Noob Question (Sorry!)

mossmotorsport · 26 Mar 2009 at 14:46

Tried that - and it didnt fix anything unfortunatly - its really frustrating! Thanks for the feedback though

tibbsey · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:09

In the first image, I'd try upping the FSB frequency from 400 to 533 MHz.

It could be that this setting is stopping the increased RAM MHz from taking effect.

mossmotorsport · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:24

tibbsey said:
In the first image, I'd try upping the FSB frequency from 400 to 533 MHz.

It could be that this setting is stopping the increased RAM MHz from taking effect.

Will that not simply overclock the CPU though?

FaceplantSi · 26 Mar 2009 at 15:36

mossmotorsport said:
Will that not simply overclock the CPU though?

Yes it would - it'd put it up just over 4.2GHz... maybe a tad high for a Q6600? lol!

If your board has OC profiles then I'd be tempted to save your current setup as a named profile then default your BIOS and start over with just getting the RAM to read correctly, then redo your CPU OC etc and see how that goes. Other than that you might just be stuck with it running as it is at the mo - tbh you probably won't notice any difference in speed anyway, it'll just mean your CPU OC'ability will be capped slightly by the slower RAM.

tibbsey · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:09

FaceplantSi said:
Yes it would - it'd put it up just over 4.2GHz... maybe a tad high for a Q6600? lol!

Lol fair enough

Not familiar with the Asus BIOS

setter · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:26

mossmotorsport said:
I have attached screenshots of my bios settings, and a cpuz readout. You can see I have changed the voltage to 2.2v and the speed to 1066 in the bios, however cpuz still only reads 1.8v? It must be something really simple - surely?

From looking at those bios screenshots your memory seems to be running fine, in cpuz you should be looking at the memory tab as this will show what your ram is running at, the spd is just a display of manufacturers settings for the ram, the memory tab will actually show what you have set in the bios.

Edit: a pic of my ocz 1066 ram settings.

FaceplantSi · 27 Mar 2009 at 07:13

setter said:
the spd is just a display of manufacturers settings for the ram, the memory tab will actually show what you have set in the bios.

I know what you're saying but at least on your SPD tab it's showing the fourth column filled with the 533MHz settings. The OP's doesn't even show them which is making me wonder if that RAM is any good (or even the right stuff!)

mossmotorsport can you post your CPU-Z Memory tab as setter has suggested?

mossmotorsport · 27 Mar 2009 at 10:22

Here we go:

Thanks

tibbsey · 27 Mar 2009 at 10:24

According to the left hand screenie, that is working properly at 1066MHz.

mossmotorsport · 27 Mar 2009 at 11:36

How come it is not showing up as 8500 under max bandwidth? Other than that though, if you say its working correctly then maybe I finally set it up correctly! Thanks

FaceplantSi · 27 Mar 2009 at 13:45

Yeah looks ok to me too, just bizarre that it's not showing up in the SPD screen. I'd go with it - enough tinkering, enjoy!

mossmotorsport · 27 Mar 2009 at 14:02

Thanks haha - ive spent ages messing around with the settings! Never mind, need to do some cable management and then i'll be happy. Gotta love the new setup though, its nice and fast

tibbsey · 28 Mar 2009 at 01:52

Just had a look at the SPD settings in CPU-Z for my Corsair Dominator 2x2GB 1066MHz RAM.

It says the Max Bandwidth is only PC2-6400 as this is the highest the JEDEC standard goes up to. If you do a RAM benchmark, you'll see the bandwidth is actually 8500.

Enjoy your RAMs

mossmotorsport · 28 Mar 2009 at 10:53

Thanks tibbsey - much appreciated.