CL 2.5 DDR memory...?

[wildwarren]

Can someone please explain to me what the CL = 2.5 is measuring or saying about the memory?

 

[Corporate Thug]

it is the Cas (Column Address Strobe) latency, basically it is a measure of how fast the memory is accessed. all you need to know is lower is better

 

[wildwarren]

Alright....thanks for the explanation but it gives me another question to ask.

I'm using an MSI kt4v motherboard, an xp 2400, a 512 stick of Apacer ddr 2700 ram, geforce 4 ti4200, an old maxtor 20gig hdd, burner, floppy, cd drive. I boot it up and get no picture and three beeps from the computer. I thought that meant ram, am I wrong?

Would the board and ram not mix well?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

 

[Corporate Thug]

what kind of bios?

try to reseat the ram

edit: it looks like it has AMI bios and according to this it is a memory issue. you should try to put the memory in a different slot