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| Thread ID: 142743 | 2016-09-01 01:38:00 | New RAM | lakewoodlady (103) | Press F1 |
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| 1425232 | 2016-09-01 01:38:00 | Hi all, I have replaced my 2 x 4GB Ram cards in my PC with 2 x 8GB ones. This is what shows now in Speccy. RAM 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 667MHz (9-9-9-24) I think there maybe something a little wrong with that clock speed at 667MHz. I read that this can be fixed in the BIOS somehow by adjusting the Dram frequency, but how to do it? I'm not entirely comfortable messing around in the BIOS. Is anyone able to tell me exactly or maybe do it for me via TV somehow? Here are MB details: Motherboard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Model Z77M-D3H-MVP (Intel Core i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz) Version x.x Chipset Vendor Intel Chipset Model Ivy Bridge Chipset Revision 09 Southbridge Vendor Intel Southbridge Model Z77 Southbridge Revision 04 System Temperature 28 °C BIOS Brand American Megatrends Inc. Version F4 Date 5/31/2012 Voltage CPU CORE 1.068 V MEMORY CONTROLLER 2.004 V +3.3V 2.016 V +5V 3.447 V +12V 8.880 V -12V -3.168 V -5V -6.048 V +5V HIGH THRESHOLD 2.802 V CMOS BATTERY 1.632 V Cheers, LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1425233 | 2016-09-01 01:45:00 | Grab CPU-Z and post a screenshot of the Memory and SPD tabs. www.cpuid.com |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1425234 | 2016-09-01 02:00:00 | Ok I snipped these. 73887389 |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1425235 | 2016-09-01 02:56:00 | That's all fine. DDR stands for 'double data rate', eg the reported speed is half the actual speed - what you're seeing is correct. You could try and load up a XMP profile in your BIOS if you wanted which may get you up to 1600MHz rather than 1333MHz, but you're not going to notice much difference, if any in day to day use. If you know how to get into the BIOS, try loading up one of the XMP profiles, and then re-run CPU-Z and see if anything has changed. This can't be done remotely as it has to be done in the BIOS. 73907391 |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1425236 | 2016-09-01 07:16:00 | That's all fine. DDR stands for 'double data rate', eg the reported speed is half the actual speed - what you're seeing is correct. You could try and load up a XMP profile in your BIOS if you wanted which may get you up to 1600MHz rather than 1333MHz, but you're not going to notice much difference, if any in day to day use. If you know how to get into the BIOS, try loading up one of the XMP profiles, and then re-run CPU-Z and see if anything has changed. This can't be done remotely as it has to be done in the BIOS. 73907391 Thank you very much for your advice wratterus, I think I will let "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" alone for the time being. Later on I want to install an SSD, which I have heard will optimise things greatly. It's not that the PC is slow by any means, but I just like to get the very best performance that I possibly can! Happy as, LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1425237 | 2016-09-03 03:45:00 | Well, I did load a new Memory profile in the BIOS ok, and both CPU-Z and Speccy show the change. All seems fine! 73977398 Cheers LL :) |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1425238 | 2016-09-03 16:35:00 | Don't those voltage reading for the motherboard look a bit dodgy? | apsattv (7406) | ||
| 1425239 | 2016-09-03 22:11:00 | I don't know, what should it be for that profile? LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1425240 | 2016-09-04 04:58:00 | I don't know, what should it be for that profile? LL I think he's referring to this: +3.3V 2.016 V +5V 3.447 V +12V 8.880 V -12V -3.168 V -5V -6.048 V Bit far off what it should be? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1425241 | 2016-09-04 07:46:00 | Ok, I have two questions. 1. What should it be ? 2. Should I change it back to what it was ? LL |
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