RAM timings, voltage etc settings.

alexakasloth · 17 Sep 2007 at 11:10

Hey all,

Heard that with new motherboards you have to set the voltage, timings etc manually, is this the case?

It's for a friends PC, the ram is OCZ plat 6400: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

The motherboard is a gigabyte DS3R.

RaiderX · 17 Sep 2007 at 11:49

motherboards will default the memory to whatever there speed is, 1.8v and value rated timings for that speed, you manually have to set the timings and voltage

DavidB · 17 Sep 2007 at 12:32

On the gigabyte DS3R it does default to 1.8v, so you have to select +1/+2 to put it in line. To change the timings on it you have to press "ctrl+F1" when first in the bios, otherwise it wont let you change RAM settings.

alexakasloth · 17 Sep 2007 at 13:54

So ctrl+f1 then set the voltage to +.2v and the timings to 4-4-4-15.

Thanks

Deltafish · 19 Sep 2007 at 08:55

I have a ASUS P5K board
and Corsair 2GB DDR XMS2 DHX PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX
Would I have to manually set the ram timings ?

DavidB · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:04

Would I have to manually set the ram timings ?

The settings it automatically sets it to will work...but they won't be the optimal, for example my ram on auto runs at something like 5.4.3.24 timings, which is daft, but still works.

So basically...yes

Deltafish · 19 Sep 2007 at 14:11

thanx for that
what about the voltage setting ?

Cob · 19 Sep 2007 at 17:06

2.15v-2.2v.