MSI X58A-GD

[vincentrimmer]

Hello,

I am finding it very hard to get advice on how to set my Bios to except the following Corsair Dominator GT 1866, pair of 2gb total 4gb dimms on mobo of which is a MSI X58A-GD - 1066 is the best I can get stable. CPU Intel 920 2.67 Quad Core

If anyone can help please.

 

[tmax]

The Corsair Dominator GT 1866 RAM operates at 1.65V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145291&cm_re=Corsair_Dominator_GT_1866-_-20-145-291-_-Product

Your motherboard accepts 1.5V RAM
Supports six unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600*/1800*/2133* (OC) DRAM, 24GB Max
- Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size

- Supports x8 / x16 data lines per DIMM
- Supports up to 3 channel mode
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/X58A-GD45.html#?div=Detail

Switching to 1.5V Ram will correct the issue. Good Luck.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

You just need to enable XMP in BIOS. If that does not work you may have to manually set voltages and timings. 1.65v RAM should work fine.