Ok so my Mum's computer which she had used for 10 Years broke the other day when I told her it was long due an upgrade and didn't listen. After busseling around trying to get a new one up and running ready for a tax returns I purchased the items below and set to build it.
- Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
- ASRock H77 Pro4-M Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
- Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black
- Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- 500W Cooler Master power supply
- 500GB Seagate Barracuda
- Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±R
After getting everything together I found that the system kept getting stuck in boot loops and crashing on the installer. My first train of thought was to check the memory as this is always the 1. Easiest part to test and 2. Most likely to be faulty.
After running a memtest which showed 13000 errors upon completion I went to Overclockers to request a RMA refund while also ordering a new set of RAM at the same time so the computer wouldn't be down for longer than needed.
After then receiving the new set I was greeted by the same problem. Then took some of my Corsair RAM of the same spec (Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz) to see the effect. To my surprise it worked first time but was showing a slightly lower speed in Speccy as per normal. I found that the default AUTO option in the BIOS was not compatible/working correctly and had to be manually set to the manual option for 1600 which caused the RAM to under clock just slightly to 798 Mhz or 1596 while also keeping the 9-9-9-25 timings.
After this the patriot RAM worked as expected. Now my argument is surely this should be labeled something. Now I don't know if this is an error with the RAM it self seeing as I have never had any that had to run at 1596 MHz but surely users aren't expected to have spare RAM at home to be able to change a BIOS setting.
Anyway anybody else seen anything like this/have any advice on why the RAM has to be running at 1596 Mhz to work correctly
Syther101
- Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
- ASRock H77 Pro4-M Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
- Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Midi Tower Case - Black
- Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- 500W Cooler Master power supply
- 500GB Seagate Barracuda
- Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±R
After getting everything together I found that the system kept getting stuck in boot loops and crashing on the installer. My first train of thought was to check the memory as this is always the 1. Easiest part to test and 2. Most likely to be faulty.
After running a memtest which showed 13000 errors upon completion I went to Overclockers to request a RMA refund while also ordering a new set of RAM at the same time so the computer wouldn't be down for longer than needed.
After then receiving the new set I was greeted by the same problem. Then took some of my Corsair RAM of the same spec (Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz) to see the effect. To my surprise it worked first time but was showing a slightly lower speed in Speccy as per normal. I found that the default AUTO option in the BIOS was not compatible/working correctly and had to be manually set to the manual option for 1600 which caused the RAM to under clock just slightly to 798 Mhz or 1596 while also keeping the 9-9-9-25 timings.
After this the patriot RAM worked as expected. Now my argument is surely this should be labeled something. Now I don't know if this is an error with the RAM it self seeing as I have never had any that had to run at 1596 MHz but surely users aren't expected to have spare RAM at home to be able to change a BIOS setting.
Anyway anybody else seen anything like this/have any advice on why the RAM has to be running at 1596 Mhz to work correctly
Syther101
