Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi & Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC8500
I recently built a PC for a freind from scan parts and was wondering if anyone can help with the only outstanding issue I have with the PC.
The PC uses:
* Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi mobo (LN16879)
* 2 sets of 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC8500 (1066) [4 GB total] (LN15484)
* Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600, 775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB CPU (LN17245)
It all works good BUT I am not having luck getting the memory to run at 1066 speed, instead I am having to leave it on 800 speed. It seems to me that a lot of people like this combo of mobo & RAM and do seem to get the RAM working at 1066 (at least people in america who do) but I can't seem to get it to work at 1066.
I asked on this forum about it: (search google for "Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC8500 (1066) & Abit IN9 32X-MAX") (sorry I can't post url's yet) but then I realized that this was a US board and they may have different boards. I tried various bios upgrades (might have been for US boards only perhaps) and tweaking but in he end have revertd back to my v1.0 bios and setting mem speed to 800.
Does anyone else have this motherboard and this memory (in UK) and have it working at 1066 mem speed? If so PLEASE can you tell me the settings you use (bios version, bios settings etc) or can anyone throw some light on the situation?
Ta ;)
Re: Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi & Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC8500
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Originally Posted by
slymoon
I recently built a PC for a freind from scan parts and was wondering if anyone can help with the only outstanding issue I have with the PC.
The PC uses:
* Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi mobo (LN16879)
* 2 sets of 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC8500 (1066) [4 GB total] (LN15484)
* Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600, 775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB CPU (LN17245)
It all works good BUT I am not having luck getting the memory to run at 1066 speed, instead I am having to leave it on 800 speed. It seems to me that a lot of people like this combo of mobo & RAM and do seem to get the RAM working at 1066 (at least people in america who do) but I can't seem to get it to work at 1066.
I asked on this forum about it: (search google for "Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC8500 (1066) & Abit IN9 32X-MAX") (sorry I can't post url's yet) but then I realized that this was a US board and they may have different boards. I tried various bios upgrades (might have been for US boards only perhaps) and tweaking but in he end have revertd back to my v1.0 bios and setting mem speed to 800.
Does anyone else have this motherboard and this memory (in UK) and have it working at 1066 mem speed? If so PLEASE can you tell me the settings you use (bios version, bios settings etc) or can anyone throw some light on the situation?
Ta ;)
hi i have the abit ix38 and 2 gb Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator ram PC8500 runs at 816mhz . so all i did was overclock my intel q6600 i got the ram to run at 1064mhz
Re: Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi & Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC8500
OK - I have fixed this issue since writing this post.
I simply waited for the next UK bios update (from abit UK website) which was not out at the time.
I downloaded m622a13.zip (bios v1.3) and applied it and it worked perfectly, just reset the bios then applied "optimal setting" type option and it showed 1066 as the mem speed in the bios (and that was without cpu overclocking I believe) and also shows as 1066 in all windows software (e.g PC Wizard).
There has been another bios releaese (v1.4) on the abit UK webste since I did the 1.3 update but I have not tried appling the v1.4 yet (if it ain't broke, don't fix it).
My friend is now ultra happy about his PC and gets wicked gaming ^_^
thanks to everyone for advice.
Re: Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi & Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC8500
14 gets good feedback but if it ain't broke ...
Re: Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi & Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC8500
Hey there Slymoon,
Glad you got it running. I have the same setup as you, but my memory speed is running at 533mhz. Do you mind letting me know what settings in uGuru you have so I can match to them? Can you run the RAM at 1066mhz or is it some multiplier happening at 533?
Thanks!
Re: Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi & Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC8500
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Originally Posted by
slamdunk
Hey there Slymoon,
Glad you got it running. I have the same setup as you, but my memory speed is running at 533mhz. Do you mind letting me know what settings in uGuru you have so I can match to them? Can you run the RAM at 1066mhz or is it some multiplier happening at 533?
Thanks!
Yours is running fine (i think) its ddr, times it by 2 and you get 1066, always double it :).