View Full Version : *Sigh*...what does this mean?
ShaneS
03-04-2007, 07:39 PM
I purchased 2gb of Cruical Ballistix PC2-8000, but in CPU-Z it shows up as Max Bandwidth: PC2-6400 (400mhz). The packaging from Cruicial says PC2-8000 CL5 EPP....but CPU-Z is reporting something different. :(
Is this simply a CPU-Z reporting issue, is there a setting in the Bios I missed (I haven't messed with any settings), any ideas??
It isn't like Crucial to completely mismark the box and internal packaging for RAM, so I'm thinking soemthing else is up. Any ideas?
System specs:
E6600
Intel Bad Axe 2
2GB of ????????????
Evga 8800GTX
Silverstone 1KW
150GB Raptor
SB Fatality Xtreme Gamer Pro
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Lvcoyote
03-04-2007, 07:42 PM
You using the latest CPU-z version???
ShaneS
03-04-2007, 07:45 PM
You using the latest CPU-z version???
I am using version 1.39.
I think that's the lastest version.
Lvcoyote
03-04-2007, 07:57 PM
Fire off an e-mail to crucial, see what they have to say about it. They usually respond real quick.
ShaneS
03-04-2007, 08:04 PM
Fire off an e-mail to crucial, see what they have to say about it. They usually respond real quick.
I'll do that tommorrow morning.
The issue is, I bought it a month ago when I was getting parts for my new PC. Ijust installed it today, and I bought it from Newegg (in the retail box).
It reports as PC-800 in the bios, so something is telling me that I might have a bios setting causing my ram to report at a lower speed then it actually is. Is this possible?
theelectic
03-04-2007, 08:14 PM
CPU-Z is reading what's in the SPD, and what's in the SPD is typically low speed, high latency timings so you can actually boot your motherboard with the RAM, then go into the BIOS and adjust settings manually. If the SPD were programmed at the actual max timings, some motherboards have trouble booting. Or use EPP mode as it were, that will have the correct timings. There's nothing wrong with your RAM.
Rattle
03-04-2007, 08:15 PM
this is normal, just a speed flash
ShaneS
03-04-2007, 08:39 PM
this is normal, just a speed flash
Ahh, ok.
Not sure if youguys can help me out with this other issue, but if you could please take the time and have a look I would greatly apprecaite it.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=136070
Any ideas on this one, guys?
Thanks!!
UnholyBUrger
03-05-2007, 04:42 AM
You using the latest CPU-z version???
Remember the question mark and exclamation rule.
One or none at all.