Memory running at 800 noy 1066?

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I happened to check my BIOS yesterday and found that my 1066 RAM may be rynnug at 800.

I did update my BIOS to the latest version to supposrt the new x6 processors maybe that changed a setting.

Can you guys tell me which seeings ned to be change ie the voltage etc and where I need to change this stuff in my BIOS

My memory and board specs are in my sig.

Yhis what CPU-Z says:

 
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Its also running at the wrong timings.

Cant tell you specifically but somewhere in your BIOS will be the options for speed (DDR1066 is what you are looking for, may show as 533mhz/fsb) and the timings should be somewhere else. Remember to set it to 2.2v as well.
 
Not sure about AMD boards but Gigabyte boards on intel hide away voltage and other advanced settings - you need to press ctrl+F1 on the main BIOS menu page so they are made visible in the sub menus.
 
I found this in mu manual :




so how would I get upto 2.2v

this is a bit confusing

shall I just leave it at the normal setting
 
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I've just realised when I set the voltage to 2.2 it just trips and when I restart it goes back to notmal
 
Guys I have a BIG problem I sett the RAM to 1-66MHZ from the bios with the correct voltage and left the timings as normal and nw the the system will not boot.

I removed the CMOS jumper and put it back this should clear the CMOS right or do I have to apply the jumber to another pin somewhere and then put it back?

Also in my manual it dosn't say anything abvout the jumper it jst says to clear CMOS values remove the battery, so should I do this>

On a final note I havn't killed the memory in my system have I?
 
Yeah you can just remove the battery. Make sure you put that jumper back to the way it was.

And if you set the memory to the voltage it is specified at I would doubt you have killed it. :)
 
I got the system to boot by removing the jumper and putting it back and seeitng my bios to defaults and it booted up fine...

What I don't get is when I correctly set my memory timings and voltages it trips back to normal when I exit the bios.

Any ideas on this?
 
Probably nothing. Your mobo is simply happy with it.

Would take a pro to bork ram nowadays.

Nothing is wrong. Go reassure yourself if you need to by checking online for ram reviews, you might get an extra frame, or a tenth of a second less loading time, but with ram;

DO NOT SACRIFICE STABILITY FOR SUPPOSED GAINS!!!

I run a mispurchase of 2000 gskill, really nice ram, am3 is specced at 1333 <could> run it at 1600, but every so often it messes up. And it gives nothing in performance I notice; might go into overclocking ram at some point, but until my gpu, cpu and all else is fully sorted- why bother?

Keep your ram at the speed it works, it does not help overclocking, overclocking aims to gain performance, pushing ram is just not necessary until you have done all else. Even then it will go through your whole overclock once you start playing; nb controls ram, nb impacts on clock ect...

My opinion, go off stable stock ram settings and gain real performance elsewhere.

Put simply if you have working ram be happy.
 
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Vakas said:
I got the system to boot by removing the jumper and putting it back and seeitng my bios to defaults and it booted up fine...

What I don't get is when I correctly set my memory timings and voltages it trips back to normal when I exit the bios.

Any ideas on this?
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Check if your bios has a memory strap, if it does, select 1066.
You need to press F10 or check if you have a "Save settings and exit" option in your bios.
 
reygjabla said:
Check if your bios has a memory strap, if it does, select 1066.
You need to press F10 or check if you have a "Save settings and exit" option in your bios.
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I did set it to 1066

Aslo I alwys use Save settings and exit but no luck
 
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