ASUS M4A78T-E Ram question

[Danteu]

I just bought two sticks of 4 gb of ram and the QVL is from 09 and only shows sticks of 2gb. Would it fry my pc if I used two sticks of 4 gb ram?

ASUS M4A78T-E is the motherboard and Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL is the ram I bought
I'm really worried it will mess my pc up if I try to use it.

*UPDATE* I'm not sure if this is my motherboard but I checked Gskills compatibility page
http://www.gskill.com/en/configurator?manu=29&chip=48&m...
I'm not sure what the difference is between M4A78T-E and M4A78T

 

[brispuss]

No. Memory capacity differences will not cause damage to the computer.

 

[Tradesman1]

What CPU and model of DRAM?

 

[Danteu]

*edited to add information to the OP*

 

[MarkW]

Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
*AMD AM3 100 and 200 series CPU support up to DDR3 1066MHz
Based on the above, [strike]I am going to say that it should be able to support 4 sticks of 4GB [/strike]DDR3 at speeds between 1066 and 1600. 1600 was considered an overclock back then, so that might be the toughest speed to get working.

I would remove the 2gb sticks, and replace them with the 4gb sticks. Then power up and see what happens. If it boots up and everything appears to be stable, then you have doubled your memory. If it doesnt boot, then you have your answer. I looked at the DVL, and agree with you that its likely not to work, but I see no problem in trying it.

 

[scout_03]

i use that board with 2 stick or 4 gig and 2 srick of 2 gig and work at 1133 on my system was are those ram you want to use name and model of both .

 

[Danteu]

i use that board with 2 stick or 4 gig and 2 srick of 2 gig and work at 1133 on my system was are those ram you want to use name and model of both .

can you link the ram you're using on your build?
[Ripjaws] F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL was the ram I had selected for my m4a78t-e MB

 

[scout_03]

my 4 gig are these xpg v1 black pcb cl 9 http://www.adata.com/en/xpg/feature/206 the other with slower bandwith but same speed are patriot these one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220331 the timings are set manualy for both ram this way , 9 cas 9 ras to cas 9 ras precharge cycle time 22 bank cycle 34 command rate 2t also the ram voltage in the patriot was reduce to 1.5 volt .

 

[Tradesman1]

Give them a try, should work, may need to upgrade the BIOS to the latest

 

[scout_03]

the other thing in bios put them unganded and on the board they goes on the 2 first slot on the left side for dual .

 

[Danteu]

Give them a try, should work, may need to upgrade the BIOS to the latest

Can you direct me to a guide on how to update bios if I need to do that. I havent recieved the ram I've ordered as of yet

 

[scout_03]

what is the bios number you have on this board .

 

[Danteu]

what is the bios number you have on this board .

according to CPUZ its 2303 and the newest one is 3503

 

[Danteu]

So I went to asus website to download the bios and no problem their but there bios updater tool doesn't even exist when you try to download it ~_~

*UPDATE* I may have found the bios updater in some obscure vip forum for asus

 

[scout_03]

it is in the utility from the board on asus for windows interface the other one is a dos one .

 

[Danteu]

So I updated my bios in anticipation of getting my ram and now my cpu is running hotter than ever. I imagine my current ram is dying..along with that my pc is randomly freezing now

 

[scout_03]

what are those temp you have for the system and did you overclock use hwinfo and post the sensor page readings back .

 

[Danteu]

what are those temp you have for the system and did you overclock use hwinfo and post the sensor page readings back .

I did not overclock everything is on auto and its running at 46c but the cpu usage is spiking to 80% and randomly freezing since I updated the bios for the motherboard and from what I read you cannot revert bios changes =( everything was stable before now things are just derp

 

[brispuss]

Clear CMOS. Load BIOS defaults.

 

[Danteu]

Clear CMOS. Load BIOS defaults.

I'm pretty sure I did that. I removed the battery for over 15 minutes and tried to restore factory defaults but my bios was still updated. if you have any suggestions im all ears!

 

[scout_03]

tomorrow i wil check my bios settings and compare them to your to see if they are the same .

 

[Danteu]

I updated windows 7 on another harddrive and it fixed my cpu lag spikes for the most part

 

[scout_03]

test the other hdd with the maker software tool .

 

[Danteu]

I would like to request this thread closed. I ended up building a new pc but the ram did work fine and if you update your motherboards bios you HAVE to update windows or reinstall the operating system. I hope if anyone else has this problem this post may help them in the future.

Also you cannot downgrade bios for asus motherboards so be sure you want to update them before you do if you have no way of reinstalling windows.

 

[brispuss]

Thanks for the feedback!

Interesting! Usually, after updating BIOS, the operating system doesn't require updating or re-installation. But in this case here, it seems the updated BIOS has had some (indirect) effect on the operating system.

Sometimes there are (detailed) notes accompanying BIOS updates which should explain what changes were made to the BIOS and possibly what other requirements there are regarding the updated BIOS.