ordered some well reviewed g skill 8gb dual channel ram for my thinkpad. computer however is less responsive (slower start up times, slower times while opening programs, lag while typing etc) than it was with the 2gb stick that was in there earlier. the timings that the bios is running are 7-7-7-20 but the timings on the ram are 9-9-9-24. would bios forcing tighter timings on the ram be causing this issue? i cant think of anything else that would cause the system to slow down as opposed to get smoother with more ram.
suggestions are welcome. figured i would ask here before i send this back and get ram that matches timings in bios.
Forgot to mention that I ram Memtest on it for about 15 hour. 8 passes 0 errors. So the ram is fine I think.