My motherboard defaults my DDR2 1066 to DDR2 533. I turn on AM2 boost and it automatically moves up to DDR2 800. I don't have AM2+ so I know that that is as high as it gets. But the problem is my other speeds are only at 4-4-4-10. I turned up the voltage to 2.05 and still 4-4-4-10. I can't get 2.1 so 2.15 is the next step, but that's overclocking. Any help?
.. That's not how it works... Anyway, I currently have the ram at DDR2 800 2.00v and 5-5-5-15. Everything is good except I'm only getting 3 gigs and I have 4. I AM NOT EXPECTING ALL 4 GIGS! I thought that 32 bit would give me 3.5 at most.. Is it because I have a Media Center OS ?
so now ur underclocking ya ram now you are running it @ 400 which is not 533 400x2 =800 533x2=1066 , apparently ur mothboard does not support youre 533 mhz ram possibly or it is defaulting to 266.5 in which case mb does not support ya ram if 400 is all u can get.
Could you guys please read the first post before replying. Its not about the MHZ. I said that in my first post, since I have an AM2 CPU I can't go above 400 MhZ! The problem I'm having is my RAM only running at 5-4-4-10 or 4-4-4-10. It should be running at 5-5-5-15! It did on one boot up, but idk..
ram just keep ya ram running at the lowest settings is better than the advertised 5 5 5 15 and thats it so dont worry about it unless ur having blue screens and such or plan going to i7 where it does not matter
man you have it all mixed up!!!!!! i suggest to do some background reading on how RAM works. As for the numbers you are posting these are called timings and the lower they are the better performer your pc will be. As for DDR2 your mobo will show 400 when running at 800 MHz and 533 when running at 1066.
LMAO! Now when I boot up I'm getting 5-5-5-15, irony! And my mhz is fluctuating above 400 mhz for some reason. Like keeps moving between 405 and 406!? Whenever I was getting 4-4-4-10, it was staying at 400.
That's fine, my RAM also fluctuates from time to time depending on your processor. For me it goes from 374 MHz or 375 MHz. deltatux
But it appears the clocks go up with the MHZ and now I just checked CPU speed and my CPU is going .04 GHZ faster. This is why I'm having trouble believing that 5-5-5-15 is slower than 4-4-4-10..
5-5-5-15 is indeed slower than 4-4-4-10 because the higher it is, the more latency the RAM gets. Right now my RAM is still fluctuating a bit. This is caused by your base clock's fluctuation. If your base clock fluctuates, every other clock in your system will also fluctuate. My RAM runs at 4-5-4-12 and it's noticeably faster than 5-5-5-15. deltatux
