Hi all,
I am having some real problems with getting some newer DDR3 RAM working in my 5 year old machine.
My PC is now starting to feel its age and, up until now, I have been using 2 sticks of HyperX Beast DDR3 8GB 2400 (KHX24C11T3K2/16X). I’m using an Asus Z97-A motherboard which supports up to 32Gb, so bought another pair of 8Gb sticks. Obviously, as this is old ram, I had to go with second hand so the closest I could find was HyperX Savage 2400 (HX324C11SRK2/16).
Problem is that it will not even post with this new ram. I have tried everything I can think of - disabling XMP, using just 1 stick, resetting the bios with the jumper, using the Asus MEMOK button. Nothing seems to work, but as soon as I put the old ram back in, it’s perfectly fine.
I know Savage ram is newer than Beast, but I found plenty of examples of people using it with this motherboard when I googled it, including one review on Overclock3D with the same combination.
Please tell me that I am missing something obvious! All I can think of is that the new ram is faulty, but it was sold as tested and it seems unlikely that both sticks would be broken.
I am having some real problems with getting some newer DDR3 RAM working in my 5 year old machine.
My PC is now starting to feel its age and, up until now, I have been using 2 sticks of HyperX Beast DDR3 8GB 2400 (KHX24C11T3K2/16X). I’m using an Asus Z97-A motherboard which supports up to 32Gb, so bought another pair of 8Gb sticks. Obviously, as this is old ram, I had to go with second hand so the closest I could find was HyperX Savage 2400 (HX324C11SRK2/16).
Problem is that it will not even post with this new ram. I have tried everything I can think of - disabling XMP, using just 1 stick, resetting the bios with the jumper, using the Asus MEMOK button. Nothing seems to work, but as soon as I put the old ram back in, it’s perfectly fine.
I know Savage ram is newer than Beast, but I found plenty of examples of people using it with this motherboard when I googled it, including one review on Overclock3D with the same combination.
Please tell me that I am missing something obvious! All I can think of is that the new ram is faulty, but it was sold as tested and it seems unlikely that both sticks would be broken.