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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: portia on March 12, 2010, 07:37:44 pm

Title: RAM frequency
Post by: portia on March 12, 2010, 07:37:44 pm

I've got x58a-ud7 and the following RAM sticks:

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OCZ 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 20000MHz Gold Memory Kit CL10(10-10-10-30) 1.65V
On the mother board the SYSTEM MEMORY MULTIPLIER (SPD) is set to AUTO which gives
me 1066Mhz memory frequency. Shall I increase the memory multiplier to 14.0 which
would give me 1867 of memory frequency?

If I change it it shows the following:

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Memory Frequency (Mhz)    1066    1867
.. so it only changes the second value.

the motherboard manual says:

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Memory frequency:
the first memory frequency value is the normal operating frequency of the memory being used;
the second is the memory frequency that is automatically adjusted according to the BCLK Frequency (Mhz)
and System Memory Multiplier settings.

I don't understand a word from what it says.

Also, the RAM I bought says something about 1.65V

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the DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) is set to AUTO, which gives the following values:
Profile DDR Voltage    1.5V
Profile QPI Voltage     1.175V

and below it alsow says:
DRAM Voltage 1.500V [auto]


Again, am I supposed to leave it like that or increase it somehow to 1.65V?

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: RAM frequency
Post by: absic on March 13, 2010, 10:26:31 am

Hi Portia,

Yes, you will have to manually set voltage, timings etc., from within BIOS using the M.I.T. section.

Title: Re: RAM frequency
Post by: portia on March 13, 2010, 03:05:20 pm

ok, thanks.
I've set those values manually. Everything seems to work fine