[LICraig]

Well I am just as bad, I can't get my crappy 533/1066 DDR2 to actually go at 1066mhz... it's stuck at 800/400.

Relegate me to Apprentice Newb

I do not believe it. Voltage up, timings down?

What does the SPD say about the timings?

[flopay]

I do not believe it. Voltage up, timings down?

What does the SPD say about the timings?

I'm not at my home PC - I've been thinking of asking for help, but the Gigabyte forums are full of people with the same issue and the same chipset combinations.

I upped the NB voltage, relaxed the CAS/RAS/ReCH timings etc - I even followed the SPD timings. I think it's a Mobo issue with the RAM I have.

[jurhoonee]

No, I doubt it. There are 2 possible reasons:

1. God hates you.
2. You touch yourself at night.

Those are the universal answers to all problems. Usually mine stem from a combination of the two, with #2 causing #1.

God touches me at night.

On a more thread-related note, can you really tell the difference between the RAM speeds then? I've never tried it but I always assumed that for everyday use it wouldn't make much difference.

[Proodustommor]

God touches me at night.

On a more thread-related note, can you really tell the difference between the RAM speeds then? I've never tried it but I always assumed that for everyday use it wouldn't make much difference.

I'd think you'd be able to notice a decrease of RAM speed by half.

Also, since it is tied to the processor speed through FSB multiplier, you'd really be feeling it.

[Khurlxgq]

FSB * Multi = CPU speed.

Wouldn't the CPU speed show up correctly still with the memory divider set wrong?

[indianstory]

Wouldn't the CPU speed show up correctly still with the memory divider set wrong?

Yes the CPU speed would be correct if it was just the memory divider that was incorrectly set. On waters' board though the memory ratios is on a different page in the BIOS to the FSB settings so unless you look it's something that's easily missed. Poor design I'd say.

[DaleJrGirl]

What I don't get is how you saw that it was "slow" for several months and never did any investigation? Mad Onion Status suspended.

DDR400? WAT DA HEIIIIIL? GET SOM DDR3 SON.

Otherwise, you've been an onion way too long for anyone here to revoke your status. I remember you many years back when I had my old account.

[weO1bVp1]

I'm not at my home PC - I've been thinking of asking for help, but the Gigabyte forums are full of people with the same issue and the same chipset combinations.

I upped the NB voltage, relaxed the CAS/RAS/ReCH timings etc - I even followed the SPD timings. I think it's a Mobo issue with the RAM I have.

Have you tried leaving it at that setting and raising the base clock? I had a gigabyte board that refused allowing me to change the NB frequency multiplier, but if I upped the base clock and kept the multi the same then it was fine.

[leflyCode]

DDR400? WAT DA HEIIIIIL? GET SOM DDR3 SON.

This 939 board is pretty maxed out in every manner - max CPU, max speed on 2 sticks of memory, and nearly max on the AGP. Any desired worthwhile upgrade means a full system overhaul. Honestly, I don't play enough new games or use any power apps that require much more power than what I have, so I'm able to still enjoy this current setup (as long as I don't underclock the parts again [rolleyes]).

Next upgrade is a 24"+ LCD which will probably lead me to buy a new game which will lead me to curse the framerate of this video card which will lead to probably an $800 overhaul.

[bWn4h8QD]

Next upgrade is a 24"+ LCD which will probably lead me to buy a new game which will lead me to curse the framerate of this video card which will lead to probably an $800 overhaul.

i bet you could get a night and day overhaul for half of that

[boltondd]

For months I've been bitching to everyone that my system feels sluggish. I even went so far as to blame Windows 7 and declare that Vista is faster.

Today, by accident, I launched CPUID. Once opened, I got curious and poked around. Under the 'Memory' tab, I noticed that my memory speed was listed as 105 Mhz. How odd. I thought I had better check this in the BIOS. Reboot. Sure enough, my DDR400 has been in DDR200 mode for the past several months.

This is a sad day to pretend to be an Onion. On the plus side, my system feels pleasantly snappy again! [thumbup]

u are fogiven and from a higher rank, u can here by sleep at night


edit, this post is a damn old timers reunion,

hi patric lol

[flopay]

This 939 board is pretty maxed out in every manner - max CPU, max speed on 2 sticks of memory, and nearly max on the AGP. Any desired worthwhile upgrade means a full system overhaul. Honestly, I don't play enough new games or use any power apps that require much more power than what I have, so I'm able to still enjoy this current setup (as long as I don't underclock the parts again [rolleyes]).

Next upgrade is a 24"+ LCD which will probably lead me to buy a new game which will lead me to curse the framerate of this video card which will lead to probably an $800 overhaul.

I have an HD3850 AGP for sale. PM me if you're interested or have anything interesting to swap - should be a nice little jump from your 2600.