Question New ram but got BSOD Driver_irql_not_less_or_equal Windows 11

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i bought some new ram, (G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series (Intel XMP 3.0) DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6400MT/s CL32-39-39-102 1.40V), coming from a
CORSAIR - DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB 32GB (2PK x 16GB) 5600MHz DDR5 C36 ram sticks, as i went to boot up i got to the login screen then my pc decided to give me the BSOD error Driver_irql_not_less_or_equal , now im thinking maybe my ram is faulty or somthing, but i tried to boot again, pc was running fine till 10 minutes later pc gave me a notice my pc has and issue and will restart or something. so i turned off my pc took out my ram reset it but no help.

heres other pc specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K
MOTHERBOARD: MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI

here is the minidump
 
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Is your XMP profile still loaded from the old RAM or is this an upgrade?

Disable XMP if you have it on, then boot and see what your stability looks like.

Your board may have to "relearn" your XMP speeds and timings for stability. What works for one set will usually never work with another set, even if it's the same OEM RAM.
 

Streetkilln

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Is your XMP profile still loaded from the old RAM or is this an upgrade?

Disable XMP if you have it on, then boot and see what your stability looks like.

Your board may have to "relearn" your XMP speeds and timings for stability. What works for one set will usually never work with another set, even if it's the same OEM RAM.
before the error happened, i went into bios turned off xmp, restarted, turn it back on, started it up then got to login screen and thats when error happened. now im wondering if its just xmp issue or i maybe just have to set to a different MHZ, which i wouldnt see why if my motherboard can oc to 6666mhz. but ill try a lower one, which then would make no point if i cant get passed 5600mhz from my old ram,,
 
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Ohhh

Makes more sense. I would leave the OC's very conservative. Even my soldered VERY high speed RAM can't run at that speed. It's DDR5 6400 but runs at 4800.