How can I get G.SKill pc3-12800 ram to work in my computer that uses PC3-10600?

[merlin1320]

I just bought some new G.Skill ram for my PC because I was told it would just downgrade itself. I plugged the ram into my computer and my motherboard isn't recognizing it. Any advice?

 

[Tradesman1]

What mobo, CPU and model # of the DRAM

 

[merlin1320]

What mobo, CPU and model # of the DRAM

Intel® Desktop Board DX48BT2, Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9450 2.66 GHz, and the DRAM is G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3-1600 PC3-12800

 

[merlin1320]

Any help to this is much appreciated

 

[Tradesman1]

Try booting with 1 stick, go into BIOS and manually set the timings to 1333, timings to 9-9-9-24, DRAM voltage to 1.5 , save exit, shutdown, add second stick and then try and boot

 

[merlin1320]

So I installed the new ram, just 1 stick. But when k turned on my computer all I'm getting is a blank screen. Its not loading anything. Could that mean the ram is faulty?

 

[Tradesman1]

Good possibility - try with the other stick

 

[merlin1320]

I tried the other stick. Neither one would work. My computer would turn on, turn back off, and turn on again. The lights and everything on my computer would turn on but it wouldn't ever start to load.

 

[Tradesman1]

If neither stick works then sounds like a mobo thing - do you have the latest BIOS