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    Posted: 09 May 2008 at 11:42am
I want to upgrade from the XMS 800 to the Dominator 1066. Can I do this
myself? It looks awful tight with the 8800GTX video card. Should the memory be put in a certain way? Bottom to top or top to bottom. I bought a grounding strap, but I'm still very nervous. Can some one give me step to step. Do I need to go into Bios. to set things up. I'm a nervous wreck. 
Thanks so much,
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I think, if you are that nervous doing this, that you would be best served by calling DSO and having someone walk you through the process while you are on the phone with them.
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Dear Tyler,
 
I'm sorry for sounding so nervous, I know I can do this. One question.can I install and restart or do I need to go into bios?
Thanks so much,
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You can just install and start up the computer. You don't have to do anything in BIOS unless you want to tweak timings.
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Dear Tyler,
Digital Storm should thank there lucky stars to have someone like you. You are the bee's knee's
Thanks so much,
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Dear Tyler,

It's been a while since we've last spoken.  I've missed you so and hope that you've gotten over that nasty bout of herpes you contracted from my sister last year.   A good quality ointment can help you much if applied in the right area.  Do call when you get the chance.

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mpipes have you tried overclocking your 800 ram?
you should know that 1066 is nothing more than OC'd 800 (or maybe 667?) try boosting the times before you blow cash on new ram IMO
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Originally posted by harleyman

Dear Ed....   ROFLMAO.....
 
 
Dude...Seriously,you got issues.....LOL


I know my friend... I know.  Thank you for taking the time to remind of that.  Now, I'm going to go paint with my toes.
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Also make sure your board and your processor support the 1066 - otherwise your wasting your bucks.  Look at Newegg for prices as well - 4GB has dropped a bunch in the last few months.  They just had a sale the other day.  If you put 4 GB in you need a 64bit OS to take advantage of it all though. 
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"bees knees" god how old are you? not sure if these younglings know what the heck that means. i dont thats for sure. lol
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Dear Brian,
My grandmother used that phrase all the time to describe a person held in high regard. I'm old,but not that old.
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it just made me laugh because i just heard that saying on the "That 70 show" in which Eric was looking back in time trying to be funny talking like did way back then.
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Heh. I use that phrase, and I'm also not *that* old. Maybe it's simply wishful thinking on my part to believe that people could somehow find a way to return to more polite patterns of speech and the written word that placed less emphasis on excrement and fornication when attempting to be expressive.

Anyway, glad I could be of some help, Drumbanger, though I think SkyR's input may have been more useful.Wink
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Dear skyR,
Thanks for the advice,I got the memory in with no problems. Thanks for the help. It's the GURU"S like you on this site that help people like me everyday. My hat's off to you, and you are truly the BEE"S KNEE"S.
THANKS SO MUCH,
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LOL
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Dear John... er Drumbanger or Mpipes or screw it...
 
dude.
you can do it!  If you have an evga board then you need to go to bios and setup the Memory clock to 1066, then set your timings to 5.5.5.15.2T and your voltage to 2.1 or 2.2.
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Thanks Kelly, I'm a gal not a guy and I'll definitely give that a try.
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Dear Kelly... never mind.
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Dear Kelly,
Can you walk me thru step by step on how up adjust my bios for my 4gigs of 1066 ram? I went into bios and totally froze, one wrong move and I could blow up my puter.
Please help,
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PM me with your contact details, please
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Originally posted by Drumbanger

Thanks Kelly, I'm a gal not a guy and I'll definitely give that a try.
 
 
 
Hey Kelly, that's a good start.  At least you found out now and not the next morning like you usually do...Confused
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I have a ? along these lines. 

A website sent a buddy an extra packet of DDR2 OCZ SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB).  I am fine with my current specs (below) but as it is free RAM, should I (could I) drop this in my system?
 
I am fine with the simple install but would hate to mess up a system that is running great atm.  On the other hand I hate to pass up a couple more fps :)
 
Thanks in advance!
 
*edit* Vista 32bit


Edited by Lowes - 19 May 2008 at 10:06am
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2GB Corsair Dominator @ 1066MHz
8800ULTRA 768MB
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i dont know if you can, maybe if it overclocks to 1066 youll get away with it, what windows do you have
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...sorry was editing as you were posting. 

The OS is the other thing, I feel like I've read so many different things about vista 32bit and RAM.  I used to think it would only recognize around 3gb but ive read that its 4gb with sp1 installed. 
 
I figured I would just get some straight answers here before messing with it.

 
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To fully utilize anything more than 2GB of memory you would need a 64bit os.  A 32 bit os basically has a memory addressing allocation in place which assigns a certain amount of ram to all your internal hardware.  So that's why ppl with a 4gb ram and a 32 bit os gets varied results with their system properties.  Some say 2.7, some 2.5...  etc.
 
 
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Thanks Kelly that helps. 
 
So if I was to add this RAM it only looks like i woudl see a small increase in the amount my OS recognizes. 
 
Would I need to mess with the timings at all?  If so it doesnt really seem worth it, but if I can just drop it in and boot up I might as well do so.
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yes, you would have to adjust the memory timings to 5.5.5.15.2T, set voltage to 2.2, and manually set the frequency to 1066.  This is only for the corsair memory though. 
Now as far as mixing and matching 800 and 1066 memory, it won't work. 
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In a word, : "yes"

You can increase the bandwidth  (information per second) of your RAM by either increasing the clock speed, or by tightening your timings. It's two roads to the same thing, but sometimes, depending on the motherboard and RAM, pushing the speed higher can be tougher than tweaking the timings, or vice versa.
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