the xonar drivers are essential to use the sound card ! but i'll reinstall them as suggested
they are "outdated" per the driver analysis, but it is obviously too simple to note that it is the latest win 7 driver, and anything newer is for > win 7
success ! despite the ram passing memtest at 1600, it seems to error out when all 4 cores are in play simultaneously in the testing
wound it down to 1333 at standard timings as decreed by the mobo @ 9-9-9-24 and it is now faultless at 1920x1200 at very high settings
maybe memtest should be obliged to use all cores as part of the deal ?
thanks you sincerely for your efforts on my behalf; i'm happy to call this solved :)
yay, time to kill
as i discovered, and it showed error in test 6 on the first run
i presume the unmatched pairs are an issue at xmp settings, especially as they have 0.0 and 1.2 respectively under spd ext as revealed by cpu-z
sandybridge is technically meant to be rated for 1333 rather than 1600 in any case
all's good now though; thanks again
As I said earlier yes.as i discovered, and it showed error in test 6 on the first run
i presume the unmatched pairs are an issue at xmp settings, especially as they have 0.0 and 1.2 respectively under spd ext as revealed by cpu-z
sandybridge is technically meant to be rated for 1333 rather than 1600 in any case
all's good now though; thanks again
Good to hear.
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