MEMORY QUESTION

[brunell8]

How do I determine what CAS my memory is? I am running a Tiny computers AMD 900 with 256 mb PC100 and would like to upgrade to at least 384, possibly 512, but I want to make sure I get the right stuff. Any help is appreciated. Also, the way my system is setup, I have no way of checking the BIOS.

Darren

 

[esung]

unless you can enter the BIOS, there's no way you can see what's the actuall CAS setting.

But since you are buying more RAM, might as well get CAS2 since the price difference wasn't that much anyway.

 

[Techwhore]

You can find out the CAS latency your RAM can support and what it's currently running at by getting SiSoft's Sandra benchmarking utility. As for not being able to get into your BIOS, I find that hard to believe... what are u supposed to do if you were to add a new hdd or cdrom and wanted it set a specific way? Or what if u wanted to change the boot sequence? I'm sure u can get into your bios...

 

[brunell8]

According to the manufacturer, all Thunderbird motherboards are set up in a way that restricts access to the BIOS, which doesn't make sense to me either, but since it is new I don't plan on changing anything other than adding RAM. But, will I be able to add CAS2 RAM without conflicts with my current memory since I don't know what the CAS settings are?

 

[Vampire]

Sorry, but the manufacturer is misleading you. Do you know what motherboard your system uses? Did you receive a manual for the motherboard with the computer? Does it say anything on-screeen when you turn it on like "Press Del to enter setup"?

 

[tlarson1]

Download a program called "Belarc Advisor", it's free and no spyware.
It will tell you what mobo you have....t

 

[brunell8]

There is no option to go into setup during the boot process. I've already tried that.

 

[Techwhore]

If you can find out what board you're running, u can find out what BIOS is on it. If i'm not mistaken, I believe that Award offers a utility to change BIOS settings within Windows. I'm not sure if Award actually supplies the software or if it's third party made for Award. Either way, you can view and change settings from within that.

EDIT: Sandra will also tell u motherboard you're running and perhaps even the BIOS that's on it, it's a very useful diagnostic/benchmark.