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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2009.11.24 (15:35)

Hey.

I'm running This ram on this motherboard.

My understanding of the Mobo is that it only runs 1600 RAM fully when we overclock the RAM. Therefore, I want to do this to take full advantage of the RAM I paid for.

But I have no fucking clue how! Please help! :D
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Postby Vyacheslav » 2009.11.24 (17:45)

Hey, go into your BIOS and search around in there for RAM timings/frequency.
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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2009.11.24 (17:56)

New problem.

I didn't change anything, first of all.

Now, starting today, when I play 3D games, (WoW and l4D2 were the two examples, games I have played at length on this PC earlier), the computer freezes and then stops after making a shuttering sound, although it is still on and the fans are still running. After this happens, it takes a long time before I can restart the computer. I turn off the power, turn it back on, and when I start it up if I went to soon, no display although the fans sound like they are running. (Hotter than usual.)

So, I ran a memory test, and the computer turned off in the middle of that, akin to the Wow l4d2 incidents) and would not start up even after a good while. So, I opened it up and checked the connections and it's on right now (how I am posting!) but I'm concerned.

Do you think it's related?
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Postby smartalco » 2009.11.24 (18:26)

Go into your bios, find the RAM settings and tell me voltages and timings.

Knowing your CPU could also be handy.
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Postby Vyacheslav » 2009.11.24 (21:00)

Does it address all 4GB Of your RAM?
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