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Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC8000 1Gb Kit

"With excellent performance and great value for money, these modules are ideal for Intel's up-and-coming Core 2 Duo (Conroe) processors as well as AMD's AM2 processors"


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Posted on Jun 29, 2006, 9:00 AM UTC by Winston Chim
Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC8000 1Gb Kit
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Installation and BIOS Settings

Installation 

 

Installation was fairly straight forward. No problems here. Needless to say ... just make sure you don't  insert the modules the wrong way round. During our tests we used Abit's AW8D motherboard, the DIMM slots are colour coded for easy installation of the memory modules ... thus enabling dual channel memory mode. I presume a majority of motherboards now have this. The next step is to adjust the BIOS settings for memory timings and voltage.

 

Fully installed
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BIOS Settings

This part is very important. Running the memory at the wrong timings, speed  and voltage can damage your memory modules and also reduce the performance of your whole system. 

BIOS    BIOS2
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If you are unsure what divider to use or what memory timings to set ... it is best that you leave all memory settings to SPD or AUTO. In our tests,  we selected SPD in the BIOS.

Voltage adjustments are needed for overclocking ... again if you do not plan to overclock, I recommend that you leave this setting alone. During our overclocking tests we increased the voltage to 2.2v.

 

 

 

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