I bought my new build around two months ago, the one in the sig that is. I never really changed anything in the bios, however my RAM appears to only be running at 802.9Mhz according to CPU-Z. What do I change in the BIOS to get the RAM to run at it's speed of 1600? Thanks.
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This is similar to a problem I've been having! (in another thread in here)
Sounds like it's something to do with Asus motherboards! (I have a P6TD) They seem to like choosing their own settings and making the user change it to what it should be! -_-
I'm gonna have to play around with the XMP (manual settings) on the BIOS, perhaps have a look there too - I believe they put it under the 'advanced' tab but it never seems to be labeled as 'xmp', just have to look at the Memory setup options.
[EDIT] I've found the XMP. Im not sure if it's the same on SE as my D but I found it under 'Ai Tweaker' - 'Ai Overclock Tuner' - [X.M.P] (deafult is AUTO). Then you can configure the memory manually.
Sounds like it's something to do with Asus motherboards! (I have a P6TD) They seem to like choosing their own settings and making the user change it to what it should be! -_-
I'm gonna have to play around with the XMP (manual settings) on the BIOS, perhaps have a look there too - I believe they put it under the 'advanced' tab but it never seems to be labeled as 'xmp', just have to look at the Memory setup options.
[EDIT] I've found the XMP. Im not sure if it's the same on SE as my D but I found it under 'Ai Tweaker' - 'Ai Overclock Tuner' - [X.M.P] (deafult is AUTO). Then you can configure the memory manually.
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XMP isnt a manual setting, its auto setting it for you.
Go into bios, find the memory timing place and set them @ the rated timings, set the voltages correctly and also set the ram speed to 1600 (set AI overclock to "manual" to un-grey the option)
All ram has built in "safe" SPD values so that it will be able to boot in any motherboard, if they have higher ones, it will fail to boot in certain boards. You have always had to set your timings/volts/speed manually if its performance ram, it is not the motherboards fault. Its the JEDEC specification limitations. XMP and SPP are just the same, but recognized by either Intel or nvidia chipsets, and mean if you enable it, it picks up the higher performance settings programmed into the memory.
Go into bios, find the memory timing place and set them @ the rated timings, set the voltages correctly and also set the ram speed to 1600 (set AI overclock to "manual" to un-grey the option)
All ram has built in "safe" SPD values so that it will be able to boot in any motherboard, if they have higher ones, it will fail to boot in certain boards. You have always had to set your timings/volts/speed manually if its performance ram, it is not the motherboards fault. Its the JEDEC specification limitations. XMP and SPP are just the same, but recognized by either Intel or nvidia chipsets, and mean if you enable it, it picks up the higher performance settings programmed into the memory.
Thanks for that Ch3m1c4l.
I did some more research and you're exactly right - It's safer to OC with the voltages set manually (esp if OCing the CPU aswell) as otherwise the atuomatic boost on the board (the latest Asus boards anyway) might take the voltage too high and increase the heat to unsafe levels (which obviously would be turned off when settin gthe voltages manually).
I've learnt so much in the last day or so!
Here's an interesting article I found on OCing on the Asus x58 chipsets. (the link goes to the page on memory)
I did some more research and you're exactly right - It's safer to OC with the voltages set manually (esp if OCing the CPU aswell) as otherwise the atuomatic boost on the board (the latest Asus boards anyway) might take the voltage too high and increase the heat to unsafe levels (which obviously would be turned off when settin gthe voltages manually).
I've learnt so much in the last day or so!
Here's an interesting article I found on OCing on the Asus x58 chipsets. (the link goes to the page on memory)
I'll read it tomorrow when im back at work, or maybe tonight if i get bored. I dont know too much about ocing anymore, but I know a fair amount, but this is definitely the place to get help on the subject. Post in the ocing and cooling forum on the boards, there might even be a thread dedicate to your board in there already 