From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PuYyB-0005TN-5D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:27:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 347A2E0408; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 23:25:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com (mail-ew0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4E7EE0408 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 23:25:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy7 with SMTP id 7so2509975ewy.40 for ; Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:25:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ShARpG3SfHFYaC1GJ7R4Tx3Np4xbzcBFQ8i8xuzZBWQ=; b=SdY0SYDixgPWfxlEWX55lCp1pmbBd8iI2LaSSW8BZhosYDIB3btEd4V5rhlYfVUwiO 8wcE1mlcQnqswFFFBgQVLlkt58z00Tc2g/dGf0i4lrdiRNvX43bfE3cKz9Wcf+jifSIi p+ApVzu5yuGVwQYBF0Elb1K96aGswzwlUb8tM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=cnEVwBHTR6lvD0kSDdCZZ/zl9ZTzMxCx07S3TKYoCoCNMDgVS1c1AAjcmLVf9tbemZ mQr+ryXYcGTrxwqdEYOvLxU24lBL5a9GHomHEYSM76/JggYfOmgPzp7PHM7TFrt1gdOG z8C96a9kne2CgMTMJS64SRJgTW7Yc6j9OH59U= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.48.71 with SMTP id u47mr5271005eeb.44.1299021943954; Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:25:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.126.210 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 15:25:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.126.210 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 15:25:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D6B48BE.7000007@gmail.com> References: <1298652987.23841.0@numa-i> <4D6835F8.3070406@gmail.com> <201102262103.37456.yohan.pereira@gmail.com> <4D69205B.5030700@gmail.com> <4D6B48BE.7000007@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:25:43 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Random reboots. Where to start? From: Jason Weisberger To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=90e6ba53b4a8865c62049d741da5 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 9bb89600a0453d7cc162eaa3cbee2205 --90e6ba53b4a8865c62049d741da5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've had mine for a while now, so I wouldn't be surprised if 1.5 was the correct voltage for your sticks. Double check the manufacturer's website to be sure. On Feb 28, 2011 2:06 AM, "Dale" wrote: > Jason Weisberger wrote: >> >> I actually have 4 gigs of gskill DDR 3 1600 and from experience I can >> tell you that the stock voltage on those chips is set too low. The >> company actually recommends that you use 1.9 volts while most >> motherboards will default to 1.5 or 1.6. Double check this however, >> because I know they were working on some JEDEC compliant DDR 3 >> (standard voltage of 1.5) a while back but I'm not certain if they >> just decided to throw in the towel on that effort. My system would >> crash using 1.5 but wouldn't produce any errors on memtest86+. This >> all just sounds too familiar. >> >> > > I updated my kernel so I had to reboot. I checked the voltages and it > appears to be set to 1.5. It was set to auto, when I selected manual, > it said 1.5v. I don't know for sure that is what it is when it is > running tho. That could just be where it starts when in manual mode. > Since it is working now, I set it back to auto. Don't want there to be > anything, so I ain't going to start anything either. ;-) According to > gkrellm, Vcore1 is 1.39. Vcore2 is 1.52. I assume that is Vcore2. > > I just bought my memory sticks in the past month or so for the last > three. The first stick I got was about 2 months ago. Maybe the new > ones are "improved" or something? How long you had yours? > > Is there some way to check on BIOS settings while booted into Linux? > I'm talking about things like timings and such. I have gkrellm set up > for some stuff. Just don't see timings and such in there. Just curious > tho. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > --90e6ba53b4a8865c62049d741da5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I've had mine for a while now, so I wouldn't be surprised if 1.5= was the correct voltage for your sticks.=A0 Double check the manufacturer&= #39;s website to be sure.

On Feb 28, 2011 2:06 AM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:> Jason Weisberger wrote:
>>
>>= I actually have 4 gigs of gskill DDR 3 1600 and from experience I can
>> tell you that the stock voltage on those chips is set too low. Th= e
>> company actually recommends that you use 1.9 volts while mos= t
>> motherboards will default to 1.5 or 1.6. Double check this = however,
>> because I know they were working on some JEDEC compliant DDR 3 >> (standard voltage of 1.5) a while back but I'm not certain if= they
>> just decided to throw in the towel on that effort. My sy= stem would
>> crash using 1.5 but wouldn't produce any errors on memtest86+.= This
>> all just sounds too familiar.
>>
>>>
> I updated my kernel so I had to reboot. I checked the volt= ages and it
> appears to be set to 1.5. It was set to auto, when I selected manual,=
> it said 1.5v. I don't know for sure that is what it is when = it is
> running tho. That could just be where it starts when in man= ual mode.
> Since it is working now, I set it back to auto. Don't want there = to be
> anything, so I ain't going to start anything either. ;-= ) According to
> gkrellm, Vcore1 is 1.39. Vcore2 is 1.52. I assum= e that is Vcore2.
>
> I just bought my memory sticks in the past month or so for th= e last
> three. The first stick I got was about 2 months ago. Mayb= e the new
> ones are "improved" or something? How long yo= u had yours?
>
> Is there some way to check on BIOS settings while booted into= Linux?
> I'm talking about things like timings and such. I ha= ve gkrellm set up
> for some stuff. Just don't see timings and = such in there. Just curious
> tho.
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
>
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