Hello, recently I overclocked my computer and I was using an ASUS A8N-SLI (s939) and instead of setting a RAM divider, I set my frequency to 200MHz.
I was going to help a friend overclock his machine since he seemed interested but I ran into a problem. I was going to set the RAM divider to 1:2, but I didn't see the option. So I figured his mobo was like mine and I'd just clock down from 400MHz to 200MHz (we both have PC3200 DDR400), but the max setting was 333MHz. Odd I thought, most mobos should be able to go higher.
So I opened up CPU-Z and the DRAM frequency read 200MHz.
Now maybe I am wrong, but a RAM divider on a non-overclocked system should be 1:1, yes? So it should of read 400MHz, meaning he's been at half the RAM speed he should be getting?
Or I am reading something wrong? His RAM is from a Gateway and his motherboard is a Foxconn WinFast nf4uk8aa.
To further illustrate: http://img81.imageshack.us/img...bastianramissueci4.png
Any help and suggestions? He has two RAM modules, both 512MB and they're both from the Gateway (which came with the Gateway) and so I know ones not clocking down the other because it is slower. I'm either thinking the RAM is going bad but I don't know if that would be testable with memtest or the motherboard is going nuts (which his computer does act... badly at times. Random outages where he has to reset the CMOS, etc)
I was going to help a friend overclock his machine since he seemed interested but I ran into a problem. I was going to set the RAM divider to 1:2, but I didn't see the option. So I figured his mobo was like mine and I'd just clock down from 400MHz to 200MHz (we both have PC3200 DDR400), but the max setting was 333MHz. Odd I thought, most mobos should be able to go higher.
So I opened up CPU-Z and the DRAM frequency read 200MHz.
Now maybe I am wrong, but a RAM divider on a non-overclocked system should be 1:1, yes? So it should of read 400MHz, meaning he's been at half the RAM speed he should be getting?
Or I am reading something wrong? His RAM is from a Gateway and his motherboard is a Foxconn WinFast nf4uk8aa.
To further illustrate: http://img81.imageshack.us/img...bastianramissueci4.png
Any help and suggestions? He has two RAM modules, both 512MB and they're both from the Gateway (which came with the Gateway) and so I know ones not clocking down the other because it is slower. I'm either thinking the RAM is going bad but I don't know if that would be testable with memtest or the motherboard is going nuts (which his computer does act... badly at times. Random outages where he has to reset the CMOS, etc)
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