I recently put together my system and installed two 128 MB Crucial PC100 ECC RAM modules (Crucial item # CT16M72S4D8E). The specs for these particular modules list their SDRAM Timings as CL=2. I?m having difficulty figuring out how to adjust the settings within my BIOS to take advantage of the CL2 rating of the chips (I have an MSI BXMaster with Award BIOS).
Within the Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS are settings for SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay, SDRAM RAS Precharge Time, and SDRAM CAS Latency Time. All three of these items are set to 3 by default. Should I change all of them to 2 because of the CL2 rating, or do I only change the SDRAM CAS Latency Time to 2 and keep the others at 3?
Within this same Chipset Features Setup there is a setting for SDRAM Control, which can be either Manual or SPD. When SPD is selected the SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay and the SDRAM RAS Precharge Time settings are hidden. According to the MSI manual, when SPD is selected "the SDRAM time will load from the DIMM EEPROM value." How do I know if my RAM has EEPROM?
Within the Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS are settings for SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay, SDRAM RAS Precharge Time, and SDRAM CAS Latency Time. All three of these items are set to 3 by default. Should I change all of them to 2 because of the CL2 rating, or do I only change the SDRAM CAS Latency Time to 2 and keep the others at 3?
Within this same Chipset Features Setup there is a setting for SDRAM Control, which can be either Manual or SPD. When SPD is selected the SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay and the SDRAM RAS Precharge Time settings are hidden. According to the MSI manual, when SPD is selected "the SDRAM time will load from the DIMM EEPROM value." How do I know if my RAM has EEPROM?
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