Can RAM fry your motherboard?

[aDavid903]

Hi,so I've got an asrock 870 extreme3 r2.0 but i've heard that some ram can fry your motherboard. Is this true? He said it had something to do with the version. Pls help

David

 

[joex444]

Just use standard DDR3. DDR4 shouldn't even fit - I think the person you talked to wasn't smart.

 

[captaincharisma]

if you install it wrong its possible. and yes, DDR3 ram will not fit in a motherboard meant for DDR4. and if it does then you could damage the motherboard that way too

 

[Dave8671]

Hi there

If the Ram gets hot than it can damage the motherboard. Though newer systems will shut down if that occurs to stop over heating.

But if this was happening you would be getting BSOD and rebooting sometimes in a loop. No issues with the above than your memory is fine.

If you overclock than you can stress test the system with prime95. Prime95 will test your overclock for stability.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Can it ? ... perhaps if you try really, really hard. While up to 1.7 volts is certified by Intel as XMP compatible, I have seen extreme overclocking users push Mushkin DDR3 w/ voltages up to 1.94 volts on Intel systems w/o issue. As long as you stay within your MoBo makers recommendations. Intel maintains a list of what works ... I never found AMDs list, but if you go looking, I'd start here:

http://www.amd.com/en-gb/innovations/software-technologies/amp