New RAM, CL and reboots.

[adelin07]

Okay so what i have in my PC right now is the following:

Slot 1 -> 1GB ddr2 800 CL5 (kingston)
Slot 2 -> 2GB ddr2 800 CL6 (Nanya)
Slot 3 -> 1GB ddr2 800 CL5 (kingston)
Slot 4 -> 2GB ddr2 800 CL6 (Samsung)

I wish i would have had the possibilty of buying CL5 memory instead of CL6, but that's all i was able to find (the 2 x 2GB memories are the new ones).

From what i understood by reading the forums, combining CL5 and CL6 memories should make the CL5 memory run at CL6. But when i look at CPU-Z, The Cas Latency is still at 5, while the rest of the values are at 6. is this normal ?

My concern is that my PC has suddenly started rebooting itself while playing intensive games. I'm not sure if that was the cause, but that's when it happened(it happened twice so far today, i installed the RAM yesterday).

Could the cause of the reboots be the timings of the memories ? Or is it because i have a fairly weak PSU and adding those extra 4GB RAM is causing my system to reboot ? I had no problems before that.

My other components besides the RAM which i posted above are:
-DP35DP motherboard
-Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16 GHz CPU
-Saphire HD7750 1GB GDDR5 GPU
-generic PSU which supports MAX 275W; 12V -> 21A ; -12V -> 0.8A

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

When you add new ram even if identical issues can arise.

 

[adelin07]

Well an issue did arise, that's why i posted this. I just don't know if the PSU can't keep up anymore and is dying(i have this pc since 2008,originally with an E2180@2.0 GHz, Geforce 9500GT 512MB and 2GB RAM) or if it's something related to the RAM memory, since that's the most recent change i've done to the PC and it started suddenly rebooting (no blue screen) just a day after the change.

 

[Tradesman1]

Try raising the DRAM voltage + 0.05 and raise the NB voltgae + 0.06 (it controls the MC (memory controller)