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DDR2 Voltages
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:00 am
by Kills On Site
So I have Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800 MHz RAM in two computers. Both with Abit IP-35 Pro motherboards and Core 2 Quads running 2.4 GHz. On both computers the DDR2 voltage clocks down to 1.8 V ev3en though on Crucial's site and Newegg it specifies 2.2 V. i uped the voltage to 2.2 and brought the timings to what they should be, 4-4-4-12-2T, the Abit IP-35 Pro also has some other settings that I made match what Crucial says. One system wouldn't even boot with the timings and voltage, the other took the timings and the voltage, but I just checked the votage, after leaving it for a few weeks, and it is back down to 1.8. I may have reset the mobo at some point, due to trying to solve a sound issue, but then the times would have retarted back to 5s. Can anyone explain why memory timings and voltages are so fucked up nowadays?
Re: DDR2 Voltages
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:06 am
by creep
If it's running at the rated speed and using less power than expected, what's the issue, chief?
Re: DDR2 Voltages
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:10 am
by Kills On Site
I guess the issue is why isn't it staying where I put it. Besides, can't running low times with low voltage render some stability issues? I haven't run into anything yet, but I don't want to. I won't have this motherboard for too much longer, had to RMA it due to dead sound, hopefully the new one will take the timings and voltages just as well.
Re: DDR2 Voltages
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:31 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
Thats odd, with my sticks of OCZ i needed to up the Voltige to 2.1V to get it to run 4-4-4-15 2T.
i know this sounds odd, but i think you will run into the same issue with the new Mobo, leave them as the slack timmings and update the bios. i can allmost bet that one of the releases addressed Ram issues.