Hi, I built a computer 5 years ago with a M4A785TD-M EVO mobo and 2x2GB of GSKILLs RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Couple days ago I decided to add 8GB more membory and installed these guys:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
The machine runs on Windows 7 Professrional 64bit, POSTed, and recognized 12 GB of RAM. I checked in CPUz and it also appeared to recognize it.
However, disappointedly and surprisingly after this install, whenever I'd click on a program to open or hit my keyboard, the programs respond really slow to open, close, etc. Even Firefox has slowed down to open and close at least 10 times. Windows also takes so much longer to start up once I log in.
I did some preliminary homework and correct me if I'm wrong, but does it have something to do with the RAM latency and frequency? The slower pair that I have installed are "slowing down" the faster pair?
Short of returning the new pair that I bought, is there any way I can resolve this such that the computer responds much faster?
Slots 1 and 2 have the 2GB modules and this is what the CPUz looks like:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpdnpNOUxWelh2WTQ&authuser=0
Slots 3 and 4 have the 4GB modules and this is what the CPUz looks like:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpeDlRbkJVZ2hwbVk&authuser=0
I did try and open up my BIOS to see what options I can change, but this is where I was into uncharted territory.
Question1:
Should my DRAM Timing Mode be set to DCT 0 or DCT 1 or both?
Question 2:
What should I leave as Auto and what should I change manually? When I first opened up the screen, Memory Clock Mode was Auto, DRAM Timing Mode was Auto, and Memory OverVoltage was Auto.
Question 2A
This is what the BIOS screens looks like of the possible parameters I can chage:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpSFZXX1p0Z1dLUUU&authuser=0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpS1JINUVqRUkwSWs&authuser=0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpakZubjN5aUhoNTQ&authuser=0
I'm unsure based on my 4 sticks that I have, what the DCTs I should have enabled (I'm guessing both? and what the TCL, TRCD, TRP, etc I should manually enter in and which ones I should leave as auto?
I tried the following: TCL 9, TRCD 10, TRP 9, tRTP auto, and TRAS 28 for both DCTs, with overvoltage set at 1.5V, and Memclock value at 667mHZ and is seems to improve a little, but still slower than before I installed the 2 4GB sticks. Could you guys please help confirm that I'm not using the wrong settings?
Please ignore the screenshot in the BIOS numbers as when I took the pictures, I was messing around with the values, these are not the values I have now, I've defaulted them all back to AUTO, afraid I would fry my RAM or something.
Thanks all in advance. I've tried to do a little research, so hopefully what I'm saying makes sense.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Couple days ago I decided to add 8GB more membory and installed these guys:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
The machine runs on Windows 7 Professrional 64bit, POSTed, and recognized 12 GB of RAM. I checked in CPUz and it also appeared to recognize it.
However, disappointedly and surprisingly after this install, whenever I'd click on a program to open or hit my keyboard, the programs respond really slow to open, close, etc. Even Firefox has slowed down to open and close at least 10 times. Windows also takes so much longer to start up once I log in.
I did some preliminary homework and correct me if I'm wrong, but does it have something to do with the RAM latency and frequency? The slower pair that I have installed are "slowing down" the faster pair?
Short of returning the new pair that I bought, is there any way I can resolve this such that the computer responds much faster?
Slots 1 and 2 have the 2GB modules and this is what the CPUz looks like:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpdnpNOUxWelh2WTQ&authuser=0
Slots 3 and 4 have the 4GB modules and this is what the CPUz looks like:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpeDlRbkJVZ2hwbVk&authuser=0
I did try and open up my BIOS to see what options I can change, but this is where I was into uncharted territory.
Question1:
Should my DRAM Timing Mode be set to DCT 0 or DCT 1 or both?
Question 2:
What should I leave as Auto and what should I change manually? When I first opened up the screen, Memory Clock Mode was Auto, DRAM Timing Mode was Auto, and Memory OverVoltage was Auto.
Question 2A
This is what the BIOS screens looks like of the possible parameters I can chage:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpSFZXX1p0Z1dLUUU&authuser=0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpS1JINUVqRUkwSWs&authuser=0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rt0rbo21DpakZubjN5aUhoNTQ&authuser=0
I'm unsure based on my 4 sticks that I have, what the DCTs I should have enabled (I'm guessing both? and what the TCL, TRCD, TRP, etc I should manually enter in and which ones I should leave as auto?
I tried the following: TCL 9, TRCD 10, TRP 9, tRTP auto, and TRAS 28 for both DCTs, with overvoltage set at 1.5V, and Memclock value at 667mHZ and is seems to improve a little, but still slower than before I installed the 2 4GB sticks. Could you guys please help confirm that I'm not using the wrong settings?
Please ignore the screenshot in the BIOS numbers as when I took the pictures, I was messing around with the values, these are not the values I have now, I've defaulted them all back to AUTO, afraid I would fry my RAM or something.
Thanks all in advance. I've tried to do a little research, so hopefully what I'm saying makes sense.