This is my Computer i just wanted to know what kind of motherboard i have because i know its not an ASUS or atleast i dont think it is.....all i can get from google is that its an ATI Chipset...
http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review2630_specs13159.html
i also wanted to know what "changing you ram timings is and if i can do this i have bought some extra ram from online "ebay" and it works perfect the comp. recognized it right away but i heard chaning the settings maximizes performance which im sure everybody wants to do any help would be appreciated thanks.....
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just wanted to ask another Question 3 in total sorry lol.....but i just bought a Wireless linksys router for my comp i have had my xbox hooked up through a cross over cable from pc to xbox but i was wondering if i could use a cross over cable as a normal ethernet cable like from my router port 1 to my comp????
1. Go into your device manager (right click on my computer, click hardware, then go device manager) and it should in theory list your mobo there. It will also list it in the BIOS on the first screen (with the memory test).
2. Changing your RAM timings is basically a process where you run memory at different speeds to normal to optimise memory usage. I personally wouldn't recommend the process, you're better off leaving things as they are, especially with buying RAM off ebay.
3. You can use a normal LAN cable to connect your PC to the router directly if you don't want to use a wireless facility. Port 1 is the port you want here.
Hi theridges,
Memory speed is 200MHz (400DDR) however you are wondering about your timings, right?
It seems you have 2x256MB and 2x512MB in 128-bit mode (dual-channel).
In this configuration you should use SPD settings, in other words automatic, as sammorris has said.
Download CPU-Z
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and you can examine each of your 4 memory sticks individually, to see what their SPD timing info is.
If you find your 512's are very fast (like mine) and your 256's are very slow, then your whole 1.5GB will be running at the slow speed.
There will also be an additional 'tick' latency penalty for running 4 memory sticks.
The hottest setup would therefore be 2x1024MB sticks with very fast timings :^)
However, 4 sticks running more relaxed timings will be just fine for most folks, as long as everything is nice and stable.
Check the BIOS settings available to you, after reviewing what your PC is actually delivering by using the CPU-Z.
The big danger in using 4 sticks of RAM is that the memory will drop back to 166MHz (333DDR) which is PC2700 speed, but this does not always happen anymore because of the advanced Socket939 memory controller, it works so much better that previous technology (ie. SocketA) which did not like 4 sticks.
Anyway, the only way to see what's going on EXACTLY is the CPU-Z, so check it out, you will learn much info.
Regards
thanks for your help i have found out using sisoft that i have a micro-star mobo,here is my other question about the ram i have 4 sticks in right now 2 are 256mb samsung i believe there other 2 are 1024 mb each but im using 2....the thing is when i upgraded them i bought the 1GB sticks off Ebay sortoff cheap.non namebrand my computer picks them up perfect but in sisoft it said only 4mb instead of 1024mb sticks i was so confused and in sisoft it said they were running at 3-3-5 i believe dont know if that is good or not......and i do have a socket 939 so im good there thanks for your help......
3-3-5, while not the best in the world ever, is a reasonable speed. If in Sisoft they're only recognised as 4MB then it just mean Sisoft can't commmunicate with them, not that there's anything wrong with them. Since 4 sticks of RAM usually creates latency issues however, you may be better off just using the 2x1GB sticks, 2.5GB won't see that much of a benefit over 2GB unless you really do exceed it, I'd be surprised. Since you're using an Athlon64 however, in Windows Vista 2.5GB will act like 1280MB, since 64-bit kernels use double the memory of 32-bit ones. Maybe you could save for another upgrade come Vista!
