Thread: Gigabyte MOBO-M61PME-S2P 800MHz to 1066MHz

I bought this Motherboard GA-M61PME-S2P a few months ago; on the motherboard's box it says in BIG BOLD and Colorful letters "DDR2-1066". So along with the board, I bought a Gold Edition 4GB DDR2-1066 (PC-8500) Memory Kit(2x2GB).

Later on i find out that it doesn't support 1066 even though it says it on the box, It even says "DDR2 1066" on the motherboard itself!! So right now my 1066 memory is running at 800. I can't believe Gigabyte would mislead customers like that unless there Were some way you could bring it up to 1066. Is there a way to increase the voltage or settings to have my ram run at 533-1066 instead of 400-800? My CPU is an AM2+ Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition. The ram specs are:

Voltage - 2.1
CAS Latency - 5
Latency - 5-6-6-18

any help would be greatly appreciated.

I ran into a similar problem with my new Gigabyte motherboard (GA-MA785GM-US2H) - and the problem isn't with the board but with the OCZ memory. I'm no expert on modern memory issues but here's what I've found out. I bought OCZ's "Platinum" 1066 DDR2. If you notice the specs for the "Gold" you'll see it shows 2.1V as the requirement for it. Compare that to the Gigabyte manual/specs and you'll see its base voltage for RAM is 1.8V. From everything I've learned, if you don't run the memory at the voltage specs, it won't perform up to its own specs. This means no 1066 mode and maybe errors when it’s running like yours at 800. My Gigabyte BIOS has a special section with all the "tweaks" to CPU, bus and RAM in one place, yours doesn't seem to. But under PC Health, you do have a line showing the RAM voltage and type [DDR2 1.8V] If there's really no way to up this voltage, I think you're stuck - this is not over clocking, just providing the proper needed specs.

My situation was similar. The OCZ specs for the Plat RAM show 2.1V-2.2V, but it really needs the 2.2V for 1066 mode. My board BIOS allows for RAM voltage control, but it's limited to adding 0.3V to the same 1.8V, leaving me at 2.1V and no 1066 mode. I caught the problem right away RAM and replacing it with Crucial's 1066 (CT2KIT25664AA1067) which has a native 1.8V requirement. I haven't gotten this in yet but will know whether it solves the issue late next week.

OCZ seems to be a favored brand around here but all their RAM in this category seems to need that higher voltage - and several threads in the forum discuss it and I made a new one warning of it. With the time that's passed, I'm not sure you have a good solution, likely too late to return it assuming you have the box, etc. But it's worth a shot. If you got the RAM and board together, especially if they offered a bundle, you can show they weren't compatible.
I'm pretty sure this is your problem, good luck.