hey /g/. I hope this isn't considered personal tech support.
I got pic related on my hands and 3 of the orange GEIL DIMMs already installed on my computer.
How can I make this Corsair Dimm work along with the rest of my RAM?
I have done some googling, there seem to be a lot of things that need to be configured. is it even possible?
>>51655930
No idea, but I have new, fast Corsair RAM running alongside my years-old G.Skill 1600 MHz RAM.
They're all just running at the slower speed. Zero problems. RAM compatibility is entirely a case-by-case thing.
>>51655960
from what I've read, the mobo usually just clocks them all to run at the slower speed that all of the DIMMs can support.
However it seems to be a different case for the voltages. I dont know what needs to happen with those.
The motherboard should sort it out automatically. If not you'll just need to set the timings/voltage. Either way it won't hurt anything to try. Throw them in.
>>51656070
I've already tried just popping in the 4th dimm. It didn't work.
So I guess i have to modify the timings/voltage. The thing is I dont know how i should set them?
I suppose I should lower the Corsair's Voltage/Timing to match the GEIL one? Also, which part of the label on the DIMM describes the timings and which the voltages?
It says VOLTAGE : 2.0 V
and I suppose 4-4-4-12 are the timings?
>>51656129
Bump.
Also I am going to be trying it out, but should I bring the voltage of the GEIL Dimms up to 1.5 and the timings to 5-5-5-15 , or should i drop the CORSAIR ram to 2.0V and 4-4-4-12 timings?
>>51656129
The corsair looks like it says 2.10 volts. No harm in running the GEIL slightly high. For timings you want 5-5-5-15
>>51656199
great. thanks. I will be trying this now. If that fails to work, should i give it a try to lower the corsair to 2.0 V , or try the 4-4-4-12 timings? or is lowering the timings a nogo?
>>51656241
Lowering the timings is a no-go because the other ram isn't designed to run that low. Higher is fine. Voltage probably doesn't even matter.
>>51656264
I thought so. Thanks, time to see what happens.
>>51655930
I FUCKING DID IT /g/ !
Now i have 4 gigs of ram!
And a couple of hours ago i OCed my e6750 to 3.4 GHZ so now i have an actually half-decent system until i can buy a new one! damn tihs fucking rocks.
Just thought I should update the thread.
Thanks to those who helped!
>>51657414
grats OP
just make sure you don
t fry your shit OCing. hopefully mobo and PSu can handle well.
>>51657414
>tfw /g/ actually helped someone today
