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wait a minute, wait a minute....
ok, i ran cpu-z, which i haven't done since this first happened. it also said i had 4gb, after that i stopped looking at it. i don't know enough to really use it, so i didn't run it.
but looking at it now...
it says i have sticks in slots 1 and 5 (it should be slots 1, 2, 3, shouldn't it? the sticks are in a1 b1 c1)...
it says the jedec values for 533 mhz should be 7-7-7-16, with tRC of 27 (i don't even know how to find tRC in bios) my timings are 7-7-7-24, i didn't know that if the ram is underclocked those values should change...
and last but not least - twice this afternoon i've gone into bios to try putting ram at it's rated specs again, but as soon as i entered bios, the temp of the cpu totally spiked. it's 52c right now - both times i entered bios, by the time it loaded, the cpu was at 63c, and heating up a degree every few seconds. the second time, i was only in bios for less than a minute, and the cpu had already reached 69c
I AM SO TOTALLY CONFUSED.
have i made a big mistake letting bios set almost everything automatically? am i going to have to find out how to do it by hand, because i have no idea... can i just go and get the jedec spec for my ram somewhere? the noob is getting really burned here...
ok, i ran cpu-z, which i haven't done since this first happened. it also said i had 4gb, after that i stopped looking at it. i don't know enough to really use it, so i didn't run it.
but looking at it now...
it says i have sticks in slots 1 and 5 (it should be slots 1, 2, 3, shouldn't it? the sticks are in a1 b1 c1)...
it says the jedec values for 533 mhz should be 7-7-7-16, with tRC of 27 (i don't even know how to find tRC in bios) my timings are 7-7-7-24, i didn't know that if the ram is underclocked those values should change...
and last but not least - twice this afternoon i've gone into bios to try putting ram at it's rated specs again, but as soon as i entered bios, the temp of the cpu totally spiked. it's 52c right now - both times i entered bios, by the time it loaded, the cpu was at 63c, and heating up a degree every few seconds. the second time, i was only in bios for less than a minute, and the cpu had already reached 69c
I AM SO TOTALLY CONFUSED.
have i made a big mistake letting bios set almost everything automatically? am i going to have to find out how to do it by hand, because i have no idea... can i just go and get the jedec spec for my ram somewhere? the noob is getting really burned here...
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fixed my problem instantly 
