Asrock 890gx extreme 3 memory settings?

[Petsku333]

Why can I only set my 1600mhz ram to DDR3-800mhz in the bios?

 

[saint19]

Hi.

The speed that u see in the BIOS should be mutiplied by two because ur RAM works in dual channel (800x2=1600) go to windows download CPU-Z and check the RAM frequency in the RAM tab if u see 800MHz ur RAM is working at rated speed.

If u want more help, please post all the specs of ur rig and maybe a pic of the problem can help too.

 

[Petsku333]

CPU-Z Shows this in the memory section.



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And my specs should be below.

 

[saint19]

Your mobo should set the RAM @800MHZ by default so u need go to the BIOS and set all the specs of the RAM manually and also the voltage.

 

[Petsku333]

I've set one setting in bios that said 800mhz-DDR31600? And how am I going to set it manually?

 

[saint19]

Check where says "Memory Timing"

 

[Petsku333]

Any setup I change in the Memory Timings has no effect on anything.

 

[saint19]

When u select the 800 in the BIOS CPU-Z report 400MHz as in the picture right?

 

[Petsku333]

Yes that's right.

 

[saint19]

I have not more ideas, in the pics that I see of ur mobo's BIOS doesn't options to set the RAM manually and change the timings. You can try with the ASRock support, they should help u to solve the problem or u also can RMA the mobo and get another one from ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI.

 

[Guest]

Found my system quite slow, therefore I was investigating the problem, what lead to this page.

I have the same configuration same problem, but did see my BIOS version (Mainboard tab) shows P1.00

Meanwhile they brought out Version 2.50. So I will upgrade my BIOS to see the memory modules get the right settings, let you know what it does.

Rich

 

[Guest]

Yes, with the new BIOS-version I do get the right Frequency of 800Mhz.