How do you set RAM timings in BIOS?

Bookcase14

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Sep 28, 2004
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I'm kind of a newbie with RAM timings in BIOS, usually i just run the default and it's all good. My gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 is giving me problems though and I'm trying to changet he ram Timings. My RAM is this, http://www.mushkin.com/epages/...77/Product/View/991089
The timings should be at 2-3-2 at 400mhz, but i think my RAM is at 2-3-4 or something like that. I'm obviosuly having stability issues with this board, but who isn't. What numbers do I change in the BIOS to fix my timings to 2-3-2, and also, I enabled 2T timing. Should I have? Thanks guys.
 

Mrvile

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Oct 16, 2004
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No you should have 1T. I assumed you tried changing the timings under (I don't know if these are the right categories, I use an MSI) DRAM.

The first number is CAS latency, can be set from 2.0 up to 4.something, usually you want 2.0 or 2.5. The next two are tRCD and tRP, usually set to 2 or 3, these two numbers should always be the same. The last one is tRAS, which is set anywhere from 5 to 10, these don't make too much of a difference and changing these usually shouldn't affect stability.

More about timings here: http://www.anandtech.com/memor...oc.aspx?i=2223&p=5