New ram installed, cant get voltage/frequency to stick.


  1. Posts : 112
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #1

    New ram installed, cant get voltage/frequency to stick.


    Hi, i've just installed 8GB OCZ Gold DDR2 RAM on my Asus P5Q Pro Turbo board, the timings on the RAM state PC8500 1066Mhz 5-5-6@2.10v. I have checked in the BIOS and the frequency was set to auto and the voltage was also set to auto, I have set these to 1066 and 2.10 respectively but when I checked with CPU-Z it reports frequency 534.9 and voltage 1.80. I made sure I saved the changes before i exited the bios.

    Any thoughts or input would be appreciated.

    Thanks.
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  2. Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    Don't forget that the first D in DDR stands for double. Also CPUz always shows the actual bus speed, which in your case would be 533 for 1066 ram, and yours is slightly higher at 534.9.
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  3. Posts : 112
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks stormy, so the figures im seeing are correct? is it right that it is running at 1.80v rather than the specified 2.10?

    Thanks,
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  4. Posts : 1,618
    Win7 Home Premium x64 W10Pro&Home
       #4

    Check ur power options in control panel and make sure you are set on High Performance....
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  5. Posts : 112
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Is it not the bios that controls the voltage supplied to the ram slots?
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