Cheap memory running faster. Should I be alarmed?

[Oni]

I have some of that synchmax memory and its only supposed to be CAS3. Its a 256 meg dimm and gives me decent performance so I decided to try CAS2 even though it said not supported. So on my A7V I put the settings to 2:2:2 and upon first reboot my computer kept beeping at me so I knew it probably didn't work so I rebooted and my bios came up saying there was a problem and it said the settings were set to 3:3:3 for that purpose so I gave up and figured something was wrong. THEN I put it to By SPD which should have put it on normal and then all of a sudden the settings were 2:2:2 again. SOOOO I figured what the hell I'll reboot and see how it goes. After saving bios and rebooting with the new setting everything is fine. My computer is running a fraction faster than before, and I think its great.

After all this I'm just curious if its bad for the memory because it isnt supported, and didn't work the first time. The last thing I want is my 256 megs of ram to melt down or something crazy like that.
Any recommendations are welcomed

 

[Tempus]

It may be a bios error. It may be running at default speed and its tellling you 2:2:2. Not sure though, not the best authority on mobos or their drivers. Keep the case open for a while and keep an eye on the ram temp.

- "I forgot my shirt, but I had body glitter."

 

[Oni]

I think its actually running at that speed cause its all running faster. Everything runs faster and loads faster.

I got 2 case fans blowing air into the case and one blowing air out, not to mention the fan on the power supply. And on my processor I have a Globalwin FOP38 which used to be noisey until I took the grate off and filled my case with sound proofing foam. That heat sinc fan moves a crap load of air. Even over the memory.

 

[Guest]

I luv my fop38! My comp is right under my loft, and the fan helps me to sleep at night. And also...my heater doesn't work and my tbird raised my room temp by 3 degrees.=) I luv AMD!! Of course...I guess that heat could be seen as a bad thing for some...but hey, I'm all for blessings in disguise.

Oh yeah. I have cheap pc133 cas2 7ns. I run it at 100mhz stably...133 causes various programs to crash.

 

[mpjesse]

And your complaining? There's a demon in that there machine!!!

-MP Jesse