board is overvolting a little anyways. Have you tried memtesting them? Are they running hot, and if so what about a fan over them?

 

[ps3divx.com]

Cleared nearly 2 hours of OCCT. Any other memory test suggestions? I found one called windiag.iso that I can burn onto a CD. Windows only sees 3.5GB; a standalone test can hit all 4GB. Everything is stock, except, DIMM +.3 = 2.1, MCH +1.5 = 1.4, and timings = 5-6-6-15. The DIMMs are hot but not enough to burn. I should arrange a more direct fan. The NB with the mobo silent pipe is only warm. CPU cores are 50 C. Not sure I coulda done it without your help... thanks again. I'm relieved to just get everything working with no OC, though actually the axeRAM is doing EPP settings.

 

[rangerone766]

sorry to dig out an older thread but...

i need a new set of ram for my maximus formula flashed to a rampage formula. i have narrowed down my choices to theses axe rams. are the 1200mhz axes worth double the price of the 1066's?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

damn. you have to make all of us axe-less guys jealous huh?

My 800 Geil may not get 1200mhz but i am happy with them... But they are making me jealous

 

[King Wookie]

I'm currently running my DDR2 1066 axeram at 1000mHz @ 5.5.5.15 2T
2.1V on bios. When I get some more time, I'll push them further.

Must say - a good recommendation guys!
My e6550 is happily running at 3.5 gHz, where on the old OCZ DDR2 800, I could only get 2.8.

Nice!

 

[erocker]

sorry to dig out an older thread but...

i need a new set of ram for my maximus formula flashed to a rampage formula. i have narrowed down my choices to theses axe rams. are the 1200mhz axes worth double the price of the 1066's?

Absolutely. They are the best you can get. They will do 1200mhz nice and cool on a Maximus or Rampage.

 

[Wile E]

sorry to dig out an older thread but...

i need a new set of ram for my maximus formula flashed to a rampage formula. i have narrowed down my choices to theses axe rams. are the 1200mhz axes worth double the price of the 1066's?

And to add to what erocker said, my 1200Mhz Axeram sticks have hit 1400MHz 5-5-5-15 on 2.34V.

 

[erocker]

Hey, if anyone is getting rid of thier 1200mhz sticks, I need a couple more.

 

[Cold Storm]

How about this Erocker, you get ready to buy them from Newegg and I'll do the same.. we'll see if we can do another Newegg Hickup! lol..

I still want to get a 2 kits myself! My Blood Iron board is wanting something that isn't one sided Micron and one that isn't

 

[AsRock]

Hey, if anyone is getting rid of thier 1200mhz sticks, I need a couple more.

Shame i just sent one kit back to egg... Keeping the other set.

How about this Erocker, you get ready to buy them from Newegg and I'll do the same.. we'll see if we can do another Newegg Hickup! lol..

I still want to get a 2 kits myself! My Blood Iron board is wanting something that isn't one sided Micron and one that isn't

newegg don't sell them any more ( Axeram ) .

 

[Cold Storm]

Dang it! Erocker, if you find them somewhere I'll try to see who can get them! lol... grr.. on newegg!

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Is everyone opposed to ordering direct from Transcend?

 

[rangerone766]

Is everyone opposed to ordering direct from Transcend?

if they are not listed on newegg tomarrow afternoon. i'm gonna order direct fron trancend, unless anyone knows any other us dealers for them.

 

[erocker]

Is everyone opposed to ordering direct from Transcend?

Nope! Probablly where I'll end up getting another set. Though the jetram they sold me is rather disapointing.