lol...
found it in my BIOS...

but only can st it to 2 or 3... so i think i'll put it on 2...

by the way, is 2 slower or faster??
if it's slower, doesn't that mean my comp will slightly be slower whenever it tries to access the memory???
plz explain it to me...
thx...

- E2

For an overview of CAS latency have a look at:
http://www.corsairmicro.com/main/trg-cas.html

Bsically 2 is faster than 3, so I would try setting to 3. If this dont fix your issue then you'll have to look elsewhere m8.

2 is indeed faster then 3, much fast in fact, but if you are having problems you need to try 3 first!!

For reference, this setting is often under a heading called "advanced chipset features"

Memory settings like this are potentially very dangerous, so you should only play with them if you know what you're doing and are willing to accept the consequences. I've corrupted my registry on several occasions doing this...

well... i tried it, set it to 2, but.....
once i did, and restarted, the computer gave me a black screen... nothing happens... just the HDD light is lit...

i had to remove the little battery to reset the bios sets... now, i'm back to Auto again... am i doing something wrong?? all i did is to set it to 2... tho the DRAM thing was still set to auto...

That's what happens when you set your ram timings too aggressively...you pushed the ram past what it can handle. This is why its important to buy quality ram!!!

PS...be thankful all you had to do was reset the CMOS

LMAO....

thank GOD, man.... :D



but i still have a question...
u told me to try 3 first... well, what is 'auto' doing? set it either 2 or 3? or set it in between 2 and 3?
i mean, if i couldn't boot at 2, then i have to set it to 3, which is the only choice for 'auto', so, theoritically, there's nothing i can do, right?

Your guess is as good as mine as far as what Auto is. It's probably 3. It could be higher. It could be 2.5. What you could try is downloading sisoft sandra, and do the memory bandwidth benchmark when its set at 3 and when it's set at Auto, and see which one gives you a better (higher) score. Or they might be more or less the same.