Tech NPS Ram

Hi everyone, I got my nice new ds system on monday. I got the ds certified ram, which turn out to be tech nps ram, does anyone know what the ratings are on this ram (6gb 1600mhz), currently the bios is set to auto, but i'd love to get the specific ratings.

Thanks in advance

Thanks, I should have looked at the dimm more closely to see the big cl9 on the sticker.

ok so this thread confirms for me that the dso free cpu overclock means they leave the ram settings on auto, talk about a lot of untapped power out there!!!!

@debugoz,

The memory should not be at CL11. That's wierd. All of our systems have their memory timings at their rated specs.

Please get in touch with us directly and we can help you set the timings in the BIOS or if you know how, the timings are the same as the Super Talent, Mushkin memory, etc...

I'm going to have to look into why it's on AUTO for you guys.

Feel free to contact us directly so we can help you configure it.

I just ordered my DS PC, and I sure hope it doesn't have TechNPS RAM. I remember when they used to be no difference in RAM except for the warranty. Back in the days of Windows 95 you would go to Fry's and get memory on sale. They always try to upgrade you to the premium memory. What was the difference? It had a lifetime warranty. The ordinary memory only had a one-year warranty. TechNPS RAM is obviously not made by the storefront TechNPS. There are a limited number of memory makers in Southeast Asia. In any event, I would've thought that DS would snap up whichever premium brand happen to give the most bang for the buck -- but still be one of the usual suspects such as Crucial, OZC, Kingston, Munchkin, Corsair, Patriot, etc. the list is endless, but they all have lifetime warranties. I have not heard of raptor will memory with anything less in the last five or 10 years.

but what about all the other timings? that is where the keys are.

all Intel 1366 RAM sets can be run at 1.65 safely

Originally posted by dranza Memory Feature         Memory Speed ( Standard ) Memory Control Setting ( Enabled ) Memory Frequency (  2:8 )  2:10                                                               Channel Interleave Setting ( 6 Way ) Rank Interleave Setting ( 4 Way ) Memory Low Gap ( Auto ) tCL Setting ( 11 ) <so I change this to 9? tRCD Setting ( 11 ) 9 tRP Setting ( 11 ) 9 tRAS Setting ( 29 ) 26 tRFC Setting ( 88 ) Command Rate ( 1t )1t But the tRAS is different from what dragoonseal said for the Mushkin ram and Alex mentioned the timing is the same as the Mushkin ram. How do you change the voltage? Sorry I don't know anything about this and in the bios there are still alot of different different setting for the memory that is related to the timing.

Originally posted by !ender_ lol what kind of mindset is that overclocking is about power.. and not tweaking your ram corectly could leave you as slow as your old system after you just paid a lot of money for a new very fast computer   lol yes justin i know there is more to it but if you didnt see it the top question was if he even knew how to get IN TO his bios, i didnt want to scare him off lol     yes dranza make those changes and see if it boots up fine, if it does: control alt delete and check your availible memory, divide the number by 8 run http://hcidesign.com/memtest/ 8 different instances first 7 = the number you got when you divided, then do all availible on the last instance, let those run to make sure your settings are working let it run till they all get to 200% or more, 1000% is best

I may not have a very high level of tech knowledge but at least I know how to get into the bios or I wouldn't mention that the memory timing is set to auto in the bios.

Sorry I don't quite get your instruction, can you be for specific? Do you mean that I open 8 instances of memtest and say if I have total 6gb memory and 800mb available then I divided it by 8 so 100mb each. So I run 100 mb on the first 7 instances and then 800mb on the 8th instances? Is that what you mean?


Edited by dranza - 04 Sep 2010 at 2:10pm

So the first 7 is the same value and the 8th is the remaining available memory?

Should I do this in safe mode or just boot normally? and why are we testing just the available memory and not the total memory which is 6gb?

Edit: I made the changes and it boot up fine, but then there is another problem, my total memory only amount to around 4+gb with 2+gb being hardware reserved? So for now I undo the changes and have my memory back.


Edited by dranza - 04 Sep 2010 at 6:34pm

Before

After





For some weird reason, when I change the setting this time its fine. So I restart again and well its back to the 3.9gb memory. Following your setting the memory is overclocked to 1800 as shown from the screen shot


Edited by dranza - 04 Sep 2010 at 10:44pm

Maybe its undervolted? Looking at E-LEET under the monitoring tab the DRAM voltage is 1.63

How do I see the QPI? Is it the one where you multiply with the cpu multiplier to get the core speed? If its that its currently at 188. 

MCH Strap ( Auto ) 
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) ( Auto )                                                 
CPU Clock Skew ( 0 ps ) 
Spread Spectrum ( Disabled ) 
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) ( 100 ) 


Memory Feature         
Memory Speed ( Standard ) 
Memory Control Setting ( Enabled ) 
Memory Frequency ( 1087 / 2:8 )                                                                   
Channel Interleave Setting ( 6 Way ) 
Rank Interleave Setting ( 4 Way ) 
Memory Low Gap ( Auto ) 
tCL Setting ( Auto -> 11 ) 
tRCD Setting ( Auto -> 11 ) 
tRP Setting ( Auto -> 11 ) 
tRAS Setting ( Auto -> 29 ) 
tRFC Setting ( Auto -> 88 ) 
Command Rate ( Auto -> 1t ) 


Voltage Control 
EVGA VDroop Control ( With VDroop ) 
CPU VCore ( 1.375 )                                                                                                 
CPU VTT Voltage ( +150 ) 
CPU PLL VCore ( Auto -> 1.8 ) 
IOH PLL VCore ( Auto -> 1.8 )  
DIMM Voltage ( 1.6 ) 
DIMM DQ Vref ( +0mV ) 
QPI PLL VCore ( Auto -> 1.1 ) 
IOH VCore ( Auto ->1.1 ) 
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage ( Auto -> 1.5) 
ICH VCore ( Auto -> 1.1) 
PWM Frequency (  )  <-which? there is two
VTT PWM Frequency (250)
CPU PWM Frequency (800)



CPU Feature 
Intel SpeedStep ( Disabled ) 
Turbo Mode Function ( Disabled ) 
CxE Function ( Disabled ) 
Execute Disable Bit ( Enabled ) 
Virtualization Technology ( Enabled ) 
Intel HT Technology ( Enabled ) 
Active Processor Cores ( All ) 
QPI Control Settings ( Enabled ) 
QPI Link Fast Mode ( Enabled ) 
QPI Frequency Selection ( Auto ) 
OC Recorvery ( Enabled ) 

Whats the setting to use for prime95?

I did what you pointed out and bump the CPU VTT till +250 and it still doesn't work. So I reset the changes and tried the first and second step from this http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=479626 and it still doesn't work. Reset changes again, and set the memory timing to 9-9-9-26 1t 2:8 and memtest till 300% with no problem. Maybe bumping the VRAM to 1.65V or using the XMP profile will help?




Edited by dranza - 05 Sep 2010 at 4:35am

The dram volts is DIMM voltage in the bios right? If it is then its 1.60V