DDR3 compatibility
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Hello, I'll tell you my case:
I have an asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard that I want to expand with more memory (currently I have two Gb at 1600 mhz). The thing is that the manufacturer states that a maximum of 8Gb can be installed (which is what I want to do).
The problem arises when I buy two modules of four Gb, I turn on the pc (it starts up) but there is no image. I take them out, clean them and nothing, it remains the same with no image.
The chipset I have is a p35 and from what I have read, the problem is that each cell or slot can only hold 2 Gb, so I would have to have a 4x2 instead of the 2x4 that I bought.
Do you think this is the problem for which there was no image?
Another question I want to ask you is, I have a quad core Q6600 processor at 3.6 (I think it can't go any higher 400x9) but my bios states that the memory is at 1604 instead of 1600 mhz. Do these four loose ones affect anything? I say this because the ones I have now are some ocz of 1800 mhz, but if I buy some of 1600 mhz, I don't want to have problems because the bios marks 1604 mhz.
To sum up, what frequencies do you recommend???? and especially the problem with the capacity of the slot.
Thank you very much and greetings. -
@M@rkos13:
Hello, I'll tell you my case:
I have an asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard that I want to expand with more memory (I currently have two Gb at 1600 mhz). The case is that the manufacturer marks that as a maximum 8Gb can be installed (which is what I want to do).
The problem comes when I buy two modules of four Gb, I turn on the pc (it starts up) but there is no image. I take them out, clean them and nothing, it's still the same with no image.
The chipset I have is a p35 and from what I've been able to read the problem is that in each cell or slot can only hold 2 Gb, so I would have to have a 4x2 instead of the 2x4 that I bought.
Do you think this is the problem for which there was no image?
Another question I want to ask you is, I have a quad core Q6600 processor at 3.6 (I think it can't go any higher 400x9) but my bios marks that the memory is at 1604 instead of 1600mhz. Do these four loose ones influence anything? I say this because the ones I have now are some ocz of 1800mhz, but if I buy some of 1600mhz that I don't have problems because the bios marks 1604mhz.
To sum up, what frequencies do you advise me???? and above all the problem with the capacity of the slot.
Thank you very much and greetings.The manufacturer must refer to 4 modules of 2GB, perhaps it doesn't support 4Gb modules, anyway if it starts up and puts them at 1600 and only puts 1.50v it's possible that for this reason it's not stable, what you should do is increase the memory voltage a little or put in bios a low frequency for example 1333, increase a little voltage to the MCH or chipset, but the normal thing should be that it picks up better the 2GB modules than the 4, the 4 may not be compatible, I don't know, if it says 8GB it's because it refers to 4x2GB.
regards
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well if fjavi finally put those four 2gb modules at 1599 (1600mhz) in it, it has started doing strange things like the pc freezing in the middle of nowhere or in a game. -
I think your motherboard is this one:
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5K3_DeluxeWiFiAP/According to the page it supports: Dual-channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz
I'm not very knowledgeable about hardware, but the problem is that it doesn't support the 1600 memory and you would have to lower it to 1333.Regards.
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@M@rkos13:
well, if fjavi finally installed those four 2gb modules at 1599 (1600mhz) it started doing strange things like the pc freezing in the middle of nowhere or in a game.
What voltage did you put on the memory?
Did you increase the MCH or NB voltage?
I don't know about DDR3, but I used to put my 4GB DDR2 in 4 modules in the P5K up to 1300mhz, although I usually left them stable for daily use at 1200 with 2.10 or 2.15v, in DDR3 you should be able to put more frequency, it's complex because the modules with more density, that is, more GB, are more difficult to configure, at least at first.
Look, see if lowering the memory multiplier makes them more stable, it would be to look for a lower frequency.
regards
