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RAM swap tomorrow
Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:49 pm
I’m going from 16 to 32 for the programs I use. Purchased 2 new cards but anything I need to be aware of before shutting down, swapping, and turning back on or am I overthinking the literal plug and play aspect of ram?
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Posted on 10/7/20 at 11:54 pm to Rendevoustavern
You're definitely overthinking it. It's ridiculously easy.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:08 am to Got Heeem
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You're definitely overthinking it. It's ridiculously easy.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 6:06 am to Rendevoustavern
Literally just turn your computer off, unplug power, and proceed with replacement. It's stupid easy. The only gotcha is making sure the stick is oriented the right direction, there should be a groove on the bottom of them and you have to live up the notch in the motherboard slot.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 6:46 am to Rendevoustavern
This sounds like a job for the geek squad. I'm sure they would be happy to help you on this tough task.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 7:12 am to Rendevoustavern
Take proper ESD precautions....
Posted on 10/8/20 at 7:35 am to BabySam
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Take proper ESD precautions....
Posted on 10/8/20 at 8:23 am to Rendevoustavern
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plug and play aspect of ram
The installation is super easy. The only thing to really be aware of with RAM is if you are adding sticks to your existing RAM all of your sticks will operate at the lowest stick's frequency/speed. So, if you currently have 2 8GB 3200 sticks and you add 2 8GB 3600 sticks to give you 32GB of RAM the new sticks will operate at 3200 instead of 3600 and you won't benefit from spending more on faster RAM.
This post was edited on 10/8/20 at 8:29 am
Posted on 10/8/20 at 8:57 am to Fat Batman
This guy is trying to replace his RAM cards and you are getting into clock speeds? C'mon
Posted on 10/8/20 at 9:19 am to Vrai
quote:WTF? Fat Batman's point is entirely valid. If I were adding RAM and didn't know it I would want someone to tell me.
This guy is trying to replace his RAM cards and you are getting into clock speeds? C'mon
Posted on 10/8/20 at 9:27 am to RoyalWe
I know his point was valid, I was being a sarcastic dick.
Posted on 10/10/20 at 3:06 pm to Vrai
Delivery got pushed because of the storm. Receive today. Pulled the cover. Replaced the original single card and replaced with the 2x16.
Computer won’t boot. No issues with one card but with both it seems to turn on and off, I guess trying to boot?
MB is ASRock B360M IB-R. Doesn’t seem to be a compatibility issue I’m just slightly confused as to why it’s not booting with both sticks.
Eta: tried both sticks individually and one boots the other doesn’t. Makes me think one stick is no good, which sucks because it was a bundle.
Eta2: I’m aware of clock speeds, which is why you don’t mix RAM, rather replace with all new, like kind modules.
Computer won’t boot. No issues with one card but with both it seems to turn on and off, I guess trying to boot?
MB is ASRock B360M IB-R. Doesn’t seem to be a compatibility issue I’m just slightly confused as to why it’s not booting with both sticks.
Eta: tried both sticks individually and one boots the other doesn’t. Makes me think one stick is no good, which sucks because it was a bundle.
Eta2: I’m aware of clock speeds, which is why you don’t mix RAM, rather replace with all new, like kind modules.
This post was edited on 10/10/20 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 10/10/20 at 8:39 pm to Rendevoustavern
Yep sounds like you've got a bad stick.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 1:29 pm to Hulkklogan
RMA that stick. You can do a memtest on the one that does boot just to be sure its good but the manufacturer should replace the bad one without much fuss.
Posted on 10/12/20 at 12:46 pm to Rendevoustavern
You need to clear CMOS. Pretty common when replacing ram, at least every time I have changed to new ram. Look in motherboard manual to find out how to do it. Some motherboards have a button and some you need to touch a certain part with a screw driver/wire at same time.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 9:21 pm to Rendevoustavern
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RAM swap tomorrow
I'm excited for you! I've been machine out ram since 1992! Always the best roi of any upgrade.
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