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January 28th, 2013 10:00
MY ALIENWARE AURORA MEMORY BOOT PROBLEM
hello
i have a home built aurora.
i built it myself,got case with motherboard brand new from ebay
i put i7 930 cpu, 1gb nvid card ,1 tera hd,6gbdominator mem.
now i have run it for about a year with no issues at all.
i have just bought 12 gb of dominator gt memory reset cmos gone in bios changed date time exe
now it wont boot.
i reset again and just let it load default values which has let me in windows which is (windows 7 ultimate) but when i restart it wont load again.
can any1 help me as ive reached my tether lol
ps when i put the old memory back in it works fine again :(
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shesagordie
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January 28th, 2013 10:00
I am moving this thread to the Alienware Owners Club Forum.
Bev.
morblore
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January 28th, 2013 18:00
What speed memory did you buy? It needs to run at 1333 or 1600mhz. At 1600 it needs to be set manually in the BIOS. Let me know what speed you have and I can tell you how to set it.
My guess is you bought 1600 because it will boot in default but I need to know for sure. Default puts the memory back to 1333 and that speed works with stock settings.
volvicj09
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January 29th, 2013 09:00
hello
thanks for replying .
my new dominator memory is a 12gb kit 3x4 gb dims 2000mhz 9-10-9-27 1.65v ver 5.12
any help apriciated
thankyou
morblore
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January 29th, 2013 10:00
Hi again
Your system needs to run at 1600mhz with 12gigs installed. To get it running go into the BIOS and change these settings.
Go to the Frequency/Voltage tab. Set XMP to Disabled. Set the Memory Ratio to 12. Then enter the Overvoltage Configuration tab. Set the QPI & Uncore Voltage to +200.
Leave everything else on auto, don't change any other settings. Press F10, save and exit.
When it reboots go back into the BIOS. Then back into the Frequency/Voltage tab. At the top of that page look at the memory speed and confirm it is running at 1600mhz. If so you can exit the BIOS and you are good to go.
Make sure the system is stable. Run it for a few days. Once you can confirm it is stable then you could go and change the timings. Since it is 2000mhz ram running at 1600mhz you should be able to tighten the timings some to give better performance. Just don't go messing with them until you are 100% sure it's working.
volvicj09
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January 29th, 2013 11:00
Hello
:@(. Well first it switched on and off then back on 0o then let me back into bios but the memory speed has gone back to 1066 (133x8).
I have changed graphics card also at same time could this interfere .?
Also it gave me 5 beeps.
Do appreciate this by the way
volvicj09
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January 29th, 2013 12:00
Just done it again 4beeps again 3times this time switched of and back on saw few lines of red writing gone back in bios gone back to 1066 again ;@(
morblore
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January 29th, 2013 16:00
Did you turn off the XMP? Make sure it's off. If it is try setting the Memory Multiplier to 10. That will give you 1333. See if it boots like that. And again make sure XMP is off and you put the volts to +200. If you don't then it will never work.
volvicj09
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January 31st, 2013 09:00
hello m8
i did everything you told me to it just keeps going back :(
verry frustrating althoe it restarts properly now without having to reset cmos
this board is supposed to take just about any memory you throw at it is it not?
thanks for your help 1c again