Need help configuring RAM Latency 7 in BIOS

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

sagmani

Honorable
Jul 29, 2014
133
0
10,690
Hi everyone, building a new computer, bought the Intel I5-4690, Asus H97M-PLUS mobo, and [RipjawsX] F3-12800CL7D-8GBXM RAM, I was looking the mobo compatibly on gskill.com and I did not see the H97, I was wondering if this RAM is compatible with my mobo, so just need to make sure if H97 goes with this RAM.

My second question I was having a chat with gskill tech support, and I was told that I have to enable the XMP (no idea what's XMP) in BIOS to work the RAM Latency 7, if this is the case, I just need some instructions how to do that in BIOS.

Thank you very much!!
 
Solution
Tradesman1
The DRAM and mobo are fine together, simply go into BIOS in the Advanced/tweaker page and look for the DRAM settings, something like DRAM timing Control, it should be on Auto, and offer a selection of XMP or Manual, select XMP, then selct 1600, there may show two profiles - Profile one is to run at the sppec freq (here 1600) and at it's advertised timings.....Profile 2 is normally more of an enthusiast's profile, where the timings and/or CR are slightly tighter for slightly better performance
Sort by date Sort by votes
geofelt

geofelt

Titan
Oct 9, 2006
54,298
4,146
174,240
I would presume that g.skil tech would have told you if there was an incompatibility.
When you first boot into bios, the ram will be at a default 1333.
I would run memtest86+ as my first test to verify that all basic things work. You should get NO errors in a full pass.
Do this on a table outside your case where it is easier to change things.
You will have to use a screwdriver to touch the two PWR front panel pins to get things started.
Or, I use a switch like this for motherboards without a onboard pwr button
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201029&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Internal+Power+Cables-_-N82E16812201029&gclid=CNyKvYCQ6cECFSqCMgodN1EAjA

Once you know all is good, look in the bios for ram settings. There will be an option to select one of several XMP profiles. A XMP profile sets the voltage, cas numbers, and speeds . XMP is in the ram where the ram designers know what is needed to work. That knowledge is set in the bios when you select a xmp setting. There may be several xmp settings, xmp1/xmp2...
It is not often clear what each does, so you could try them each.
When you get windows going, download cpu-Z which will tell you what is running and what the other options are.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
S

sagmani

Honorable
Jul 29, 2014
133
0
10,690


that sounds a lot of stuff to do, I am not that expert in this field, I just hope won't brake anything. Yes while I was chatting with gskill, I told them what I am buying and they didn't tell me anything as far as the RAM and the mobo can't go together, I didn't ask specifically, but I gave them all the info. What if I go the latency 9 1600mhz, would I have still to configure all this in bios, or just plug the RAM in and turn on the computer???
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Tradesman1

Tradesman1

Legenda in Aeternum
Jun 5, 2013
67,883
40
126,960
The DRAM and mobo are fine together, simply go into BIOS in the Advanced/tweaker page and look for the DRAM settings, something like DRAM timing Control, it should be on Auto, and offer a selection of XMP or Manual, select XMP, then selct 1600, there may show two profiles - Profile one is to run at the sppec freq (here 1600) and at it's advertised timings.....Profile 2 is normally more of an enthusiast's profile, where the timings and/or CR are slightly tighter for slightly better performance
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
JoBales

JoBales

Honorable
Feb 20, 2014
12
0
10,520



How to enable XMP on the H97M_Plus motherboard (short answer): Enter UEFI bios screen. You should immediately be on the EZ settings page. Look on the lower left side, you will see DRAM settings. Just above this is a little box that is the XMP Enable/Disable switch. Mine was defaulted to something like 'XMP disabled'. Click on this and you will be given a couple of options. I selected 'Profile 1'. This sets XMP to 'enabled' and immediately the DRAM settings showed the DRAM vendor's stated values. Close out and save changes and allow the computer to boot. Should things go south after enabling, go back in and change to disabled.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom