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Note about upgrading RAM

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:55 pm
by GuardianAsher
I don't know exactly how many people this applies to, but I thought I'd post this, just in case.

I recently upgraded the RAM in the system noted in my sig. I traded my gig of mixed DDR333 for a gig of matched Kingston Value RAM KVR400X64C3A, some kickass RAM. Anyway, I checked in the BIOS, out of curiosity, and it was set to automatically find the speed of the RAM. Even with the new RAM, it was still reading DDR333. I tried manually setting it to DDR400 speed, and the system wouldn't post. A quick clear of the CMOS, and the RAM was being read as DDR400, and stable as ever.

Note: When upgrading RAM to higher speed, may need to fiddle with BIOS settings. :bang

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:16 pm
by MegaVectra
Had the same problem on my main PC. I had to force it to run at DDR400 speed.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:58 pm
by ZYFER
never had a problem with changing out Ram like that, once though I had to manually set it to DDR333 as the SPD detected it as DDR400 :)