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hi all,
i pruchased 2x2gigs of OCZ platinum RAM from OCUk last december, which are rated to run at 133mhz with 7-7-7-20 @ 1.8v and since then, theyve been running at 1200mhz ish at those timings and that voltage, due to my motherboard (foxconn a7da-s 3.0) refusing to run them natively at 1333.
the other week they released a new bios that finally fixed this issue. i flashed it the other day and they will run natively at 1333 (and even 1600, but thats a different story...), but it defaults to 9-9-9-27 and 2.1v.
the thing is, neither of those problems want to really fix themselves. i can only overvolt the RAM and not undervolt them back to the correct levels. Foxconn claim this is a safe voltage, but i just want other opinions on this to be sure, so my first question is:
is 2.1v safe for 24/7 usage?
By default, all the RAM timings are set to auto, however, if i try and set even one of the timings manually, the bios resets itself completely. The wierd thing is, i can set the timings properly in AMD overdrive ... but this isnt really an ideal solution.
I dont really know much about ram tweaking, so advice would be useful...
i pruchased 2x2gigs of OCZ platinum RAM from OCUk last december, which are rated to run at 133mhz with 7-7-7-20 @ 1.8v and since then, theyve been running at 1200mhz ish at those timings and that voltage, due to my motherboard (foxconn a7da-s 3.0) refusing to run them natively at 1333.
the other week they released a new bios that finally fixed this issue. i flashed it the other day and they will run natively at 1333 (and even 1600, but thats a different story...), but it defaults to 9-9-9-27 and 2.1v.
the thing is, neither of those problems want to really fix themselves. i can only overvolt the RAM and not undervolt them back to the correct levels. Foxconn claim this is a safe voltage, but i just want other opinions on this to be sure, so my first question is:
is 2.1v safe for 24/7 usage?
By default, all the RAM timings are set to auto, however, if i try and set even one of the timings manually, the bios resets itself completely. The wierd thing is, i can set the timings properly in AMD overdrive ... but this isnt really an ideal solution.
I dont really know much about ram tweaking, so advice would be useful...