Crucial Ballistix 2Gb DDR2 PC2-5300/667

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I bought the Crucial Ballistix 2Gb DDR2 PC2-5300/667 kit the other day and it's all running fine on my system. One thing I have noticed though is that the timings it is running at on my computer seem to differ from whats listed on the Crucial website (http://www.crucial.com/store/p...DULE=BL2KIT12864AA663).

It says that it should run at 3-3-3-12 at 2.2V. But mine seems to be running at something different. I can't remember off the top of my head what it is as I'm not at my home computer (will check tonight) but it's something like 5-3-3-15 at 1.8V. Is this correct? Why would it run at this? How can I change it? Should I change it? Will it make much difference?

I did have a play in BIOS and tried to change the 'DDR2 OverVoltage Control' setting to '+0.2V' but when I looked in CPU-z it was still 1.8V!?

Any one able to help?

 

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This is what CPU-z shows currently:

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I honestly never knew that cpu-z displayed actual memory voltage but IIRC if you're only setting that memory Over Voltage to +0.2 you memory vDIMM is going to be 2.0v - I would try the memory at 2.0v just to see if it will work at that voltage but you're going to need to set up your timings manually. I don't know if you board supports EPP profiles but that is the only way for the 3-3-3-12 to be inputed automatically. Your memory will default to JEDEC specs in most cases, I have the same memory and need to set everything manually as my board does have EPP support but my memory runs at lower voltage which is always nice.