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Everytime i set PAT to turbo or standard UT 99 will freeze and i have to
reboot Windows.
My specs: P4P800 Deluxe 1016 BIOS, Windows XP SP1, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Cats 4.6, ADS 1394 card, onboard sound

Thanks
NBK

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In article <b83Bc.45180$wH4.2692108@twister.southeast.rr.com>, NBK
<spammers@must.die.net> wrote:

> Everytime i set PAT to turbo or standard UT 99 will freeze and i have to
> reboot Windows.
> My specs: P4P800 Deluxe 1016 BIOS, Windows XP SP1, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
> Cats 4.6, ADS 1394 card, onboard sound
>
> Thanks
> NBK

Get a copy of a Windows utility that can show you the memory
timings - i.e. Tcas, Trcd, etc. Try the three settings for PAT.
I think you'll find Auto leaves the memory timings alone,
while Turbo does things like set the timing to 2-2-2. If your
memory is not low latency stuff, it might not like that too
much. Turbo has also been known, on some Asus boards, to turn
up Vcore, to the point that the CPU gets a lot hotter. Take
a look for these symptoms, and ask yourself whether it is worth
it. I would recommend setting memory timings manually, and
testing with memtest86 and prime95, to find the tightest
timings you can, that don't affect the stability of your
machine. Download the datasheet for your memory, or get
the timings off the packaging the memory came in.

HTH,
Paul

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Paul wrote:
> In article <b83Bc.45180$wH4.2692108@twister.southeast.rr.com>, NBK
> <spammers@must.die.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Everytime i set PAT to turbo or standard UT 99 will freeze and i have to
>>reboot Windows.
>>My specs: P4P800 Deluxe 1016 BIOS, Windows XP SP1, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
>>Cats 4.6, ADS 1394 card, onboard sound
>>
>>Thanks
>>NBK
>
>
> Get a copy of a Windows utility that can show you the memory
> timings - i.e. Tcas, Trcd, etc. Try the three settings for PAT.
> I think you'll find Auto leaves the memory timings alone,
> while Turbo does things like set the timing to 2-2-2. If your
> memory is not low latency stuff, it might not like that too
> much. Turbo has also been known, on some Asus boards, to turn
> up Vcore, to the point that the CPU gets a lot hotter. Take
> a look for these symptoms, and ask yourself whether it is worth
> it. I would recommend setting memory timings manually, and
> testing with memtest86 and prime95, to find the tightest
> timings you can, that don't affect the stability of your
> machine. Download the datasheet for your memory, or get
> the timings off the packaging the memory came in.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
I am using 2x512 Crucial PC-3200 DDR-RAM CL-3.
NBK