figure this one out

Faladu said:

If the BIOS timing is set to AUTO, what does CPU-Z give you, I think we need some screen shots, you could be making this all up.

You upgrade the BIOS of that XFX 780i to the latest?
Here is that support page: Support

My old PC, my wife's current () has to have manual settings or the dummy mobo under clocks it, I feel your pain.

im an overclocker i never set anything to auto , the bios sets timings incorrectly anyway (read my other posts ) either way no matter how slack i set the timings 950mhz is thast fastest i can go now , yes it is the latest bios however it worked fine before so i wouldnt think a bios flash would solve the issue anyhoo , the only way i can set the memory to 1066 now is to remove 2 sticks of ram and set the cpu back to default and there aint now way im loosing 2gb of ram and a 1gb cpu overclock for 100mhz extra on my memory

another option would be to go for 2 x 2gb sticks and use the sli ready NVidia chipset bios config to automatically set evrytrhing up for me with regards to my ram (it doesnt work with more than 2 sticks) but im not sure if that will work and it will be a huge waste of cash especially as im trying to persuade the wife to let me get an i7 / DDR3 / Mobo

its just very very annoying because i ALWAYS manage to figure these things out in the end but this has me stumped

i wish i was making it up

Mellon Head said:

@Archie1223: I know that nothing is at auto, but what is your RAM voltage set to?

EDIT: Never mind, I just saw it.

Four sticks of RAM will stress a memory controller more than two will. I'm not too up on Intel systems, but on an AMD system, you sometimes need to give the Northbridge a little voltage bump when running four sticks. Maybe give that a try?

NB at its safe maximum mate 1.4v , the NB chip on this mobo gets too hot as it is , i dont want to push my luck.

its worked fine for 6 months , never missed a beat , but now for some reason its decided to go south , everything else is A ok just the ram wont run at its default and i cant stand not knowing why ha ha