Memory Voltages on Asus Board

[rctneil]

I ahve the following pc specs:

Operating System:
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- Microsoft Windows Vista - Ultimate 64bit Retail DVD

Hardware:
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- Intel Core 2 Q6600 Quad G0 Stepping - overclocked to 3.0Ghz
- Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Bios: 2206
- OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2048) Reaper HPC Edition DDR2 PC2 6400 800MHz CL4 Dual Channel Patent-Pending Reaper HPC Heatsink

- (OCZ2RPR800C44GK)
- Asus ATI Radeon AX700 Pro 256Mb
- Western Digital Raptor X 150Gb with clear window
- Seagate 400Gb Sata2 HDD - ST3400620AS
- 530W Hiper Type R Modular PSU
- Mountain Mods U2-UFO case - Black with Original Top
- Asus DRW-1814BLT Lightscribe DVD-RW
- NEC DVD RW Drive External
- Panasonic Internal Floppy Drive with Lian Li Mounting Adaptor
- Yusmart 198YP 19" Monitor
- Edge10 F197 17" Monitor
- 24 in 1 Standard Internal Card Reader USB with Lian Li Mounting Adaptor
- 300Gb Maxtor One Touch 3
- Logitech DiNovo Edge Bluetooth Keyboard
- Logitech MX 1000 Mouse
- AC Ryan dual Blue Cathodes
- AC Ryan dual UV Cathodes

Custom Watercooling:
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- Thermochill PA120.3 Radiator
- Swiftech Apogeee GTX - CPU Block
- XSPC Clear 5.25" Bay Reservoir
- Laing DDC 12V Ultra Pump with Alphacool Plexitop
- Danger Den Maze 4 Acetal top GPU Block
- Masterkleer 1/2 Tubing
- Fesser 1 - UV Green Coolant
- Primochill Clear Coils

and I ahve been told to change the memory voltage from the default 1.8 (whcih the mobo set) to 2.1 volsta to be in line with OCZ's reccommendations but when I change it in the biso the area around the memory voltage gets a red background and I don;t know why. I can set it to that and the setting is there if I exit bis and go back in. 1.8 is still being displayed within cpu-z though for some reason.

Any ideas?

Regards,
Neil

 

[pastymuncher]

It's shown in red in the Asus bios as a warning. Basically it's an overvoltage as the standard is 1.8v. It's nothing to worry about though as a lot of memory sticks need more than 1.8v to work correctly. It's a case of the manufacturers not following the accepted standard.

It will not change from 1.8v in CPU-z as it's just reading the spd info. Again, nothing to worry about.

 

[rctneil]

so the ram is now being run at 2.1v?

 

[pastymuncher]

If you have set it to 2.1v in the bios yes. My Ballistix PC8500 needs 2.1v but it still only says 1.8v in the spd tab of cpu-z. Nothing to worry about.