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nickyhoward55

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my asrock has auto set my memory timings and i think there off. if i set it to ddr400 in the bios i cant boot. what do you think? its corsair value select ddr400. i will be getting another stick so i can have dual channel.

 

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soulfly1448

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• Jul 8, 2006

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Do you have the FSB set higher than stock? If so, that's causing the BIOS to set the memory to the most compatible frequency.

Remember, DDR400 is 200MHz.

 

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im running my fsb @210, but if i set my mem to ddr400 in the bios (you can only choose speeds) it wont boot, so i have to set it the setting below(cant remember what it is) and it runs at the setting displayed in the s/s. i just thought the timings were about fast, on my athlon system, they were 2-3-3-8.

 

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Yeah those timings look a little too tight for value ram. I can't remember what the Asrock BIOS looks like, but there's no way to select timings? For some reason I'm thinking it was in a different menu....

 

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there is a way to select the timings (you cant choose like1:1 or 5:6 etc). what timings do u rekon?

 

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I would start off with 3-3-3-8 or around there and see what happens. I haven't owned very much value RAM, but what I have had didn't want to OC for nothing. Topped out at like 215mhz on DDR400.