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[squigly]

I am a complete newbie so please bear with me.

Just got an x2 3800+ with 2*512mb dual channel ocz ram on a MSI K8N Neo4-f motherboard. I didn't put it together and no overclocking as this point. When I fire up cpu-z and click on the memory tab it states under general: Type = DDR ram, Channels = single, size = 1024MBytes. Under the Timings tab it states: Frequency = 167.5MHz, FSB Dram = CPU/12. Clicking on the spd tab, and choosing either slot 1 or 3, I get under SPD Timing Table: Frequency = 200MHz.

Do these figures make sense? I'm thinking something is not right but not really sure. I wonder if is has to do with ram being in slot 1 and 3. I checked the manual but was confused.

Thanks

OK, after running sisoft I now know that the ram is running at 333MHz. I spoke to the guy who built it and he said the ram (ocz premier) is in the correct slots but that the board will not auto detect and set it at 400MHz. He told me to go into the bios and change the setting manually. Now I'm thinking he set it up properly and when I updated the bios to v1.9 that setting got mucked up.

PS. It turns out I was right and the ram needed to be in slot 1&2 and not 1&3. The guy who built it will be hearing from me :|

 

[squigly]

 

[Shimmishim]

first of all...

you need to be sure your ram is in the right slots to make it run in dual channel. it appears that you have set your modules wrong, hence why cpu-z shows up as it being in single channel.

check the manual or move one memory module to another slot.

as for the frequency. the reason why it is running 167.5 and not 200 as it should is because you are running a divider. i'm not too familiar with Asus bios as to tell you what option you need to change but there's an option i believe to run ddr400 which is equivalent to running 1:1 (or w/o a divider).

for the spd tab saying frequency 200, it makes sense. it just shows you what the default speed and timings are for your mem module when you click on that tab.

also, your ram isn't going to be running 400 mhz.... it's going to be 200 but since it's ddr (double data rate), it's effectively 400....

 

[squigly]

Yeah, I figured it out. I moved one stick from slot 3 and put it into slot 2 and the ram is now running at 400MHz.

The guy who built it said the ram was in the correct slots but obviously he was wrong. He won't be seeing me again nor will I be recommending him to anyone.

Thanks