first time build, not getting correct ram timing

Charliegrs

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i just put together my first build and everything went together without a hitch except my ram timing isnt correct heres the parts:

core 2 6400,
evga nforce 680i motherboard,
OCZ platinum 2gb DDR2 model #OCZ2P800R22GK
the timing for this ram is 4-4-4-12

however when i boot im getting 5-5-5-15. i havent messed with the bios yet or really any setting does anyone know how this happened and how i can fix it? im sorta new to this and this ram was expensive so any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
 

skyguy

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Often timings, etc will get defaulted to something other than what the memory is specified for.

Just manually change the timings in your BIOS and you're good to go.