Memory confusion

nitr0uk · 3 May 2009 at 22:39

I'm looking into investing in a new system soon based around the AMD AM3 Socket and have been looking into purchasing the Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P motherboard.

I've checked the specs and it says on the Gigabyte website that this has 4 DDR3 Memory slots @ 1.5v

My question is, does the memory have to run @ 1.5v? or will the motherboard just detect it as 1.5v and then be adjusted in the BIOS after to suit the correct voltage for the memory?

I appreciate any replies

doiks14 · 4 May 2009 at 00:41

I am also confused about this... I seem to get stability problems when I leave the voltage of the ram on default. I changed the voltage to the actual voltage rating that is written on the spec of the ram (In my case, It was 1.8v) and the instability problem went away emmidiately, never had a crash or BSOD ever.. been using my PC for a couple of weeks now, and Its rock stable with 1.8v on the RAM. Don't know if anyone's experienced what I experienced though, maybe its just with my system as I haven't yet updated the BIOS. But hope that helped.

Kennysevenfold · 4 May 2009 at 22:41

tbh that would just be the default, all you would have to do is manually set it in the bios for your specific brand of ram mate

doiks14 · 4 May 2009 at 23:47

Kennysevenfold said:
tbh that would just be the default, all you would have to do is manually set it in the bios for your specific brand of ram mate

So am I right to assume that Its not just me that was having the problem that I was getting then?

nitr0uk · 5 May 2009 at 13:51

That's what I was thinking that you would just be able to change the voltage in the BIOS to suit the specific brand of memory.

Thanks guys for both of your replies