n00b question time - CM2X2048-6400C5 settings

[marmotman]

Hi all!

 

Think I posted this in the wrong area earlier:

 

Please be gentle with me ;-)

 

I've searched the forums and I'm getting a bit lost. Here's my issue:

 

I recently updated the BIOS on my ASUS mobo and strange things have started happening. Mainly when using my recording software Avid Pro Tools. Its throwing up Visual C++ and thread data errors that it never used to. I've reinstalled everything clean but still the issues remain.

 

After a LOT of mooching around t'interwebs, and running both Memtest and CPU-Z (etc etc) I'm coming to the conclusion that it may be that my lovely 8GB of RAM (Pro Tools is 32bit, no point going higher yet) is not set up correctly. Would the BIOS update overridden the settings from before?

 

Here's what CPU-Z says:

 

http://i40.tinypic.com/e0lydv.png

 

http://i39.tinypic.com/5p3cp2.png

 

http://i44.tinypic.com/346kymt.png

 

Should I overclock? How do I overclock? Am I already overclocking? What is overclocking?

 

System info in my signature.

 

Thanks in advance people.

 

http://www2.corsair.com/configurator...?sc=us&id=5023

[peanutz94]

Would the BIOS update overridden the settings from before?

Yes it would have. It would have also set everything back to defaults, which is where I suspect they were at in the beginning.

 

From what you have described it sounds as if your BIOS flash went south. Your memory is running at it's rated speed, right where it should be. If memtest did not turn up any errors then your memory is fine and your problem lies elsewhere in the system.

 

I would contact ASUS and see about rolling back your BIOS to the previous version.

Can I ask why you updated the BIOS?

Should I overclock? How do I overclock? Am I already overclocking? What is overclocking?

Overclocking is making your hardware run outside it's intended design . If you don't know what it is , then you definitely don't want to try it. You can damage most if not all of your hardware if you don't know what you are doing. If it's something that your interested in there are plenty of good guides and tutorials (some even MB specific)around the net. But i would take the time to familiarize your self with all the different BIOS settings and what each one does before actually attempting this.

[wytnyt]

your same question was ask in

System Builds, Modding, Custom Components, and Picture Gallery

most likely your posts will get merged to the proper board.

good advice by peanuts,btw

[peanutz94]

Think I posted this in the wrong area earlier:

 

Please be gentle with me ;-)

He knew wytnyt, it's all good.