So i just bought the Alder Lake 12700k with The Gigabyte X690 Gaming X DDR4 so i could use the same ram i used on my old pc for a couple of years before i upgrade to meteor lake.
But there is a few strange issues that I'm having difficulty solving. And right now it's the RAM.
This RAM shows up in BIOS as 2133mhz ram, even though it's 3200mhz. I have 48GB, two 8GB sticks and two 16GB sticks, they are same brand and model and using same clock speeds.
If i go into BIOS and change to X.M.P (Which is what i did on my old PC which had i7-9700k on a GIgabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra MB) The PC won't even boot back into BIOS. I have to remove two of the sticks for it to work.
It does not matter if i then boot with two 16GB or two 8GB sticks, all of them together with X.M.P. enabled does not work. If i leave everything off it boots just fine, but it says it's 2133 MHZ.
I also tried to manually choose 3200MHZ without X.M.P enabled and i run into the exact same problem, that one of the pairs have to be removed.
I have also tried every combination, pairing one 8GB with one 16GB and so on. The only way my computer boots with 48GB is if i leave everything be. This is weird because one of the selling points for the alder lake for me was that it supports 3200mhz ram, which is exactly what i had, and why i didn't spend another 600$ upgrading to a better MB with 64GB DDR5 ram.
What is going on here? Anyone have any ideas?
EDIT: ON my old computer i had no issues what so ever with this. I just enabled X.M.P. and that was it, never ever had any issues and enjoyed my 48GB ram quite a bit as i need lots of it. Even 48GB is not enough at times, but i manage.
Images:
32GB stick: https://ibb.co/6BXDfdY
16GB stick: https://ibb.co/3y3nxyg
BIOS: https://ibb.co/Wc9mtbD
BIOS: https://ibb.co/0q2w86J
But there is a few strange issues that I'm having difficulty solving. And right now it's the RAM.
This RAM shows up in BIOS as 2133mhz ram, even though it's 3200mhz. I have 48GB, two 8GB sticks and two 16GB sticks, they are same brand and model and using same clock speeds.
If i go into BIOS and change to X.M.P (Which is what i did on my old PC which had i7-9700k on a GIgabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra MB) The PC won't even boot back into BIOS. I have to remove two of the sticks for it to work.
It does not matter if i then boot with two 16GB or two 8GB sticks, all of them together with X.M.P. enabled does not work. If i leave everything off it boots just fine, but it says it's 2133 MHZ.
I also tried to manually choose 3200MHZ without X.M.P enabled and i run into the exact same problem, that one of the pairs have to be removed.
I have also tried every combination, pairing one 8GB with one 16GB and so on. The only way my computer boots with 48GB is if i leave everything be. This is weird because one of the selling points for the alder lake for me was that it supports 3200mhz ram, which is exactly what i had, and why i didn't spend another 600$ upgrading to a better MB with 64GB DDR5 ram.
What is going on here? Anyone have any ideas?
EDIT: ON my old computer i had no issues what so ever with this. I just enabled X.M.P. and that was it, never ever had any issues and enjoyed my 48GB ram quite a bit as i need lots of it. Even 48GB is not enough at times, but i manage.
Images:
32GB stick: https://ibb.co/6BXDfdY
16GB stick: https://ibb.co/3y3nxyg
BIOS: https://ibb.co/Wc9mtbD
BIOS: https://ibb.co/0q2w86J