feverish Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Hey guys, This is my first time really doing anything with low latency ram. I installed the ram and when I boot into the bios I have the option to change many settings for the ram. I have read about the basics of it all but to my knowledge the TWINX1024-3200XLPRO ram was supposed to be auto detected and setup after I turn the computer on. Everything right now is set to auto in the memory settings. When I look at the settings it doesn't look like I am getting 2-2-2-5. Is this normal and if so can someone help me with what I should manually place in these fields for this motherboard. There are many fields that I have never seen or heard of before. Thanks for your help, David AMD Athlon 64 fx-55 2X512mg TWINX1024-3200XLPRO MSI K8N Neo4 pe Saphire Radeon x850xtpe 2*74gig 10,000 rpm raptor 680 watt ocz powerstream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 When I look at the settings it doesn't look like I am getting 2-2-2-5. What does it look liek you are getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feverish Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 Timing Mode [Auto] "Everything Below this is grayed out so I cannot change without changing it from auto" Memclock index value (Mhz) 200Mhz CAS# latency (Tcl) 2.5 Min RAS# active time(Tras) 8T RAS# to CAS# delay (Tred) 4T Row precharge Time (Trp) 2T Row cycle time (Trc) Auto Row refresh cyc time (Trfc) Auto Row to Row delay (Trrd) Auto Write recovery time (Twr) Auto Write to read delay (Twtr) Auto Read to Write delay (Trwl) Auto Refresh period (Tref) Auto User Config Mode Auto "Everything below this I cannot change while this is on auto" Bottom of 32-bit E0 1T/2T Memory Timing 2T read Preamble value 6ns Async latency value 6ns S/W memory hole Remapping Disabled H/W memory hole Remapping Disabled MTRR mapping mode Continuous Thats pretty much it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted February 23, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 23, 2005 Some MB's just need to be manually set. But I would try and load setup. Optimized defaults and then load performance settings is what I think they call it and set the Dim Voltage to 2.8 Volts and exit saving changes and test the system with http://www.memtest.org and see if the setting are not correct. If not you will need to manually set them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwhyme Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 hit cntrl/F1 in main bios menu for bios to display Advanced Chipset seetings for manual settings and to see what they are currently set at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted February 25, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 25, 2005 wwhyme He has a MSI MB, I think you are thinking of Giga-Byte! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryeast Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I am having this exact same problem, same memory, same motherboard, same detected timings. I see its been a few days since this was updated. I'm going to try RAMGUY's suggestions and I'll post back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 11, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 11, 2005 Please do let us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryeast Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 I've been studying this and here is what I have so far. In the BIOS it reports the RAM as stated earlier by feverish. However, when the computer is booting and the POST info is up it clearly shows 2225 (2t) timings. The issue I now have is that it also shows Single Channel operation (should be dual channel) and a frequency of 167. The BIOS does show a freq of 200. Any ideas anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 I've been studying this and here is what I have so far. In the BIOS it reports the RAM as stated earlier by feverish. However, when the computer is booting and the POST info is up it clearly shows 2225 (2t) timings. The issue I now have is that it also shows Single Channel operation (should be dual channel) and a frequency of 167. The BIOS does show a freq of 200. Any ideas anyone? What CPU / FSB / Motherboard do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryeast Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 I have exactly the same setup as feverish. AMD FX-55, MSI K8N Neo4 Plat, and twinx1024-3200xlpro memory. I tired out last night but I'm back at it now. Will post any changes. By the way here's a tip: when running a RAID array don't just change BIOS to "Performance or Optimized" settings and restart. I did and it enabled the secondary RAID controller and wiped out my Windows installation on the primary array controller. I blame myself for not double checking the settings (that's what happens when sleepiness sets in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryeast Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Ok, here's where I'm at: I manually upped the voltage to 2.70 (as far as the board would go without giving me a flashing red warning sign). Then I manually set the CAS to 2, trcd 2, trp 2 and tras to 5. Reboot and now POST displays ram as SINGLE Channel, 64 bit, 201mhz at 2t timings. Getting closer. My question is this: Are these single sided ram sticks? MSI says that double sided sticks will not work as Dual Channel. Tonight when I get home I'm pulling some ram from another machine and will see what it comes up as. So far running SETI@Home is giving disappointing results and I can't get 3DMark03 to run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Double Sided. They mean specifically in THAT motherboard, not in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryeast Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Thanks for the info. Yeah, I understand about double sided sticks not being dual channel capable for this particular motherboard. Like I said earlier, I'll pull some other sticks out of another computer and see how they react. Kind of disappointing since the corsair configurator says they will work, and they do, just not as advertised. Can anyone suggest some low latency single sided memory for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Keep in mind that they will work in that board, which is the sole purpose of that configurator. The board's limits aren't noted however. IIRC, the configurator matches memory to motherboards by the chipset used. Therefore the motherboard manufacturer's design isn't taken into account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryeast Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Ok, so the memory works. Can you suggest a brand/model that is twin sticks of 512 that are single sided for this motherboard? I checked my other machines at home and they are all also double sided sticks. But at least now I know it's not the memory's fault. I'm curious now as to how the other Nforce4 non-sli boards are doing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryeast Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Ok, I'm up and running at dual channel, 128 bit, 400ddr. Here's what has to be done. Manually set dram to CAS 2, trcd 2, tras 5, trp 2 and voltage to 2.7 (max safe value with this board). Then install double sided ram sticks into the first green and first purple slots. I gained 400 points in 3DMark03 by going from single channel to dual channel. Hope this helps anyone else with this board/memory configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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