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    Overclocking DDR3 RAM in BIOS (1.5V to 1.6V)

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by SpideRMaN-17, Dec 1, 2010.

  1. SpideRMaN-17

    SpideRMaN-17 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi All,

    If I try to overclock 5% in bios and use memtest86 to test RAM, I get plenty of mismatching errors. this is solved by chankging the Voltage from 1.5v to 1.6v in BIOS

    This happens to one of the RAM Modules only (when I test them separately)

    My RAM is OCZ 2 x 4GB with tight timing of 9-9-9-21 (memtest86) or 9-9-9-20 (CPU-Z)

    is this normal ?

    p.s. This happens only on 5% system overclock from BIOS (Disabled, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% works fine)
     
    SpideRMaN-17, Dec 1, 2010
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