CORSAIR DOMINATOR... Help Needed

[MaXXimus]

I have the 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit and on boot and within Everest its showing as DDR2 800. I am unfamilier with what needs to be done within my Maximus Formula BIOS to get it to what it should be.

[MaXXimus]

Ok so I changed it in BIOS for 1066... when it boots it says 1066MHz but in Everest this is what it is showing:

DIMM1: Corsair Dominator CM2X2048-8500C5D 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)

DIMM3: Corsair Dominator CM2X2048-8500C5D 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-13 @ 270 MHz)


Also in CPU-Z it shows as:

Slot 1 & 3 DDR2 PC2-6400 (400MHz)

Any help please, before I toss this out the window... starting to wish I had kept my crap Alienware lol.

[speedfreak86]

Notice that Everest shows some whack readings, but they are actually the profiles that are in the ram. The actual speed is reported on the memory tab.

[MaXXimus]

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x38/JckRoush/Capture1.jpg

[speedfreak86]

Looks like it is running 1068Mhz to me. (as was said in another thread here a couple days ago)DDR=Double data rate, so multiply by two to get the "effective" speed.

[MaXXimus]

Well thats what I thought but was looking at the 400MHz showing in Everest and was like... ok 800MHz wtf?

[zfactor]

1066 is technically 800 factory overclocked.. so a lot of times it gets reported as reg 800...