Timing issues - ASUS + aXeRAM

Hi guys,

I am pretty new to all this. I always build my own PC's but normally don't mess around to much with all the tweaks etc. This time I decided to go a little deeper and explore a bit more. Anyway, on to the problem.

My system is not reporting my memory latencies correctly.
According to the ram specifications, the memory is 1066+ 5-5-5-15 EPP ready.
If I set the DRAM frequencies to AUTO, the RAM is detected as DDR2-800??? So I go read on the package and it says if motherboard does not support EPP go set the speed to 1066 and the voltage to 2V. Pretty sure my mobo does, but anyway. So I do this, go into BIOS, set the DRAM freq to 1067 (dont have a 1066 option?) and the DRAM voltage to 2V. So back in windows it now sees the correct frequency, but the latencies are detected as 5-7-7-24 and the RAM is still identified as PC2-6400 which is DRR2-800, this cannot possible be correct. I have check my motherboard guide and my specified RAM model is in the list of support modules. Now I can probably go and set the timings manually and see if the system runs stable, but I have never done that before and will have to find out what all those settings should be first.

So my questions...
1. Is the board not suppose to pick up the correct frequency and timings from the SPD?
2. Why when setting the frequency and voltages as specified do my latencies differ from specification?

Here is my system specs...
AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE
ASUS M4A78-E AM3 (http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=Bz2b2aYdPioLbN04&templete=2)
Transcend aXeRam DDR2-1066+ Dual Channel Kit (Model : TX1066QLU-4GK)
Asus Radeon HD4890 1GB

I have screenshots of the memory timings and timings table for both frequencies in CPU-Z if needed.

Thanks in advance...

Damn, one more thing, I have already flashed my BIOS to the latest on from ASUS, still same issue.

Wow. Barry Wang is a horrific name.

But anyways, just go into your BIOS again and manually set the latencies.

When you raise the clock speed of the RAM, the motherboard ups the latencies to prevent instability, as the JEDEC standard only goes up to DDR2-800. But now we have much faster DDR2, which is stable to boot.

And with the whole EPP SPD thing, I've never had it work properly, so don't worry about it.