Reducing memory speed for cpu compatibility? - Page 2

Ameel · 30th July 2012, 8:24 PM

I bough another set of GSkill. The guy sold me DDR3 1600mhz instead of 1066 (which is what the 1st set was). I asked if I could return if it's not working on my setup given pre-existing problems. He agreed.

I plugged them in and booted without a glitch. All settings in bios are on auto for ram.

Raykay · 30th July 2012, 9:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Ameel

I bough another set of GSkill. The guy sold me DDR3 1600mhz instead of 1066 (which is what the 1st set was). I asked if I could return if it's not working on my setup given pre-existing problems. He agreed.

I plugged them in and booted without a glitch. All settings in bios are on auto for ram.

Yeah, ratios are normally set at an auto level. My 1333 ram will register as 1333 on my 930 but 800 on my e5504, just have to manually bump up the ratio then its all good.

Ameel · 31st July 2012, 8:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Raykay

Yeah, ratios are normally set at an auto level. My 1333 ram will register as 1333 on my 930 but 800 on my e5504, just have to manually bump up the ratio then its all good.

yup, that's all good, thanks.

oh and i misread. the first gskill set was 1333mhz and 2nd set was 1600mhz. Both kits running at 1333mhz at the moment.

I don't really mind ram of speed, not for this server. it was bsod that was really annoying.

in any case most definitely issues were with both ocz kits (or some weird incompatibility with my mobo). will run memtest within next few days before I decide to sell or rma the ram sticks

evilasdeath · 31st July 2012, 7:47 PM

When you had the old ram how did you set the timing? Via SPD or manually?

I have found in the past that if you leave it to SPD it will use the lower speed profile even if that is not what the sticks are rated for. In order to get the faster speeds you have to ether manually define the timings or enable the XMP profile which has the higher clock speed.

If you have had the previous memory in the system set manually when you put the new ram in the system it would have tried to run at tighter timings than the newer chips would probably allow (speed isn't the only important attribute)

If you have BIOS set to SPD it should boot with timings that work.

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31st July 2012, 7:47 PM	#19
evilasdeath Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,843	When you had the old ram how did you set the timing? Via SPD or manually? I have found in the past that if you leave it to SPD it will use the lower speed profile even if that is not what the sticks are rated for. In order to get the faster speeds you have to ether manually define the timings or enable the XMP profile which has the higher clock speed. If you have had the previous memory in the system set manually when you put the new ram in the system it would have tried to run at tighter timings than the newer chips would probably allow (speed isn't the only important attribute) If you have BIOS set to SPD it should boot with timings that work.