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g3po

g3po

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Hi new to o.c'ing bought some Geil pc2 8500 1066MHz cl-5-5-5-15 2GB x 2 kit Ultra low latency
question is when i installed it and ran cpu-z it tells me that it's pc2-6400 800MHz
could this be wrongly branded memory i have or am i missing something ?
 
you need to put those setting & volts in manualy for your ram to run at that speed.
cpu-z it tells me that it's pc2-6400 800MHz
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my 8500 ram shows up as that as well :)
 
my pc dosent boot at over 800 MHz and i got memory volts at 2.3, could you show me a working example of how you have overcome this
 
What motherboard are you using, and can you post a scren shot of your memory tab in CPU-Z.
 
this may sound stupid i've just worked out how to take a screen shot but dont see how to attach to my post
 
Looking at the spec the board does not support PC8500 memory, max pc6400.

http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=G7JoxzAEXsQwDt7G

Assuming the board above is right!

Don't worry about the screen shot for the time being :)

Edit: If you want to add a picture to a post, make account with Photo bucket or Imageshack, upload the photo using the their website, once uploaded they will supply a code which you copy and paste to the forums.
 
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strange thing is i origionally bought reaper pc8500 put it straight in ran the windows rating thingy and scored a 5.9
 
No probs, don't worry we have done daft things, me included :)

Least if do change the motherboard to a newer one which takes DDR2 you have decent set ready :)
 
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