Re: Help needed configuring and overclocking

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:00

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Ross Vumbaca <rossv@au.net.fl> wrote in message news:3A8B6BCA.CD465EA3@au.net.fl...
> Rod Speed wrote:

>>>> CAS2 and CAS3 are just two different specs of sdram. CAS2 is faster.

>>> CAS latency is the Column Address Strobe latency of the RAM.
>>> Lower values mean that the RAM responds faster to a memory access.

>> I know that. It doesnt mean much to most so I just say it like I did.

> I have CAS3 ram in my PC, but I configured the BIOS to run it at
> CAS2, if the RAM can't cope, would I just get stability problems?

Yep, same situation as overclocking, you're running it outside the specs
that its guaranteed to be able to do, so its performance isnt guaranteed
when CAS2 timing is used. And yes, if it doesnt work well with CAS2
timing, you'll just get memory errors, it wont kill it or anything.

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