Timing Setting Mode option in BIOS

[Ernesto15]

I just flashed my BIOS with the help of you guys jejejeje.... well I was wondering if you can tell me about this new option that I got after the update, the option is "Timing Setting Mode" in the manual says "This item determines the timing setting mode of the memory. We recommend you leave this item at the default value."it have 4 levels normal, fast, turbo and ultra.<BR>the manual tells me that it is recomended that I leave it in normal mode, but I set it in turbo mode and my 3dmark2k1 score increase like 300 score... the only thing i see is that my psu is a bit more hot but all my system is cooler after flashing the BIOS, normally my cpu is at 36° C, before it was like 46°C.

[BAM!]

the timing is the latency setting for the memory. if you don't know what the factory timing setting for your memory is, you should just use the turbo mode. the turbo mode will use whatever the fastest timing it can safely handle. sometimes manufally changing the latency can produce better score however if you set it wrong or specified timing is too agressive for the chips to handle, the computer won't boot up at all. you're gonna haev to clear the CMOS to get it boot back up. i suggest you do a search for your module of memory see what timing they are. ie. my corsair twinx pc3200 has timing of 2-2-2-6. i think setting it to turbo mode is more than sufficient for you. <BR><BR>and the temperature difference is just a fix for the previous temp dectection error. almost all Nforce2 board's earlier version of bios have that kind of temp error.

[Ginsu543]

It seems to me that it's talking about ram timing settings. In my BIOS, I not only get those pre-set values (normal, fast, turbo, and ultra), there is a user-define setting that allows me to change one or all of four settings: (1) Tras Cycle Time, (2) RAS# Precharge, (3) RAS#-to-CAS# Delay, and (4) CAS# Latency. Lower the numbers, faster the ram works. But lower numbers also can mean less stability, so you have to fool around with the values to find the lowest that still gives you a stable computing environment. The other thing is that the higher you set the FSB, higher the ram timings will have to be to stay stable. In my rig, at 204 MHz FSB (or 408 MHz DDR), the values that work are 6-3-3-2, respectively. When I had my FSB at 169 MHz, I had it down to 4-2-2-2. Higher quality ram should allow you lower settings per FSB speed.<BR><BR>Does your BIOS allow you to change these specific settings or do they only have the four you mentioned?

[Ernesto15]

It only has the 4 options, no numbers.

[Ginsu543]

Then I would go with Bam!'s advice.