Hi folks I have just registered and I cant believe I didnt come across this little gem of a forum before now! Thanks in advance for any help you lovely people might throw my way
So I have just started to get into my RAM voltages and timings and stuff, I really don't know a lot about it but I have a couple of quick questions!
If I manually set the MHZ of my memory in the BIOS (is this clock speed or frequency btw?) and the voltage of my memory, to the same as what is stated on the side of my RAM stick, and then save these settings, what would cause my motherboard not to boot?
I have a GIGABYTE Z87X-UD5H board, and I am using some old memory - Corsair Dominator (TR3X6G1600C8D). The RAM is DDR3 and on the side of it, it says 1.65v, and 1600mhz. Those are the two things that I manually set it to in the BIOS, so I am confused as to why my board doesnt boot.
Another thing is the 8-8-8-24 numbers, what are those? How do I modify these in the BIOS?
And one last thing, regarding XMP. By my understanding, XMP seems to be a set of predefined values built into your motherboard, telling it what settings your RAM should be at. So you select your RAM from the list and then it automatically adjusts the settings. But I cannot find my RAM in the list. In fact the list is very short! Any one any insight into this?
Thank you all so much for reading my first thread
So I have just started to get into my RAM voltages and timings and stuff, I really don't know a lot about it but I have a couple of quick questions!
If I manually set the MHZ of my memory in the BIOS (is this clock speed or frequency btw?) and the voltage of my memory, to the same as what is stated on the side of my RAM stick, and then save these settings, what would cause my motherboard not to boot?
I have a GIGABYTE Z87X-UD5H board, and I am using some old memory - Corsair Dominator (TR3X6G1600C8D). The RAM is DDR3 and on the side of it, it says 1.65v, and 1600mhz. Those are the two things that I manually set it to in the BIOS, so I am confused as to why my board doesnt boot.
Another thing is the 8-8-8-24 numbers, what are those? How do I modify these in the BIOS?
And one last thing, regarding XMP. By my understanding, XMP seems to be a set of predefined values built into your motherboard, telling it what settings your RAM should be at. So you select your RAM from the list and then it automatically adjusts the settings. But I cannot find my RAM in the list. In fact the list is very short! Any one any insight into this?
Thank you all so much for reading my first thread