Solved How to set memory speed and timings

churin

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I installed DDR3 1866 but the memory is running at 1600. My question is how to change the speed to 1866. I changed the multiplier from 8 to 9.33 leaving "Auto" for the timings but that resulted in no boot. The memory is Patriot PV38G186C9KRD. The spec is DDR3 1866 with 9-10-9-27. FX-6300 is running on GA-970A-UD3.

This is what is shown on CPU-Z and this is the BIOS screen for the memory speed and timings. There are more than 9-10-9-27 to be set.
 

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First thing that comes to mind is maybe voltage droop. I would make sure your voltage is 1.5 volt in the bios and if yes then boost it just a little to like 1.55-1.60v. See if that boots then test it hard if you blue screen go back to original setting and let us know.
 

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Thanks for your reply.
Reason why I decided to ask that question as pospted is that there were more timing parameters than what I know about. I went ahead and changed the parameters which I knew or 9-10-9-27 and mult factor of 9.33 for 1866 and left defaults as were for those I do not know about. The result was that the system booted fine. The default parameters appears to have been automatically changed. Now CPU-Z shows this.
 

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16GB DDR3 1866 G.Skill F3-1866C9D-16GWM x2
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Is there a set memory clock option in the BIOS?
 

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Churin,
Good news, it looks like you're good to go !
 

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XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
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(2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
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Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
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(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
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CoolerMaster Storm Styker
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7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60
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(2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless
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Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
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Basic 120mbps down
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Chrome and IE 10
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5 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on NZXT cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd/Blu Ray optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro 8630 all-n-one
Hot-swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Netgear Nighthawk router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
Lenovo L420 i5 lappy with m sata
Drobo 5N advanced NAS
Is there a set memory clock option in the BIOS?
What is "set memory clock". Is it the base clock(may not be the correct term)? It is 200MHz for my motherboard. I think it is also adjustable but then that would affect cpu core frequency.
 

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Phenom FX6300
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Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 rev. 1.2
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16GB DDR3 1866 G.Skill F3-1866C9D-16GWM x2
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon R7 360
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Asus Xonar DS
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27" x2, Dell P2715Q
Screen Resolution
3840 x 2160
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Samsung 850Pro 1TB SSD - system
Samsung 4TB SSD - Data
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Corsair CX450M
Case
Corsair 200R
Cooling
Zalman CNPS5X Performa
Internet Speed
400Mbps/12Mbps
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2nd machine: Same as above
3rd machine: Apple MacAir with W7 Ult installed
Oh, that. What you're referring to sounds the good ol' FSB (Front Side Bus), which is the 200MHz clock you're speaking of. Don't mess with that until you've gotten your head around how it works.

But yeah judging by your recent screenie, you're good to go as already said. Apologies for the confusion.
 

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Acer K272HUL
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Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W, Corsair HX1000W
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HAF-X
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XSPC Rasa RS360
Keyboard
Gigabyte Osmium, Noppoo Choc Mid 87, Corsair K70 RGB
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BitDefender TS 2013, Malwarebytes AM, SUPERAntiSpyware
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