Ram settings P5b Deluxe Help

eggcup · 20 Oct 2006 at 16:30

hey guys,

Just put together my new system, and been setting it all up in the bios, set the ram to ddr2 800mhz but for some strange reason when i boot into windows Cpuz thinks im using a divider???? any ideas why this would be? (the bios in my old abit an8 used to be much friendlier)

Egg

AlexManics · 20 Oct 2006 at 17:08

Have you set it to 2.10V 4-4-4-12 ?
Should be fine on those settings.

Mine was a problem until I upped the voltage.

Adam Senior · 20 Oct 2006 at 17:44

Alex. What kind of overclocking can you get out of that set up. IM basicaly getting the same as u!..

eggcup · 20 Oct 2006 at 18:14

Hi, yes i have set it to those settings, it shows its running at the right frequency in cpu z but i was just curious as to why it thinks its on a divider when it set at the correct freq?

i have the latest bios too.

what sort of temps does your board say your cpu is aswell? ive read the p5b is renowned for displaying the wrong cpu temp cause mine is 47 idle and 53 full load.? not convinced thats right.

AlexManics · 23 Oct 2006 at 09:41

To be honest I'm not overclocking it at the moment and don't feel the need to as it's more than fast enough for me for now.

Everything is so responsive in Windows compared to my old setup. Windows boots up in about 30 secs!

svbooga · 23 Oct 2006 at 13:27

If your C2D is running at 1066Mhz (266 quad pumped) and your mem is at 800MHz (400Mhz DDR2), then they arent running at the same frequency so a divider is needed.
What i did to get 1:1 was to up the FSB to 400 and reduce the CPU multiplier to 8, then set the memory frequency back to DDR2-800Mhz, gave 3.2Ghz from CPU.

eggcup · 23 Oct 2006 at 23:02

oh cool, i shall try that im slowly working my way up to 3ghz, at 2.8 so far! woohooo

I love these processors!

Egg