BIOS says DDR3-1866 running at 1600Mhz

[leftisthominid]

I was looking at my BIOS moments ago, and I noticed it said I was running 1600Mhz RAM. This is a problem, does anyone know how I fix this? Thanks!

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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $118.49)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (Purchased For $116.98)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Purchased For $76.49)
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[ghostpizza]

Hey buddy, this is pretty common because most motherboards tend to clock ram at their default ram clocking. To fix this you would have to go into your bios and then manually clock your ram to 1866 mhz. Normally the ram clocking section should be under the overclocking topic in your bios. Once you are there, you should change the dram memory frequency to the desired clocking (1866mhz for you).

 

[photonboy]

1) Update the motherboard BIOS if it's not up to date

2) Go into the BIOS and click "AMP" or "AUTO" as applicable to auto-set your DDR3 memory and CPU settings.

If AMP doesn't work, then you can always MANUALLY change the frequency but it's best to let the board try to find the optimal settings itself.

 

[leftisthominid]

There was no amp setting, so I went and changed it from AUTO to DDR-1866.