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Remember that the memory itself is only part of the equation. For AMD the memory controller is on the CPU. When you overclock the CPU you effect the memory controller also. Which is why timing can become so important. OC the CPU and using dividers can stress the controller and if its timings...

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But why? I know the Mushkins will run 2.6-2.9V but they ran fine for a while at 2.6V. Even if they were marginal there and they have shifted/burnt in I should not have to go all the way up to 2.9V to run DDR500 mem at DDR400 rate and std timmings. If I was having an issue at high overclock...

It has to be memory related. At stock everything, I can run Prime95 small ftt for a little while but as soon as I try to run a modified blend (each using 40% of my memory) both fail in less than a minute. It can't be my ram modules because not only does my new set fail (which have been OCed)...

Ooops sorry, I did say 2.5V but that should have been 2.6V. Default Vdimm was 2.6V. I tried 2.7V but saw no improvement. II think I have to bite the bullet and get a new MB and CPU and see which fixes it. Everthing was running fine until I did two things: 1) Wet lap the CPU 2) Started...

Well I spoke too soon :( My old memory failed memtest also, it just took a little longer. Then I retested it and it failed in pass 1. It has to be my on chip memory controller. Could it be the motherboard? Unfortunately I don't have another MB to test with so I have to decide if I order a...

Well I poped the top, and while I can't say it was easy, it was not too hard. I managed not to gouge the PCB or nick any chips :) I cleaned the CPU and chips off well with 91% IPA. To help avoide crushing it I took the rubber pads off a dead Athlon XP I had and glued those in the corners of...

I need to do some troubleshooting, but I think it is likely that it is a problem with water getting under the IHS. I did not realize there was a portion of it not sealed. I had read about others lapping wet. If i had known there was a portion of the IHS not sealed I would not have risked it...

Well...something is seriously wrong. I got my Opty 170 and Mushkins about 3 weeks ago. Worked through the regular overclocking steps to get to 3GHz at 1.48V (300*10)with temps under load ~42C. It was stable at 3GHz under dual Prime for over 12 hours before I canceled it. I ran there for...