Wols Lists wrote: > On 04/09/2024 01:39, Dale wrote: >> I've seen that before too. I'm hoping not. I may shutdown my rig, >> remove and reinstall the memory and then test it for a bit. May be a >> bad connection. It has worked well for the past couple months tho. >> Still, it is possible to either be a bad connection or just going bad. > > I've had *MOST* of my self-built systems force me to remove and > replace the ram several times before the system was happy. > > And when a shop "fixed" my computer for me (replacing a mobo that > wasn't broken - I told them I thought it needed a bios upgrade and I > was right!) they also messed up the ram. Memory is supposed to go in > in matched pairs. So what do they do? One stick in each pair of slots > - the thing ran like a sloth on tranquillisers! As soon as I realised > what they'd done and put both sticks in the same pair, it was MUCH > faster. > > Cheers, > Wol > >
I noticed on the set I had to return, the serial numbers were in sequence. One was right after the other. I don't know if that makes them a matched set or if they run some test to match them. >From my understanding tho, each 'bank' or pair has to be a matched set. I did finally find a set of four but it is a different brand. From what I read to tho, ASUS trains itself each time you boot up. It finds the best setting for each set of memory. It does say that it is usually set to a slower speed tho when all four are installed. Just have to wait and see I guess. Oh, when I boot the first couple times with new memory, it takes quite a bit longer on the BIOS boot screen. After a couple times, it doesn't seem to take so long. Not sure what, but it does something. This new way sure is strange. Dale :-) :-)
