Crucial Ballistix 8500 trouble...

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KillerXL5

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Recently bought a single 1gb stick of Ballistix, put it in my motherboard (MSI K9A2 Platinum if that helps) Shown the speed as 800mhz and i have no real control over the timings so i chose the 1:1.66 and i got it to the default speed of 1066 restarted and i didnt get my boot up screen or anything for that matter...

I know loads of places recommend a matching pair of modules so i've ordered another stick not sure if its gonna help though :(
 
You still have to set the dram timings manually with the 2T not 1T setting as well as 1066. Now you have to clear the cmos by removing the battery for a half minute or so to see the defaults restored.

When putting this build together I could leave the speed setting at auto on the first board until that quit in 3 days time while the rest of the timings were still set manually to see 800 not 667 for the memory here. With the replacement selecting 800 was then necessary along with the 4-4-4-14 timings and 2T not 1T since I ended up clearing the cmos here with that.
 
So how do i set the timings on my board? On my old ECS KA3 MVP had it bright as day but on his new MSI its completely different :S
 
The board's manual will explain how to navigate through the advanced chipset and cpu settings where you then look for the dram timings area for user defined or manual rather then automatic. Each number is set for a different item with the option for auto, 1T, and 2T being the last. For most that would be 2T or auto best left at auto or see a need to clear the cmos again.

We refer to memory timings like 2-2-2-5. What does this mean? Well, these numbers are CAS Latency—RAS to CAS Delay—RAS Precharge—TRAS.
http://www.overclock.net/faqs/26706-info-ram-timings-dummies.html

When looking in the correct section once set to manual you first set the speed like 1066 there then the CAS above the next item. You would see:

auto or Memory speed = 1066mhz from a menu
CAS = 4
RAS to CAS delay = 4
RAS Precharge = 4
TRAS = 14
auto, 1T, 2T options

if the timings for the memory were 4-4-4-14. For mep916 substitute the 4-4-4-14 2T for 5-5-5-18 2T in each box where the number for each item is selected. The spec for the particular dimm there will show the actual timings to be set.
 
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