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Summary: My new RAM crashes when XMP is enabled. Should I return it?
A few days ago I upgraded my DDR4 RAM, from 2 x 8GB sticks of 3200MHz C16 to 2 x 8GB sticks of 3600MHz C16.
With the old sticks, I simply activated XMP in the BIOS and they ran perfectly well. But with the new sticks, with XMP enabled I started getting game crashes within 5-10 mins of playing. Windows didn't BSOD, it was just the game that crashed. I'd never seen that kind of crash in this game before.
After a quick bit of Googling, I increased the DRAM voltage. It has an Auto setting at 1.352V, so I manually set it to 1.36V. Since then, I've had no more crashes.
My question is: should I expect the RAM to work out-of-the-box with XMP enabled and no tweaking? Should I return the RAM as faulty? Or is it expected that you sometimes have to tweak the voltage, even with XMP enabled?
A few days ago I upgraded my DDR4 RAM, from 2 x 8GB sticks of 3200MHz C16 to 2 x 8GB sticks of 3600MHz C16.
With the old sticks, I simply activated XMP in the BIOS and they ran perfectly well. But with the new sticks, with XMP enabled I started getting game crashes within 5-10 mins of playing. Windows didn't BSOD, it was just the game that crashed. I'd never seen that kind of crash in this game before.
After a quick bit of Googling, I increased the DRAM voltage. It has an Auto setting at 1.352V, so I manually set it to 1.36V. Since then, I've had no more crashes.
My question is: should I expect the RAM to work out-of-the-box with XMP enabled and no tweaking? Should I return the RAM as faulty? Or is it expected that you sometimes have to tweak the voltage, even with XMP enabled?