Attn OCZ Customers - Need Help? Post Here

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 4, 2005, 10:46 PM

I am here to offer help and support for your OCZ Products. Let me know if I can be of Service.

Asmoday · Feb 4, 2005, 10:53 PM

Wow, awesome! I'm getting more and more impressed with you OCZ guys, I don't know any company that seems to care about the community more then you guys. (well, maybe Ati )
Keep up the good job guys, and thank you very much!

Zardon · Feb 4, 2005, 10:54 PM

Nice to see you joining Andy and Tony from OCZ on DH. welcome.

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 4, 2005, 11:17 PM

Thanks and thanks for the Avatar Upgrade

Chaos · Feb 4, 2005, 11:41 PM

Welcome to DH and the avatar is nice

, can you recommend which memory works well with the MSI K8N Neo FSR mainboard and A64 3000+ CPU ?

Shadow Lady · Feb 4, 2005, 11:43 PM

indeed, OCZ is only getting better and better i guess, and DH got better with the "new OCZ guy"

thx for all ur support OCZ Guys, and of course thx for my prize

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 4, 2005, 11:48 PM

Any of the Platinum Series would do real well PC3200, PC3700, or PC4200 and also the Performance Series Enhanced Latency.

Shadow Lady · Feb 4, 2005, 11:51 PM

can u tell me why when i try to change the FSB in the OS to lower then up again, the system hangs? didnt happen with my old bad generic PSU

Chaos · Feb 4, 2005, 11:53 PM

thanks new memory is my next upgrade. and it is always nice to see new special members joining the DH community. i love my 520 watt OCZ power supply, very stable I must say.

Shadow Lady · Feb 4, 2005, 11:59 PM

indeed very stable

i wish i could see more products by OCZ down here on colombia :-(

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 5, 2005, 12:08 AM

Shadowlady - You mean using something like Clockgen? I have never figured out how to prevent that either..I will keep this thread in mind though and post back if I find anything out.

ToP3koms · Feb 5, 2005, 12:16 AM

Awesome ,it sure is a good feeling to know that once you've spent money on products manufactured by companies that these people work for ,one could come here and get direct answers to any questions they may have.*claps*

....Bravo RyderOCZ...

...Bravo DH..... (what a great forum)

md5 · Feb 5, 2005, 12:20 AM

Welcome to DH

... and it feels great to see that you provide support for your users in such a way

Keep up the good work!

drakesteakn · Feb 5, 2005, 12:47 AM

WOW!!! OCZ is really making it known that they stand by their products. good to see u guys here.

redsolar · Feb 5, 2005, 04:16 AM

Welcome to the forums, and thank you for any help you can provide to out members.

falconwar · Feb 5, 2005, 04:48 AM

My first post on this forum... I use to read news on driverheaven everyday but I dont speak english (understand it very well but suck in talking or writing) and I feel bad when it is time to post something....

But this time it worth the effort...

The first time I heard about OCZ was the contest on DH... Then since, I am happy an owner of platinum OCZ memory since january 2005.

I just wanted to say Thank you to take care of your customers in joining DH

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 5, 2005, 05:07 AM

Thanks for the warm welcome ev1. OCZ reps have been here for quite awhile, just thought I would make it easy to find one of us.

bananaman · Feb 5, 2005, 10:11 AM

Hi Ryder,

First of all it is great to see OCZ really supporting the community,

Secondly, I am looking at the line of OCZ Powerstream PSUs and have been looking at the 520W and the 600W versions. On your website there is a little star saying that ATX12v 2.01 is for the 600W model only. What does this mean?? Will this future proof the PSU to a significant extent or is it only a minor thing really? Can you just explain this feature to me.

regards

bananaman

PS a ** also states that active PFC is international version only - how do i know if i am getting an international version?

Shaga · Feb 5, 2005, 12:58 PM

Welcome!

I have one question baring in my mind. Here in Finland OCZ products are almost impossible to get. I know only one webshop offering OCZ memory, and they added it just couple days ago to their catalog...

...I was looking for OCZ when I upgraded my computer, but there wasn't _any_ corsair, mushkin or OCZ around so I picked Kingston Hyperx 434DDR 1gig kit. Do you think this is reasonable enough for some overclocking or should I buy new OCZ memories? (not enough money to buy yet, but later)

Thanks in advance

BWX · Feb 5, 2005, 01:16 PM

My OCZ memory is awesome. No problems whatsoever, and I have a weird configuration- 2 x 256 PC3200 Platinum EL limited edition and 1 x 512 PC3200 Platinum EL in dual channel mode and it still works great. I think I'll keep buying OCZ from now on.

Shaga · Feb 5, 2005, 01:19 PM

And should sisoft sandra say channels: 2 in memory benchmark stats?

Shadow Lady · Feb 5, 2005, 02:55 PM

now, thats great support, thx a lot, and again very nice to see you around

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 5, 2005, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bananaman

On your website there is a little star saying that ATX12v 2.01 is for the 600W model only.
PS a ** also states that active PFC is international version only - how do i know if i am getting an international version?

The 600W is the only model at the moment that meets the newest 2.01 ATX standard, but yes this is a small point and really doesn't make a whole lot of difference.

If your in an international location, local suppliers should have that version, you can simply ask them. If they do not (because it is something we just started doing) then you may want to wait until they do. Although the non EU models do work just fine, they just have Passive PFC rather than Active. With the non EU model you also have to make sure the voltage switch is in the correct position, the EU model is only for 220VAC.

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 5, 2005, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaga

Kingston Hyperx 434DDR 1gig kit. Do you think this is reasonable enough for some overclocking

It should do just fine.

If you need some tips, just post back and include your system specs, I will be happy to help.

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 5, 2005, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaga

And should sisoft sandra say channels: 2 in memory benchmark stats?

Yes it should if you have the memory in the correct slots for dual channel.

Shaga · Feb 5, 2005, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

It should do just fine.

If you need some tips, just post back and include your system specs, I will be happy to help.

Thanks! Now I feel much better with this set already..

Would be awesome if you could share some tips

Most of my specs are in my signature

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*RyderOCZ* · Feb 5, 2005, 05:12 PM

Shaga - your ram timings - 1-2-3-5-2? can you put them in the format CAS - tRCD - tRP - tRAS. I assume you are running 2-3-2-5 but what is the 1?

Asmoday · Feb 5, 2005, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

Shaga - your ram timings - 1-2-3-5-2? can you put them in the format CAS - tRCD - tRP - tRAS. I assume you are running 2-3-2-5 but what is the 1?

I assume that he means the 1T timing..

Shaga · Feb 5, 2005, 05:18 PM

1:1 T1 Timings
2 CAS Latency
3 RAS to CAS Delay
2 RAS Precharge
7 Cycle Time(Tras) - dropped to 7 because sounds stopped playing with it everytime after 1min
11 Bank Cycle Time(Trc)
16 DRAM Idle timer
So you got it right I think. I have some more options like that(2-4 more) for ram in the bios setup, just don't know what to change. I'm quite new with these timing tweaks.

Thanks already for looking into this.

*RyderOCZ* · Feb 5, 2005, 05:22 PM

Well if your at 2-3-2-7 then your already under spec of the ram for Cas latency (spec is 2.5) and you have the memory running over spec speed, so thats excellent.

Run a Sandra benchie with the tRAS at 7, then try 10 and 11 also....some systems show an increase in Bandwidth using 10 or 11

I am not sure I could improve anything,

Make sure your mem speed is 200 ( I think thats the setting on this board) so that you are 1:1 ratio

Feb 4, 2005, 10:46 PM	#1
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Feb 4, 2005, 10:53 PM	#2
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Feb 4, 2005, 11:41 PM	#5
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	Welcome to DH and the avatar is nice , can you recommend which memory works well with the MSI K8N Neo FSR mainboard and A64 3000+ CPU ? __________________

Feb 4, 2005, 11:43 PM	#6
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	indeed, OCZ is only getting better and better i guess, and DH got better with the "new OCZ guy" thx for all ur support OCZ Guys, and of course thx for my prize __________________ Oblivion ftw Last edited by Shadow Lady; Feb 4, 2005 at 11:48 PM.

Feb 4, 2005, 11:51 PM	#8
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	can u tell me why when i try to change the FSB in the OS to lower then up again, the system hangs? didnt happen with my old bad generic PSU __________________ Oblivion ftw

Feb 4, 2005, 10:54 PM	#3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Nice to see you joining Andy and Tony from OCZ on DH. welcome.

Feb 4, 2005, 11:17 PM	Thread Starter #4
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Thanks and thanks for the Avatar Upgrade

Feb 4, 2005, 11:48 PM	Thread Starter #7
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Any of the Platinum Series would do real well PC3200, PC3700, or PC4200 and also the Performance Series Enhanced Latency.

Feb 4, 2005, 11:53 PM	#9
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	thanks new memory is my next upgrade. and it is always nice to see new special members joining the DH community. i love my 520 watt OCZ power supply, very stable I must say. __________________

Feb 4, 2005, 11:59 PM	#10
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	indeed very stable i wish i could see more products by OCZ down here on colombia :-( __________________ Oblivion ftw

Feb 5, 2005, 12:08 AM	Thread Starter #11
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Shadowlady - You mean using something like Clockgen? I have never figured out how to prevent that either..I will keep this thread in mind though and post back if I find anything out.

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ToP3koms Respect Human Rights Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: MD. US Posts: 149 Rep Power: 0	Awesome ,it sure is a good feeling to know that once you've spent money on products manufactured by companies that these people work for ,one could come here and get direct answers to any questions they may have.claps ....Bravo RyderOCZ... ...Bravo DH..... (what a great forum) __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue]_____________________________ Asus A8N-SLI Premium/Athlon64 X2 4800+ 2Gb OCZ Platnium Edition PC3200 (2,3,2,5) 2 BFG 7800GTX /Creative X-Fi Western Digital 160Gb SATA II HD /Lite-On 16X DVD-RW Pc Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 510/ WinXP Pro Sp2 [/color]

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drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 0	WOW!!! OCZ is really making it known that they stand by their products. good to see u guys here. __________________

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falconwar DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	My first post on this forum... I use to read news on driverheaven everyday but I dont speak english (understand it very well but suck in talking or writing) and I feel bad when it is time to post something.... But this time it worth the effort... The first time I heard about OCZ was the contest on DH... Then since, I am happy an owner of platinum OCZ memory since january 2005. I just wanted to say Thank you to take care of your customers in joining DH

Feb 5, 2005, 05:07 AM	Thread Starter #17
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the warm welcome ev1. OCZ reps have been here for quite awhile, just thought I would make it easy to find one of us.

Feb 5, 2005, 10:11 AM	#18
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	Hi Ryder, First of all it is great to see OCZ really supporting the community, Secondly, I am looking at the line of OCZ Powerstream PSUs and have been looking at the 520W and the 600W versions. On your website there is a little star saying that ATX12v 2.01 is for the 600W model only. What does this mean?? Will this future proof the PSU to a significant extent or is it only a minor thing really? Can you just explain this feature to me. regards bananaman PS a ** also states that active PFC is international version only - how do i know if i am getting an international version? __________________

Feb 5, 2005, 12:58 PM	#19
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Welcome! I have one question baring in my mind. Here in Finland OCZ products are almost impossible to get. I know only one webshop offering OCZ memory, and they added it just couple days ago to their catalog... ...I was looking for OCZ when I upgraded my computer, but there wasn't _any_ corsair, mushkin or OCZ around so I picked Kingston Hyperx 434DDR 1gig kit. Do you think this is reasonable enough for some overclocking or should I buy new OCZ memories? (not enough money to buy yet, but later) Thanks in advance __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Feb 5, 2005, 01:16 PM	#20
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	My OCZ memory is awesome. No problems whatsoever, and I have a weird configuration- 2 x 256 PC3200 Platinum EL limited edition and 1 x 512 PC3200 Platinum EL in dual channel mode and it still works great. I think I'll keep buying OCZ from now on. __________________

Feb 5, 2005, 01:19 PM	#21
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	And should sisoft sandra say channels: 2 in memory benchmark stats? __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Feb 5, 2005, 02:55 PM	#22
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	now, thats great support, thx a lot, and again very nice to see you around __________________ Oblivion ftw

Feb 5, 2005, 05:12 PM	Thread Starter #27
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Shaga - your ram timings - 1-2-3-5-2? can you put them in the format CAS - tRCD - tRP - tRAS. I assume you are running 2-3-2-5 but what is the 1?

Feb 5, 2005, 05:18 PM	#29
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	1:1 T1 Timings 2 CAS Latency 3 RAS to CAS Delay 2 RAS Precharge 7 Cycle Time(Tras) - dropped to 7 because sounds stopped playing with it everytime after 1min 11 Bank Cycle Time(Trc) 16 DRAM Idle timer So you got it right I think. I have some more options like that(2-4 more) for ram in the bios setup, just don't know what to change. I'm quite new with these timing tweaks. Thanks already for looking into this. __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Feb 5, 2005, 05:22 PM	Thread Starter #30
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Well if your at 2-3-2-7 then your already under spec of the ram for Cas latency (spec is 2.5) and you have the memory running over spec speed, so thats excellent. Run a Sandra benchie with the tRAS at 7, then try 10 and 11 also....some systems show an increase in Bandwidth using 10 or 11 I am not sure I could improve anything, Make sure your mem speed is 200 ( I think thats the setting on this board) so that you are 1:1 ratio