First Time Adding Ram

Speedracer 64 · 05-09-12, 12:25 AM

Gonna add some ram to my computer to help it out a little bit. Right now it has 2 gbs of ddr2. Running speccy it shows at 399 mhz. I bought 2 more gbs for cheap. They are ddr2 with a data transfer rate of 800 mhz and a memory clock of 200 mhz. The last guy that worked on my computer said they would work. Just wanted to double check with somebody else before I did it.

Speedracer 64 · 05-09-12, 01:52 PM

Anybody?

MattNo5ss · 05-09-12, 01:58 PM

Got links to the two kits? The RAM running at 399MHz is probably DDR2-800.

Speedracer 64 · 05-09-12, 03:46 PM

Here is the 2 sticks I bought. I don't know of any other way to tell about the ram already inside it, aside of taking the side off.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200751800731...84.m1497.l2649

MattNo5ss · 05-09-12, 05:12 PM

You can check your installed RAM's specs by downloading CPUz and checking the SPD tab.

Speedracer 64 · 05-09-12, 06:42 PM

Do I just need to make sure they are the same speeds or something else?

MattNo5ss · 05-09-12, 06:45 PM

You need to make sure both kits can handle the same speed, timings, and voltage. To have the best chance of them working together, you'll need to run the lowest rated speed of the two kits, highest timings of the two kits, and highest voltage of the two kits.

Speedracer 64 · 05-09-12, 10:02 PM

How do I go about running them all at the same sped?

MattNo5ss · 05-09-12, 10:05 PM

They will always run at the same speed, timings, and voltage. You just have to make sure what the motherboard sets for them are within the rated specs of both kits. You can change the settings in the BIOS if needed.

Nechen · 05-09-12, 11:20 PM

If you have a good enough mobo you can mix and match. I remember my Gigabyte P45 running 2GBs of OCZ DDR21066 and 2GB of KingstonHyperX DDR2-800 HyperX simultaneously (don't ask me how this happened.)

It all depends on the Mobo. I've mixed and matched RAM before without any issues but if you have a low-end mobo it will more than likely crash.

Speedracer 64 · 05-09-12, 11:48 PM

It's a stock mobo out of a dell desktop.

Nechen · 05-10-12, 03:24 PM

In that case you'll want to make sure they're the exact same model#, CAS Timings, and probably the same PCB color lol

Speedracer 64 · 05-31-12, 01:13 PM

Here is the ram that is already in it.http://www.codemicro.com/store/produ...efurbished.php

johan851 · 05-31-12, 04:38 PM

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I've mixed and matched RAM before without any issues but if you have a low-end mobo it will more than likely crash.

I disagree. At regular speeds and timings it shouldn't cause any problems. Some decent memory of the same speed (PC2-6400) should work just fine. Cheap systems and motherboards are the ideal place to mix and match, since it's all going to run at slower speeds and relaxed timings anyway.

Turn things off, unplug, open up the case, ground yourself on the case by touching bare metal somewhere with your hand, then install the modules into the slots.

If it turns on, run something like Prime95 for a while to make sure it's stable. If it doesn't come back on, try reseating the sticks. If all else fails, just take the new sticks back out.

Speedracer 64 · 06-05-12, 05:09 PM

What is Prime95?

wingman99 · 06-05-12, 05:34 PM

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What is Prime95?

It is a stress test for your hardware. http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/

kommanderkodiak · 06-06-12, 11:06 PM

Speed racer if you want alot less hassle (assuming your unconfortable with all this) buy a whole new kit with the exact amount of ram you want, 4GB 6gb 8gb and install that its guarranteed to work versus working with 2 kits and hoping for the best.

Speedracer 64 · 06-19-12, 03:11 PM

I finally got around to adding the ram today. I ran into a problem while doing it. I couldn't get the sticks to seat. They would only go down so far. Any ideas what would cause this.

johan851 · 06-19-12, 03:13 PM

Did you move the tabs on the ends of the slot out? Are you putting the RAM in upside down? There's a notch in the middle of the slot that needs to line up with a notch on the stick, and with DDR2 that notch is very close to the middle.

Speedracer 64 · 06-19-12, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by johan851

Did you move the tabs on the ends of the slot out? Are you putting the RAM in upside down? There's a notch in the middle of the slot that needs to line up with a notch on the stick, and with DDR2 that notch is very close to the middle.

Yeah i know it was with the notch down and the tabs open. I tried to close the tabs also and it wasn't going down far enough

05-09-12, 12:25 AM	Thread Starter #1
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	First Time Adding Ram Gonna add some ram to my computer to help it out a little bit. Right now it has 2 gbs of ddr2. Running speccy it shows at 399 mhz. I bought 2 more gbs for cheap. They are ddr2 with a data transfer rate of 800 mhz and a memory clock of 200 mhz. The last guy that worked on my computer said they would work. Just wanted to double check with somebody else before I did it.
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05-09-12, 01:52 PM	Thread Starter #2
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	Anybody?
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05-09-12, 01:58 PM	#3
MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	Got links to the two kits? The RAM running at 399MHz is probably DDR2-800. __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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05-09-12, 03:46 PM	Thread Starter #4
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	Here is the 2 sticks I bought. I don't know of any other way to tell about the ram already inside it, aside of taking the side off. http://www.ebay.com/itm/200751800731...84.m1497.l2649
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05-09-12, 05:12 PM	#5
MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	You can check your installed RAM's specs by downloading CPUz and checking the SPD tab. __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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05-09-12, 06:42 PM	Thread Starter #6
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	Do I just need to make sure they are the same speeds or something else?
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05-09-12, 06:45 PM	#7
MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	You need to make sure both kits can handle the same speed, timings, and voltage. To have the best chance of them working together, you'll need to run the lowest rated speed of the two kits, highest timings of the two kits, and highest voltage of the two kits. __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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05-09-12, 10:02 PM	Thread Starter #8
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	How do I go about running them all at the same sped?
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05-09-12, 10:05 PM	#9
MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	They will always run at the same speed, timings, and voltage. You just have to make sure what the motherboard sets for them are within the rated specs of both kits. You can change the settings in the BIOS if needed. __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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05-09-12, 11:20 PM	#10
Nechen Member Join Date: Dec 2009	If you have a good enough mobo you can mix and match. I remember my Gigabyte P45 running 2GBs of OCZ DDR21066 and 2GB of KingstonHyperX DDR2-800 HyperX simultaneously (don't ask me how this happened.) It all depends on the Mobo. I've mixed and matched RAM before without any issues but if you have a low-end mobo it will more than likely crash. __________________ -Gigabyte Z68 UD4 -i5 2500k Sandy Bridge @ 4.5Ghz -16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 -eVGA GTX 560 Ti -Antec 750w TruPower -Western Digital 1.0 TB AAJS 7,200RPM -OCZ Vertex III 120GB SSD x2 (RAID-0)
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05-09-12, 11:48 PM	Thread Starter #11
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	It's a stock mobo out of a dell desktop.
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05-10-12, 03:24 PM	#12
Nechen Member Join Date: Dec 2009	In that case you'll want to make sure they're the exact same model#, CAS Timings, and probably the same PCB color lol __________________ -Gigabyte Z68 UD4 -i5 2500k Sandy Bridge @ 4.5Ghz -16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 -eVGA GTX 560 Ti -Antec 750w TruPower -Western Digital 1.0 TB AAJS 7,200RPM -OCZ Vertex III 120GB SSD x2 (RAID-0)
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05-31-12, 01:13 PM	Thread Starter #13
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	Here is the ram that is already in it.http://www.codemicro.com/store/produ...efurbished.php
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06-05-12, 05:09 PM	Thread Starter #15
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	What is Prime95?
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06-06-12, 11:06 PM	#17
kommanderkodiak Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: crapifornia	Speed racer if you want alot less hassle (assuming your unconfortable with all this) buy a whole new kit with the exact amount of ram you want, 4GB 6gb 8gb and install that its guarranteed to work versus working with 2 kits and hoping for the best. __________________ i7-3930K C2 16GB @ 2133Mhz 9-11-11-28 1T Corsair H100 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme XIgmatek Elysium Antec HCP-1200 PSU OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD Samsung 840 Pro 512gb SSD Crucial SSD C300 2.5" S3 64GB (games drive) Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM 64mb Cache + 1tb caviar black + 2 TB green drive LG supermulti bluray reader/dvdrw w/lightscribe ASUS GTX Titan OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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06-19-12, 03:11 PM	Thread Starter #18
Speedracer 64 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Franklin, Ky	I finally got around to adding the ram today. I ran into a problem while doing it. I couldn't get the sticks to seat. They would only go down so far. Any ideas what would cause this.
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06-19-12, 03:13 PM	#19
johan851 Insatiably Malcontent Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA	Did you move the tabs on the ends of the slot out? Are you putting the RAM in upside down? There's a notch in the middle of the slot that needs to line up with a notch on the stick, and with DDR2 that notch is very close to the middle. __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 \| 2500K @ 4.6GHz \| 2x4GB Samsung DDR3 \| GTX460 768mb 120GB Crucial M4 \| 2x 2TB Samsung F4 \| Seasonic S12 600w AV-710 --> y2 DAC --> Custom M^3 --> Custom LM3875 ChipAmp --> Modula MTs Dual Dell 2007WFP \| Watercooled
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