New ram added, big problems

kinger8938 · 21 Oct 2016 at 15:29

Hi there

I just today added another 2x4gb sticks of ram to my pc same type and serial number as what i already had

Went to boot and it tried 3 times to fire up and then would go to windows after a screen expaining it tried several times.

So i removed and replaced the cmos battery and then it booted fine. However now my overclock on my i5 settings have returned to default.

If i try and inout the old settings (or what i think they were) the pc does the funny boot sequence again (several attempts etc)

Whats happening? And on bf1 day!

new boy · 21 Oct 2016 at 15:57

Is it the same ram as the old stuff?

Sounds like its taking the XMP profile from one set, and the other set cant keep up.

kinger8938 · 21 Oct 2016 at 16:07

new boy said:
Is it the same ram as the old stuff?

Sounds like its taking the XMP profile from one set, and the other set cant keep up.

Its the same in terms of make, model number etc! Only think that differs is the version number but surely that should be ok? Original ram was purchased some years ago you see

As in they are both corsair 8gb sets 2x4 xms3 with model number CMX8GX3M2A1600C9

Both 9-9-9-24 1.65v

kinger8938 · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:13

if i return ram settings to auto (disabling xmp) then it seems fine? so maybe what ypou suggested is correct but then maybe i should return it and get 2x8gb sticks so i can enable xmp?

trying to remember what my cpu settings were, it was my first and only overclock! made a thread on hear at the time so have used that to try and guess how i had it, will see what happens

Or is the difference in 1333 to 1600 not worth worrying about? Only found out about xmp yesterday! Was set to 1333 for like 5+ years anyway

pastymuncher · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:42

Forget about XMP and set everything manually instead. Have you tried that yet? I don't think I have ever use XMP profiles as I usually end up tweaking things anyway.

kinger8938 · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:53

Yea if i go manual it durps too

new boy · 21 Oct 2016 at 19:49

Do the new sticks work ok on their own?

kinger8938 · 21 Oct 2016 at 20:49

as in to run at the intended speed? i will try that and get back

new boy · 22 Oct 2016 at 01:46

kinger8938 said:
as in to run at the intended speed? i will try that and get back

Yeah, does the new RAM run at the speed its advertised to.

kinger8938 · 22 Oct 2016 at 06:54

just tried the new ram on its own set at 1600 and it works :S

could it require a bios update? (i know nothing about that so just wondering?)

*UPDATE*

so when i did the above i took the old ram out of there original slots and put the new ram in those same slots and it worked fine. so i though lets try the old ram in the other slots..

lol? so thats weird