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My Ram isn’t running as fast as it should be?

12 Mar

I have OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory installed in my computer. But when I run CPU-Z, it tells me that my RAM is only running at 400mhz. Shouldn’t my RAM be running close to 1.0GHz since it is DDR2 1066? I am running Vista 64-bit also. Here is my setup:

APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply – Retail

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders – OEM

AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor Model HD960ZWCGDBOX – Retail

SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card – Retail

MSI K9A2 CF-F V2 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard – Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3320613AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive – OEM

Any suggestions?

 
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  1. alrightgrub

    March 12, 2010 at 11:43 am

    It will be restricted, MSI, Gigabyte like to do it for some reason, you’ll have to jump in your bios and overclock it slightly, but that might mess with your warranty.

     

  2. Mary C

    March 12, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    i have no clue what half of thoes things mean , but when my RAM was running slow i called up the computer people and they came to my house and i found out i had like 3 viruses, you might wana get checked out

     

  3. SeeYouLater_Zee

    March 12, 2010 at 12:48 pm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR2_SDRAM
    DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory technology.
    DDR2-1066 = 533MHz I/O bus clock, yours is 400MHz (*2=DDR2-800)

    Consult your motherboard manual for adjusting memory/bus ratio in BIOS.