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Motherboard - RAM compatibility

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/motherboard-ram-compatibility.170140/

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kannampally Original post #1
Feb 13, 2013 at 8:32 PM
Hello there,
I have a ASUS P5G41T-M LX3 Motherboard with a 2GB PC3-10700 DD3 RAM(HMT125U6BFR8C-H9) installed. (Windows7 64bit). Yesterday I purchased a new 4GB Corsair PC3-10700 DDR 3 RAM (cmv4gx3m1a1333c9) and tried to install in to the motherboard. The computer fails to boot with the new RAM. I tried the RAM on my friend's computer and it works fine. I tried the RAM on both slots and it failed. I tried the old RAM and the new RAM together; and this time the computer boots but shows only 2GB in system properties. I used CPU-z and it shows 6GB and detects the RAM in slot 1!. please help me what should I do to get it working.

Thanks in advance.
saswat23
Feb 14, 2013 at 1:40 AM
Use only the old RAM on both the slots and see if it works.
d6bmg
d6bmg #3
Feb 15, 2013 at 7:56 PM
Go to BIOS and set speed of the both RAM to 1033MHz.