Adding Ram o an OCed PC?

-iceblade^ · 14 Apr 2008 at 20:21

good or bad? i basically want to get two new sticks of ram to add to the ram i already have, and seeing as it's on a great deal on TWO, i may as well... will i have to sacrifice my OC, though? how do i go about adding in the ram?

Cob · 14 Apr 2008 at 20:40

Nothing in your sig indicates that you would have any issues (tho we don't know what speed your memory is currently running at).

I would just raise the northbridge/MCH voltage by 0.05-0.1v to boost it for running 4 sticks, and stick them in.

-iceblade^ · 14 Apr 2008 at 21:03

my mem is running at... 400.8 mhz, with 5-5-5-18 timings... basically when i OCed i left it at auto, but upped the volts from auto to 2V (spec, for my ram chips)...

so you're saying i should be able to just bung in the memory and then boot, preserving my overclock? i'll drop everything back to stock if i can't btw...

ta for the help, by the way

Cob · 14 Apr 2008 at 21:15

Yeah but raise your northbridge/MCH voltage by 0.1v first. You *may* need to raise your memory voltage by 0.05v too, but only if you get instabilities.

You should be able to trim your memory timings to 4-4-4-12 if it's running at 400mhz.

-iceblade^ · 15 Apr 2008 at 21:29

tried it today, and the system doesn't want to POST

Cob · 15 Apr 2008 at 21:57

Tried the 2 sticks on their own?

-iceblade^ · 15 Apr 2008 at 22:00

yep, and they work fine...

Yellowbeard · 15 Apr 2008 at 22:03

If you have the option, 2 x 2gb is the best way to move to more than 2gb of memory.

-iceblade^ · 15 Apr 2008 at 22:17

hey again, Yellowbeard

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i have 4x1 ram sticks, though - i couldn't afford the 2gb sticks when i bought 'em

Yellowbeard · 15 Apr 2008 at 22:24

I saw that. I was wondering if your retailer would allow you an exchange based on incompatibility. At at glance, it appears that you simply have 2 different modules types that won't play nice. This is rare but it is why I NEVER tell people to mix memory.

Are you booting by SPD or with timings and voltages set manually?

-iceblade^ · 15 Apr 2008 at 22:40

it's not two different types; it's the exact same type of ram, down to the product code...

i can't get into the bios... i get LEDs which mean a memory problem of some sort, but i've been having them since my board came - i can't run dual channel on it for some reason... and i am using auto timings, everythiong for my ram, except the volts, which i set at 2v - spec for my ram... the ram itself is 2 sets of these...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-066-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

Ace Modder · 15 Apr 2008 at 23:17

sounds like a fault motherboard slot maybe

Cob · 15 Apr 2008 at 23:30

Sounds like it.

-iceblade^ · 15 Apr 2008 at 23:37

oh great... and i'm past my 30 day fault period for the mobo... should i RMA it?

Cob · 15 Apr 2008 at 23:38

Test a single stick in all 4 slots and see if anything pops up.