CL2 and CL3 RAM???

[BZeto]

Ok, I am looking to buy 256 megs of RAM for my pc. My mobo is an Asus A7V133. I went to crucial and it gives me the option to but a CL2 or CL3 256 mb stick of RAM. Whats the difference? CL= CAS Latency right? On that page at crucial.com it also says "With the A7V series motherboards CAS Latency 2 modules must be manually set in the BIOS." What does that mean? set what? where do I look in my BIOS?

Should I buy CL2 or CL3?


thanks

 

[littlegohan]

cl2

is faster

also, u set the cas latency in turn bios
if u dont
they will be operating as cas3 ram

 

[TNTrulez]

Yep, what he said. If CL2 crashes your sys then just reset it to CL3.

 

[First]

BZeto, the lower the CL (CAS Latency) of your DRAM, the better.

You can enter your BIOS by pressing the Delete key usually. However your board may require a different key, possibly F2. But once you enter the BIOS, you should be able to find a setting that lets you change the CL of your RAM. You should keep your RAM's CL at 2 or 2.5, it depends on what type of module you're using.

 

[AndyHui]

Please read the FAQ: What does CAS2 and CAS3 RAM mean?

 

[BZeto]

Ok, thanks everyone... I know how to get into my BIOS and everything, I was just wondering where in my bios to look to change that CL setting. I looked and I found a way to change the CT or something... I'll probably just order the CL2 RAM.