Troubles with a new P5E-VM HDMI build.

[Jim_in_MN]

Hi all,

A few weeks ago I posted that I was looking to build a new system using a P5E-VM HDMI. I've got it up and running but am experiencing some odd BSD stops and the occasional black screen lock up.

At a guess I think I'm running into some IRQ problems or possibly a memory timing issue. (I've let the bios handle things on Auto.) If any of you have something similar to my setup or can contribute some nudges in the right direction I would appreciate it.

MB: P5E-VM HDMI with bios settings on mostly Auto.

Memory is G-Skill DDR-2 1000, PCD-8000. 4 sticks of 2048mb. (Box says CL5-5-5-15 2.0-2.1v)

Processor is a new Q6600. (2.4 ghz, 8mb L2, 1066 mhz FSB.)

Hard drives are two non-raid 150gb Raptors.

Sound card is a Creative X-fi Extreme gamer.

I'm running Vista 64bit with all the current updates installed.

It's all installed inside an SG-01 using an NT-06 for a cooler. Temps are running at 34c at full load so I'm not concerned that heat is an issue.

I believe I saw at least one other person running the same proc/mb/memory in the P5E-VM HDMI thread but I didn't want to threadjack with my problem.

Thanks,

Jim

[MassiveOverkill]

I'm running the same board with 8 gigs of the same RAM. Use CPU-Z to verify your RAM timings. I don't thing your temps are being reported right. Even at stock voltage, I have a hard believing you're getting 34C at load.

Do you have a SLACR G0 stepping? What's your VDIMM set at? You RAM will definately need 2.0V or more to run at rated speeds.

[Jim_in_MN]

Thanks MassiveOverkill,

Yours was the build I was thinking of. I remember reading your posts in the original thread.

I've run CPU-Z. Timings are 5-5-5-15. (In bios it is set at 12 but still shows 15.)

You're right about the temps. CPU-Z shows about 45c on load.

The processor is an SLACR. (BX8056Q6600). I've set VDIMM at 2.0 volts.

I'll copy some of the CPU-Z dump that seems relevant. Thanks for your help.

Jim

CPU-Z dump info:


Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 4
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Codename Kentsfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 4h)
CPUID 6.F.B
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping G0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 2405.9 MHz (9.0 x 267.3 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 1069.3 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 9.0x
max VID 1.163 V
Features XD, VT

Memory SPD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number F2-8000CL5-2GBPQ

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 266 400
CAS# 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5
RAS# Precharge 4 5
TRAS 10 15
TRC 16 24

EPP profile 1 (full)
Voltage level 2.100 Volts
Address Command Rate 2T
Cycle time 2.000 ns (500.0 MHz)
tCL 5.0 clocks
tRCD 5 clocks (10.00 ns)
tRP 5 clocks (10.00 ns)
tRAS 15 clocks (30.00 ns)
tRC 45 clocks (90.00 ns)
tWR 12 clocks (24.00 ns)


DIMM #2

General
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number F2-8000CL5-2GBPQ

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 266 400
CAS# 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5
RAS# Precharge 4 5
TRAS 10 15
TRC 16 24

EPP profile 1 (full)
Voltage level 2.100 Volts
Address Command Rate 2T
Cycle time 2.000 ns (500.0 MHz)
tCL 5.0 clocks
tRCD 5 clocks (10.00 ns)
tRP 5 clocks (10.00 ns)
tRAS 15 clocks (30.00 ns)
tRC 45 clocks (90.00 ns)
tWR 12 clocks (24.00 ns)


DIMM #3

General
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number F2-8000CL5-2GBPQ

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 266 400
CAS# 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5
RAS# Precharge 4 5
TRAS 10 15
TRC 16 24

EPP profile 1 (full)
Voltage level 2.100 Volts
Address Command Rate 2T
Cycle time 2.000 ns (500.0 MHz)
tCL 5.0 clocks
tRCD 5 clocks (10.00 ns)
tRP 5 clocks (10.00 ns)
tRAS 15 clocks (30.00 ns)
tRC 45 clocks (90.00 ns)
tWR 12 clocks (24.00 ns)


DIMM #4

General
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number F2-8000CL5-2GBPQ

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 266 400
CAS# 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5
RAS# Precharge 4 5
TRAS 10 15
TRC 16 24

EPP profile 1 (full)
Voltage level 2.100 Volts
Address Command Rate 2T
Cycle time 2.000 ns (500.0 MHz)
tCL 5.0 clocks
tRCD 5 clocks (10.00 ns)
tRP 5 clocks (10.00 ns)
tRAS 15 clocks (30.00 ns)
tRC 45 clocks (90.00 ns)
tWR 12 clocks (24.00 ns)

[MassiveOverkill]

Good luck, hopefully she'll be more stable with the extra VDIMM.

[TWO515TY]

Be sure and read your temps from Coretemp, Speedfan temps are 15°C lower than the actual value for Core 2 chips.Coretemp will give you the correct temps. And unless your computer is in a very (very very) cold location, there's no way you'd get 34°C load on a quad in a mATX setup with a passive cooler :-\

[MassiveOverkill]

Also, you need to make a batch file to run coretemp in Vista. Here's my modded batch file (modded because I can't take credit for making the original).

----------------START OF BATCH FILE----------------------

Atsiv -u ALSysIO64.sys
Atsiv -f ALSysIO64.sys

CD

Start CoreTemp.exe

----------------END OF BATCH FILE----------------------

Copy and paste the above (between START AND END OF BATCH FILE) into notepad and save as StartCoreTemp.bat. When you save it you'll have to choose 'Save As: Any file type' and you may need to go to folder options and uncheck 'hide extensions for known file types'.

Place the batch file in the same directory as CoreTemp. If you have a shortcut to Coretemp, simply modify the shorcut to point to your newly-created batch file.