MSI Turbo mem adjustments

[OnDborder]

How do you adjust the RAM speed on these boards?

 

[TranceBear]

OnDborder (Aug 01, 2001 09:25 p.m.):
How do you adjust the RAM speed on these boards?

You mean the jumper on the board itself or the clock frequency in the BIOS? I am very familar with your setup, see sig.

 

[OnDborder]

Clock frequency in bios.
Jumper on board, the one for 100 or 133 mhz?
1552.5??? WOW!
Mine is set at 140x9

 

[TranceBear]

The first thing I did with my setup was change that jumper on the M/B to read 133mhz FSB. Since my chip had a 100x2mhz FSB I was able to post at 1333mhz. Not all these chips can handle this. Did you not find the clock freq. option in the BIOS?

 

[OnDborder]

TranceBear (Aug 02, 2001 02:00 p.m.):
The first thing I did with my setup was change that jumper on the M/B to read 133mhz FSB. Since my chip had a 100x2mhz FSB I was able to post at 1333mhz. Not all these chips can handle this. Did you not find the clock freq. option in the BIOS?

I guess it's the "DRAM Timing by SPD" in the advanced chipset?

 

[TranceBear]

If you are looking at the BIOS screen you will see two colums of choices. The right side column, at the very top, I forget what it is called choose that one. You will have the choice to change v-core, vio, spread spectrum, something else and then multiplier and clock by sight adjustment. The latter is the way you change your FSB. Just play around in the BIOS and explore your settings.

 

[OnDborder]

Ok, I didn't know that controlled the RAM speed.
So then, what is "DRAM Timing by SPD" in the "Advanced Chipset" in the bios?

 

[TranceBear]

OnDborder (Aug 03, 2001 03:44 p.m.):
Ok, I didn't know that controlled the RAM speed.
So then, what is "DRAM Timing by SPD" in the "Advanced Chipset" in the bios?

that will allow the BIOS to control your memory settings, right now the only way I can get 4-way interleave is checking this yes. When my new Ram comes I will shut this off and do this in the registry with WPCREDIT.

 

[OnDborder]

TranceBear (Aug 03, 2001 04:22 p.m.):

OnDborder (Aug 03, 2001 03:44 p.m.):
Ok, I didn't know that controlled the RAM speed.
So then, what is "DRAM Timing by SPD" in the "Advanced Chipset" in the bios?

that will allow the BIOS to control your memory settings, right now the only way I can get 4-way interleave is checking this yes. When my new Ram comes I will shut this off and do this in the registry with WPCREDIT.

Ok, can you please elaborate.
I'm really interested in learning this stuff, so if I ask alot of lame questions consider the source.
What kind of "new" ram are you going to get?
I thought WPCREDIT was for the older systems.
If not where can I find more info at?

 

[TranceBear]

I don't beleive in lame questions, what's lame is the un-asked ones. That is what we are here for is to help you guys. My new ram is PC166mhz Tonicom brand. I have always overclocked with my multiplier, but I want to try with my FSB. I am on qwest for 1.7 ghz stable and cool. I have generic ram now and it will not allow me over 138mhz FSB at any multiplier setting. MSI motherboards has many options that allow the beginner to setup his/her computer like the one you mentioned. This paticular option lets the BIOS control the cas setting either 2 or 3. 2 being the better/faster setting but may not run stable at high FSB speeds. WPCREDIT can be used for many new motherboards that don't have enough options in the BIOS. A starting point for this software is the following link.

http://www.overclockers.com/tips280/

There are many more sites for this product, and I did a step-by-step how to for the cooling part of this software in this thread. The main site to get this software is http://www.h-oda.com

 

[OnDborder]

Ok, now we're getting to it. I have Kingmax 150 which is cas 3, slower than my Crucial 133 which is cas2. From what I understand the Kingmax is more stable when adjusting the fsb.
I've been advised on previous posts to choose cycle length 3 for higher fsb, therefor disabling the interleave.
Now enter WPCREDIT, from what I understand ,with this program, you can pick your cycle length, 2 or 3 in the bios, therefore disabling the interleave but you can add interleave back through this program.

 

[TranceBear]

If you choose to run it a cas-3 your performance will be mediocore at best. I would try to keep it at cas-2 and limit your speed for best performance. Remember, speed is not everything.

 

[OnDborder]

I thought the Tomicom ram was cl.3.
So bumping up the fsb would make up for the cl.3?
Please explain.

 

[TranceBear]

My new Tonicom ram was sold to me as cas-2, I hope it is when it gets here. Yes about the bumping the FSB if you go with cas-3, but since every system is different, who nows for sure?

 

[OnDborder]

Sorry, you're right. It is cas 3 at 166, cas 2 at 100,133, and 150.
Gee where can I get some?