http://download.asrock.com/manual/P4VM800.pdfThe Stillhouse Kid wrote:
I Googled your motherboard looking for help, but most of the sites I found were in languages other than English, so I'm afraid I'm out of my depth there. But you should be able to find the help you need here:
http://www.ocwforums.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?f=31
Basically what you'd do is go into the motherboead's BIOS and look for the DRAM settings(may be called something else on your board) and raise the DRAM clock from the default 333MHz(PC2700) speed to 400MHz(PC3200). If you find that your memory won't run stable at this speed you may need to raise the voltage by a notch, but be sure to not go over 2.8 volts. To test your memory's stability run Memtest86 overnight, or at least 8 hours.
Unless you throw too much voltage into it, it wouldn't get hot enough to worry about.killinzero1 wrote:
will my ram get hot?
that would help more about how old is itleetkyle wrote:
you need to know the manufacturer ideally..
That's why I said to raise it by a notch first if it's not stable. I stated 2.8 as the suicide limit.CrazeD wrote:
Don't just tell him to throw 2.8V through it, because not all RAM will run that high. RAM is very sensitive to voltage adjustments, and you could very well fry it at that high.
I had come cheapo PNY PC2700 sticks that ran PC3200 without any timing or voltage changes, so you never know until you try.Also, is this value RAM? If so, I seriously doubt it will OC from 166MHz to 200MHz, but you may be able to pull some tighter timings out of it and/or OC your CPU a bit to raise the memory frequency.
Yeah, but to some sticks the limit is 2.7V or something. I agree with you, but I'm just making sure the message doesn't get across as "2.8V is fine in all cases", y'know?The Stillhouse Kid wrote:
That's why I said to raise it by a notch first if it's not stable. I stated 2.8 as the suicide limit.CrazeD wrote:
Don't just tell him to throw 2.8V through it, because not all RAM will run that high. RAM is very sensitive to voltage adjustments, and you could very well fry it at that high.I had come cheapo PNY PC2700 sticks that ran PC3200 without any timing or voltage changes, so you never know until you try.Also, is this value RAM? If so, I seriously doubt it will OC from 166MHz to 200MHz, but you may be able to pull some tighter timings out of it and/or OC your CPU a bit to raise the memory frequency.
Roger that, no problem.CrazeD wrote:
Yeah, but to some sticks the limit is 2.7V or something. I agree with you, but I'm just making sure the message doesn't get across as "2.8V is fine in all cases", y'know?The Stillhouse Kid wrote:
That's why I said to raise it by a notch first if it's not stable. I stated 2.8 as the suicide limit.CrazeD wrote:
Don't just tell him to throw 2.8V through it, because not all RAM will run that high. RAM is very sensitive to voltage adjustments, and you could very well fry it at that high.I had come cheapo PNY PC2700 sticks that ran PC3200 without any timing or voltage changes, so you never know until you try.Also, is this value RAM? If so, I seriously doubt it will OC from 166MHz to 200MHz, but you may be able to pull some tighter timings out of it and/or OC your CPU a bit to raise the memory frequency.