Issue with RAM frequency.

[Advent]

Ok so it turns out that my IV Gene isn't dead. Just a slightly bent pin. Fixed that and the 4th piece of memory shows up. All the RAM is showing up @ 1333 MHz instead of 1866 (its native speed). So I went into the BIOS and set it to XMP and the speed to 1866 MHz. The BIOS says that the RAM is @ 1866 MHz but CPUz says the RAM frequency is 666.7 MHz. Should it not display 1866 MHz?

Also I cannot get this machine to OC for the life of me. I'm using a 3930K which the previous owner had overclocked to 4.5 GHz no problem. I'm sure it's because I am doing it wrong and have never OC'd this particular CPU or used this board before.....

 

Anyone up to help me out?

[Tea1337]

it's 666.7 X 4 or something like that, it's not at that low of a freequency

[Advent]

it's 666.7 X 4 or something like that, it's not at that low of a frequency

 

That is what I thought but I was like... dafuq? And 666.7 x 4 would be 2666.8 so I'm not sure that is what it is either.

[Tea1337]

That is what I thought but I was like... dafuq? And 666.7 x 4 would be 2666.8 so I'm not sure that is what it is either.

if it's x2 you would still be at 1333mhz, so i think your system is still running at 1333

[TheSLSAMG]

DDR3 gets it's name as it is Double Data Rate. The speed you see should be doubled to get the actual speed. You are running at 1333.

[Bad2049]

666.7 x 4 = 2666.8

 

Just the way my RAM is: 836.1 x 2 = 1672.2

[Advent]

DDR3 gets it's name as it is Double Data Rate. The speed you see should be doubled to get the actual speed. You are running at 1333.

Yeah I know what DDR stands for, just thought the tool would grab the actual speed not the DDR rate. So since I am still running @ 1333 the XMP didn't take... zzzz

 

Anyone have any ideas?

[TheSLSAMG]

Yeah I know what DDR stands for, just thought the tool would grab the actual speed not the DDR rate. So since I am still running @ 1333 the XMP didn't take... zzzz

 

Anyone have any ideas?

Bad CPU memory controller?

[Advent]

Bad CPU memory controller?

No, if that was the case not all the memory would populate. I thought that was the case initially when only 3 sticks showed up. Was just a slightly bent cpu pin. Fixed that and all 4 show up.

 

I'm sure it is something I am doing/not doing under the BIOS. I'm not familiar with the ASUS tuner stuff at all.

 

This RAM frequency happens across 2 3930K's so it can't be 2 bad memory controllers.

[Cwazywazy]

My 1600mhz sticks are automatically set to 1333mhz in the bios. I have to manually set it to 1600. (Then its over clocked to 1800mhz )

[Advent]

Ok so I set the BIOS to manual and the 1866 MHz and that worked. Now to get it to OC. As a side note the Crucial MOD tool (used to change color/lighting effects) on the Tactical Tracer doesn't really work with Win8 and has issues on x79 chipsets.