... no pun intended.
I was thinking of upgrading my PC from 8Gb to 16Gb.
Typically though - adding another 8 gb isn't as straightforward as it should be. Awhile ago I upgraded from a gtx560ti to a gtx970 graphics card. This resulted in the BIOS screen sitting there for a minute before the system load completed as normal. Apparently this was quite common on Z77 motherboards at the time (I have a GA-Z77-DH3). A more significant downside is that the BIOS is unaccesible. I could have fixed it (probably) by flashing the bios but I thought it not worth the risk of bricking the system just to avoid a one minute wait every day. So I left things as they were.
Fast forward to now and another 8gb desired - but I have a faint recollection of having to do something in the BIOS to get it recognise the new RAM? - or am I thinking of an earlier time?... Or maybe the RAM speed needs setting? Aaargh - I just can't remember!!
If BIOS settings do need to be changed, it means taking out the 970, putting in the 560 - inserting RAM, tweaking BIOS (maybe flashing a new one) switching back to 970.
At one point in my life I would have just done it - but I've been building and upgrading my PCs since the mid 1980s (first one was a second hand 8086). Since then not only has my enthusiasm for building waned, but more importantly my fingers are a touch arthritic and I seem to be as blind as a bat lol... so it just ain't easy anymore
So the actual question is: How likely is it that just banging in a couple of sticks of RAM will work fine without having to access the BIOS? (the pair of new RAM sticks would be identical to the original pair)
Thanks from a decrepit old git!
I was thinking of upgrading my PC from 8Gb to 16Gb.
Typically though - adding another 8 gb isn't as straightforward as it should be. Awhile ago I upgraded from a gtx560ti to a gtx970 graphics card. This resulted in the BIOS screen sitting there for a minute before the system load completed as normal. Apparently this was quite common on Z77 motherboards at the time (I have a GA-Z77-DH3). A more significant downside is that the BIOS is unaccesible. I could have fixed it (probably) by flashing the bios but I thought it not worth the risk of bricking the system just to avoid a one minute wait every day. So I left things as they were.
Fast forward to now and another 8gb desired - but I have a faint recollection of having to do something in the BIOS to get it recognise the new RAM? - or am I thinking of an earlier time?... Or maybe the RAM speed needs setting? Aaargh - I just can't remember!!
If BIOS settings do need to be changed, it means taking out the 970, putting in the 560 - inserting RAM, tweaking BIOS (maybe flashing a new one) switching back to 970.
At one point in my life I would have just done it - but I've been building and upgrading my PCs since the mid 1980s (first one was a second hand 8086). Since then not only has my enthusiasm for building waned, but more importantly my fingers are a touch arthritic and I seem to be as blind as a bat lol... so it just ain't easy anymore
So the actual question is: How likely is it that just banging in a couple of sticks of RAM will work fine without having to access the BIOS? (the pair of new RAM sticks would be identical to the original pair)
Thanks from a decrepit old git!
