Question Quick question about ram

[brandonvi]

Does 13th gen have some kind of problem with running different kinds of ram

I put my new 64GB package in and it would not run

moved things around and had to end up taking my older 32GB set out to let the 64GB set work the new ram seems to be fine but the 2 different ones don't seem to want to work together

is this normal for 13th gen?

 

[USAFRet]

Does 13th gen have some kind of problem with running different kinds of ram

ALL systems, Intel, AMD, old, new...have issues running mixed RAM.

Anything that does not come in the same box is 'mixed', and subject to fail.

 

[brandonvi]

ok thanks for info

never had a problem before with getting rams to work together guess I was just lucky

don't really think I need 96GB of ram anyway just wanted the big number

does make me glad I did not go for buying 32GB to upgrade though

 

[USAFRet]

ok thanks for info

never had a problem before with getting rams to work together guess I was just lucky

don't really think I need 96GB of ram anyway just wanted the big number

does make me glad I did not go for buying 32GB to upgrade though

I had almost exactly the same, but with an Ryzen 5 5600X.
Had:
2x 16GB

Added:
2x 32GB, of the same make/model.

Booted up. 96GB RAM recognized.
Couple of minutes later, ethernet cuts out.
No matter what combination, the same result.

So I removed the 2x 16GB, and its running from the 2x 32GB.

 

[brandonvi]

ya mine would not even boot up just had the blinking light around the power button saying

"SOMETHING IS WRONG"

to bad even if i did not need it 96GB would of been cool

 

[stonecarver]

Memory has been a thorn in our side for years.

DDR we didn't really need that much memory and back than and so we just kept it simple. AMD and Intel played nice as you could use most brands of memory no issue.

DDR2 we got into AMD only DDR2 and non AMD DDR2. Here's the thing Intel did not like the AMD only DDR2 but AMD could use both. The only difference between the two were the ones labeled AMD only just had looser specs that Intel boards barked at. And the AMD only DDR2 was cheaper.

DDR3 man things were the best back than it was the mix and match wild west and Intel or AMD systems just worked. Those days are gone now.

DDR4 and AMD is extremally sensitive of matched sets and some people have to go the route of memory choices leaving two memory slots empty and bump up the memory per stick.

Intel is simi sensitive and hit and miss if you can use all memory slots.

 

[steveb1976]

back on previous DDR ram it was no so much of an issue, but these days with ddr5 being able to massively overclock , it becomes harder for compatability. but if you can get ram with matching "clock speeds" it should work.. this obviously applies. to the ram speeds and clock speeds matching and (voltage). .. but if you decide to add for example 2x8gb ddr5 5200, and 2x8gb 5600mts.. then you have to make sure you go into bios and make both run at lower 5200 mts and manually match clocks or it might have issues.

but if you look on some ddr5 motherboards they have an option for this.. to run the ram with different voltages. so you can still match clock speeds.