Newbie Memory Question about my G SKILL DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

[ghowthoo]

Hey guys,

I just bought some PC parts and havent really been keeping up on all the technological advances and such. I put together my PC and installed Windows XP. I havent updated a lot of stuff yet but was just wondering what I should do about my problem.

My memory that I got says the timing is 5-5-5-15 but in the BIOS of my ASUS M2V Motherboard it reads my memory as having timings like 5-6-6-16 or something... should I update the motherboard bios for it to read correctly or something like that - or should I manually adjust the timings so it is 5-5-5-15?

I normally like things to run at its default settings and read it on its own without me tweaking with it.

I also noticed somewhere in the bios settings it reads something like 400 Mhz... i assume this is normal? since its DDR it doubles it etc etc... i see another listing in the bios and says the clock is 800 mhz.. anyway im just rambling now. =) thanks for any help.

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231098

 

[badge]

Hey guys,

I just bought some PC parts and havent really been keeping up on all the technological advances and such. I put together my PC and installed Windows XP. I havent updated a lot of stuff yet but was just wondering what I should do about my problem.

My memory that I got says the timing is 5-5-5-15 but in the BIOS of my ASUS M2V Motherboard it reads my memory as having timings like 5-6-6-16 or something... should I update the motherboard bios for it to read correctly or something like that - or should I manually adjust the timings so it is 5-5-5-15?

I normally like things to run at its default settings and read it on its own without me tweaking with it.

I also noticed somewhere in the bios settings it reads something like 400 Mhz... i assume this is normal? since its DDR it doubles it etc etc... i see another listing in the bios and says the clock is 800 mhz.. anyway im just rambling now. =) thanks for any help.

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231098

should I update the motherboard bios for it to read correctly or something like that - or should I manually adjust the timings so it is 5-5-5-15?

Updating the BIOS will not set the timings to the mfg. specs of 5-5-5-15. You can manually set the timings to 5-5-5-15.

also noticed somewhere in the bios settings it reads something like 400 Mhz... i assume this is normal?

Download CPUZ to check your RAM timings and RAM speed.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

anyway im just rambling now. =)

And you sound just like Robert Plante.

 

[Mondoman]

This post may be helpful: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=1249881#1249881

 

[jackluo923]

you probably need to up the voltage to 2.1v