I was inspired to post here because of THIS POST which is essentially the same thing but with different hardware and a different outcome (the advice therein didn't help me).
It's an old setup, but it's a workhorse HTPC I would like to improve b/c I have the h/w in-house to do it. Everything about this tells me it should work, but it just doesn't.
mobo: Intel BOXDH67GDB3
CPU: Intel Core i3-2100
PS: Antec EarthWatts EA-380D Green
existing RAM: G.Skill 4GB kit: F3-10600CL9D-4GBNS DDR3-1333 (PC3 10600) (2x2GB)
adding RAM: Crucial 4GB kit: CT2KIT25664BA1339 DDR3-1333 (PC3 10600) (2x2GB) --- NOTE: This kit came out of a long-working system it shared with other RAM.
How it acts:
I have since upgrade the BIOS on this mobo all the way and there's no change in how it acts.
I tried to follow the guidance on the inspiring post, but my research says these are both 1.5V 9-9-9-24 modules. In looking at the actual settings in the BIOS area when each is in the HTPC alone, I only found 1 item at all different: tRFC was automatically 107 for G.Skill and 74 for Crucial, so tried forcing it to stay at the lower(?) setting of 107 but there's still no change from #3 above.
One last thing, I'm not an overclocker at all ... I'm not against it, I've just never done it and don't know what I'm doing there ... so if anyone has ideas I can try that play more with the BIOS settings, I'm just going to need specifics like I'm a 2-year-old. "Just play with the settings" won't work for my novice overclocking status.
Bottom Line: I have h/w that I think SHOULD work together, and I would really LIKE it to work (because it "should"), but in the end I can press on with the 4GB I had working anyway. So I would be most grateful if there's something even more advanced/detailed than the text from my post-of-inspiration that I can try and not throw in the towel on this.
Thanks!
Spiff |^D
It's an old setup, but it's a workhorse HTPC I would like to improve b/c I have the h/w in-house to do it. Everything about this tells me it should work, but it just doesn't.
mobo: Intel BOXDH67GDB3
CPU: Intel Core i3-2100
PS: Antec EarthWatts EA-380D Green
existing RAM: G.Skill 4GB kit: F3-10600CL9D-4GBNS DDR3-1333 (PC3 10600) (2x2GB)
adding RAM: Crucial 4GB kit: CT2KIT25664BA1339 DDR3-1333 (PC3 10600) (2x2GB) --- NOTE: This kit came out of a long-working system it shared with other RAM.
How it acts:
- it still posts/boots with only the existing G.Skill RAM
- it posts with only the added Crucial RAM
- it does not post at all with both in at the same time
- it does not post with RAM in the secondary dual channel slots
I have since upgrade the BIOS on this mobo all the way and there's no change in how it acts.
I tried to follow the guidance on the inspiring post, but my research says these are both 1.5V 9-9-9-24 modules. In looking at the actual settings in the BIOS area when each is in the HTPC alone, I only found 1 item at all different: tRFC was automatically 107 for G.Skill and 74 for Crucial, so tried forcing it to stay at the lower(?) setting of 107 but there's still no change from #3 above.
One last thing, I'm not an overclocker at all ... I'm not against it, I've just never done it and don't know what I'm doing there ... so if anyone has ideas I can try that play more with the BIOS settings, I'm just going to need specifics like I'm a 2-year-old. "Just play with the settings" won't work for my novice overclocking status.
Bottom Line: I have h/w that I think SHOULD work together, and I would really LIKE it to work (because it "should"), but in the end I can press on with the 4GB I had working anyway. So I would be most grateful if there's something even more advanced/detailed than the text from my post-of-inspiration that I can try and not throw in the towel on this.
Thanks!
Spiff |^D