Is my RAM running in single channel?

Drake5 · 2 Mar 2013 at 12:39

I have this RAM:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-133-GL

CPU-Z says this:

My motherboard has 4 RAM slots and the sticks of RAM are installed next to each other.

Can anyone advise me further please?

Thanks

marc2003 · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:18

putting them next to each other is the problem. it should go in slots 1-3 or 2-4.

Surveyor · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:22

The RAM is also only running at 1330MHz (665x2).

Drake5 · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:28

Thanks guys, switched them over and it's now running in dual channel.

Is the RAM now running as fast as it should? If not what do I need to do to fix it?

Cheers

TwsT · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:36

no for 1600 mhz it should be 800 per channel.

Drake5 · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:38

So what do I need to do?

This is my mobo:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B75 Pro3-M/?cat=Specifications

- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 2200(OC)***/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

TwsT · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:55

jump in the bios and go to the overclocking settings and enable XMP if you can or increase the DRAM frequency or multiplier to 1600 Depending on how your board works. Not too familiar with ASROCK bios's

Drake5 · 2 Mar 2013 at 14:43

TwsT said:
jump in the bios and go to the overclocking settings and enable XMP if you can or increase the DRAM frequency or multiplier to 1600 Depending on how your board works. Not too familiar with ASROCK bios's

Thanks. I enabled XMP, booted up, as soon as I got to desktop it BSOD. So I diasbled it, upped the voltage on the RAM to 1600 and as soon as I got to desktop it BSOD again. Do I need to do anything with the timings when I up the voltage manually?

I'm worried. What's going on?

Drake5 · 2 Mar 2013 at 16:30

It also says

'**DDR3 1600 with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU, DDR3 1333 with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU.'

So the max my mobo should support is 1600 and it's only running at 1330 now?

Would really appreciate it if someone could help me get this resolved.

EDIT - I moved it up to 1400 and it seems ok... Still no joy with 1600 though it just BSOD. Please someone help.

dacads · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:26

What CPU do you have?

Drake5 · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:40

dacads said:
What CPU do you have?

i3 3220.

The RAM I have is 1600MHz only. Not 1800Mhz as first stated in the OP. I linked the wrong RAM.

When I set the XMP Profile, it just BSOD on desktop and just setting the RAM to 1600MHz in the bios causes a BSOD on desktop.

I believe I need to set the RAM timings and voltages but I don't know what or how to do it.