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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: arrows101 on January 20, 2012, 09:23:03 pm

Title: Why is my RAM 1600 preventing me from installing.
Post by: arrows101 on January 20, 2012, 09:23:03 pm
my board is gigabyte ga-990fxa-ud5, upgraded my 1333 ram to 1600 but having problems installing windows and battlefield. on windows installing during the Expanding of files i got this error 0xc000005 and installation cannot be completed. and on battlefield 3 around 26% it goes back to 18% and says that i have a bad disk. But when i revert back to my old 1333 RAM all installation finished without any problems.

Prior to reinstalling windows with RAM 1600  i have frequent BSOD. ie. memory_management error. i tried to run memory diagnostic error 1st try says that I  have error on my 1600 RAM. 2nd try, moving the rams to other slots i got no error and passing 5 tests.


question.
1. do i have a bad 1600 RAM?
2. do i need to change the settings in bios for my RAM 1600? if so, how?

my board is gigabyte ga-990fxa-ud5 - bios ver F6 10/31/2011 - SMBIOS Version 2.4
my processor is athlon ii x640, and i don't overclock.
psu 625watts
vcard radeon 6870
RAM 1600 Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2x4gb) CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B - 9-9-9-24 1.50v VER5.12

Hope someone can give me advise on this..
Title: Re: Why is my RAM 1600 preventing me from installing.
Post by: absic on January 21, 2012, 09:03:56 am
Hi there,

The problem probably isn't with your RAM but with your CPU and its built in Memory Controller. Check your CPU Specifications here: http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-ii-x2/Pages/AMD-athlon-ii-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx as teh Athlon X4 processor doesn't like RAM above 1333MHz
Title: Re: Why is my RAM 1600 preventing me from installing.
Post by: arrows101 on January 21, 2012, 09:14:44 am
Quote from: absic on January 21, 2012, 09:03:56 am
Hi there,

The problem probably isn't with your RAM but with your CPU and its built in Memory Controller. Check your CPU Specifications here: http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-ii-x2/Pages/AMD-athlon-ii-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx as the Athlon X4 processor doesn't like RAM above 1333MHz


never thought about that. thank you mate .
Title: Re: Why is my RAM 1600 preventing me from installing.
Post by: absic on January 21, 2012, 09:57:47 am
No problem and an aspect of PC building that gets missed by lots of people, my self included, when I first started out.
Title: Re: Why is my RAM 1600 preventing me from installing.
Post by: arrows101 on January 21, 2012, 10:00:45 am
Quote from: absic on January 21, 2012, 09:57:47 am
No problem and an aspect of PC building that gets missed by lots of people, my self included, when I first started out.


yeah good thing my athlon is over a year old and will be replaced tomorrow by phenom 965.

ot: after reading alot phenom ii x4 965 is far better than fx-bulldozer 4100. :)
Title: Why is my RAM 1600 preventing me from installing
Post by: mikeperez on January 22, 2012, 08:17:21 pm
We have fairly similar systems... Can you provide more information about your memory modules ?