Help needed please

Menthis · 20 Apr 2011 at 17:50

Hello
Bassically i have this RAM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&tool=3
Running on this M/B
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-278-GI
And during the BIOS it says that the RAM is only running at 1000mhz instead of the 1600MHz, does the settings in bios needs to be changed
Any help is grateful
Thanks
Sam

Muzza1875 · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:31

I had this problem not long ago m8, i have the same ram and it was running at 1000mhz by default also.
You should be able to change the settings in the bios or by using a piece of software.
I used Intel extreme tuning utility because I'm noob.
I'm sure someone who knows what they are doing will come along and give u a hand.

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:53

Hi there,

To run the RAM at the rated setting you should go into the BIOS and input the correct settings for frequency, timings and voltage. For this RAM the frequency is 800MHz (1600MHz double data rate), timings are 9-9-9-24 and the DRAM voltage of 1.65V.

That said, them memory controller on a Phenom II X4 CPU is only rated at 1333MHz, so you can't guarantee that the RAM will run stably at 1600MHz since you are technically overclocking the memory controller. If you have any issue with stability, just scale back the memory frequency to around 1333MHz and leave the timings and voltage at the rated settings.

Menthis · 20 Apr 2011 at 21:31

cmndr_andi said:
Hi there,

To run the RAM at the rated setting you should go into the BIOS and input the correct settings for frequency, timings and voltage. For this RAM the frequency is 800MHz (1600MHz double data rate), timings are 9-9-9-24 and the DRAM voltage of 1.65V.

That said, them memory controller on a Phenom II X4 CPU is only rated at 1333MHz, so you can't guarantee that the RAM will run stably at 1600MHz since you are technically overclocking the memory controller. If you have any issue with stability, just scale back the memory frequency to around 1333MHz and leave the timings and voltage at the rated settings.

Hey
Thanks for the help, i have changed the settings for RAM in the bios but it didnt like it, and i got the blue screen so is scaled it down to 1000mhz again..
This really sucks
Ill try putting it up to 1333mhz when i have the chance
Thanks Sam

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2011 at 21:35

Did you change the DRAM voltage settings and memory timings as well as the RAM frequency?

Menthis · 20 Apr 2011 at 21:47

cmndr_andi said:
Did you change the DRAM voltage settings and memory timings as well as the RAM frequency?

I'm not really sure mate, I had a mate do this for me, as im a little nooby at all the BIOS set-up
Maybe a step by step on exactly how you would do it?
Thanks Sam

cmndr_andi · 20 Apr 2011 at 22:43

Sure thing.

- When the PC is booting up - press <Del> to enter the main BIOS menu

- In the main BIOS menu, select the "MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T)" option

- First find the "Set Memory Clock" and change this to the level you want to run it at. To be safe, x6.66 will set you to 1333MHz which both your CPU memory controller and RAM are rated to achieve. If you want to push it and try for 1600MHz then select x8.00, but be prepared for this not to work correctly since you will be overclocking the memory controller on the CPU.

- Then find the "DRAM Configuration" option and enter that sub-menu

- In the DRAM configuration page, set the "DDR3 timing items" to manual, and change the next four options to 9T, 9T, 9T and 24T in that order. Leave the rest on auto and press <esc> to exit.

- Back in the MIT page, find the "System Voltage Control" and set it to manual.

- Then for the DDR3 voltage control set it to +0.15V. The default is 1.5V, so this will give you the rated 1.65V the memory is designed for.

- Then press <F10> to save and exit the BIOS.

- If you don't feel the system is running stably then just load optimised defaults by pressing <F7> when in the main BIOS menu, this will reset everything back to how it was before.

RiskyRix · 20 Apr 2011 at 22:51

cmndr_andi said:
Sure thing.

- When the PC is booting up - press <Del> to enter the main BIOS menu

- In the main BIOS menu, select the "MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T)" option

- First find the "Set Memory Clock" and change this to the level you want to run it at. To be safe, x6.66 will set you to 1333MHz which both your CPU memory controller and RAM are rated to achieve. If you want to push it and try for 1600MHz then select x8.00, but be prepared for this not to work correctly since you will be overclocking the memory controller on the CPU.

- Then find the "DRAM Configuration" option and enter that sub-menu

- In the DRAM configuration page, set the "DDR3 timing items" to manual, and change the next four options to 9T, 9T, 9T and 24T in that order. Leave the rest on auto and press <esc> to exit.

- Back in the MIT page, find the "System Voltage Control" and set it to manual.

- Then for the DDR3 voltage control set it to +0.15V. The default is 1.5V, so this will give you the rated 1.65V the memory is designed for.

- Then press <F10> to save and exit the BIOS.

- If you don't feel the system is running stably then just load optimised defaults by pressing <F7> when in the main BIOS menu, this will reset everything back to how it was before.

thanks for this also helped me out big time

Menthis · 21 Apr 2011 at 09:26

cmndr_andi said:
Sure thing.

- When the PC is booting up - press <Del> to enter the main BIOS menu

- In the main BIOS menu, select the "MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T)" option

- First find the "Set Memory Clock" and change this to the level you want to run it at. To be safe, x6.66 will set you to 1333MHz which both your CPU memory controller and RAM are rated to achieve. If you want to push it and try for 1600MHz then select x8.00, but be prepared for this not to work correctly since you will be overclocking the memory controller on the CPU.

- Then find the "DRAM Configuration" option and enter that sub-menu

- In the DRAM configuration page, set the "DDR3 timing items" to manual, and change the next four options to 9T, 9T, 9T and 24T in that order. Leave the rest on auto and press <esc> to exit.

- Back in the MIT page, find the "System Voltage Control" and set it to manual.

- Then for the DDR3 voltage control set it to +0.15V. The default is 1.5V, so this will give you the rated 1.65V the memory is designed for.

- Then press <F10> to save and exit the BIOS.

- If you don't feel the system is running stably then just load optimised defaults by pressing <F7> when in the main BIOS menu, this will reset everything back to how it was before.

Thank you i will try this when i get a chance
your help is appreciated
Thanks Sam