[darcinator]

i bought 2 sets of Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL and in my bios its telling me that the 2 modules are running at 667 and the other two at 800mhz. why would two be running lower? any help on why and if i can, how to fix this.
specs
mobo-asus m5a99x evo
psu-corsair 650 tx
cpu-6100 bulldozer oclocked to 3.8ghz
gpu-gt 520
ram-gskill 8gb 1600mhz
hdd-segate 1tb 7200rpm

 

[dai]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

run this and look on the speed tab and see what it lists

CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

 

[darcinator]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

yup says 1 and 2 are 667mhz

 

[dai]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

when you mix ram with different speeds all will run at the lower speed

 

[darcinator]

Both were 1600mhz though from new egg

 

[dai]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

then they should be set at 800mhz dual channel=1600

 

[Laxer]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

You may need to manually adjust it in the bios...

Many bios default ram speed to 1333(2x666)

I would also set the timing to match that of the sticks: (9-9-9-24)

 

[darcinator]

How would I do that. I have the unified bios thing where you can use the mouse so I'm not used to it quite yet. What should the voltage be? I have never oclocked before.

 

[linderman]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

ASUS The BEST EFI BIOS [ HD Version ] - YouTube

 

[linderman]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

ASUS P8P67 Deluxe EFI BIOS - EZ Mode - YouTube

 

[darcinator]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

should i take out the two that are running at advertised speed before i do this or should i have them all running at then same time

 

[linderman]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

I would say / all at the same time

 

[Laxer]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

I would say / all at the same time

agreed.

All sticks will probably have to be ran at 9-9-9-24...

You could tweak this a little bit to get better performance but, it is usually best to stick with stock clock.

 

[darcinator]

But stock clock is 1600 and in all my board says they are running at 1523. 2 at 1333 an 2 at 1600. *** is my board messed up?

 

[Laxer]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

The ram sticks are DDR(double data rate)

Your mobo should say each stick is running at 800Mhz

If they will not all adjust at the same time you can try adjusting the two slower sticks first. (put them in the same colored slots on the mobo)

Boot into bios and manually configure the clock speed...

Reboot.. is it still at 800ea?

Add the other 2 sticks... results?

Sorry I cannot provide a step by step tutorial I have never used the EFI bios.If you don't mind will you download and run this?

Speccy - System Information - Free Download

Once you run it go to file->Publish Snapshot

and paste the URL here...

That way I can check to make sure the ram sticks are all the same.

 

[Wrench97]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

Try running CPUz lets see the part numbers off each stick to see if they in fact what bought.
On SPD tab select each slot from the drop drown box and compare the part numbers.

 

[Laxer]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

Try running CPUz lets see the part numbers off each stick to see if they in fact what bought.
On SPD tab select each slot from the drop drown box and compare the part numbers.

Same information I was after :angel:

@darcinator, Either this or Speccy can get the information.

 

[darcinator]

So I took out the two that were running at advertised speed and then used uefi to make it 1600 then put the other ones in and it stayed 1600 according to bios. But in CPU z they still had 2 running at 1333 MHz. I'm at a loss and all rams are the same because I checked the sticker on them.

 

[Wrench97]

Re: Ram speed not as advertised

Use the Win7 snipping tool and give us a screen of the CPUz window you're seeing.

 

[darcinator]

How to I upload a screenshot