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Hi all you computer gurus.

I am having to bump up my RAM from 16 to 32. So I bought an additional 8x2 kit identical to the one I have now. Result, everything still works fine with one kit installed (either kit) but not both together. Computer goes into a continual boot cycle.

The memory support list for my mb lists it as confirmed working with 2x8 but not 4. Dont know yet if that means its certain that model wont work with four, or that they simply didnt check. Going to look at bios settings to see if there is anything obvious but I dont really want to go around tweaking all kinds of stuff if its simply not going to work very well as it is.

 

GA-Z170X-gaming5

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Crucial Vengeance ddr4 8x2 (two kits)

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okay i'll ask the stupid question, are you sure your mobo will hold 32GB? lol just asking

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Nothing wrong with asking. Max 64. :lol:

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Worst comes to worst I will pony up the extra cash to get 2x16 that is specifically listed as supported. I was just hoping not to so I can maybe get a new ssd since my 256 is getting mighty crowded. Even with all the games offloaded to an hdd.

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go into bios and disable xmp?

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Already is. I dont mess around with too much to overclock etc to try and keep things stable as possible.

I can return the memory I got and apply it to the bigger package. While I know my way around a computer pretty well, in the end I just want it to work without issues with everything I need so I can spend my time actually creating things instead of tweaking or figuring out problems. In the end if this is going to be too much of a headache I might just have to bite the bullet, as they say.

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Sometimes buying kits separately even though it is identical, they do not match 100%.

Buying 4x8 or 2x16 is the best way as they match 100% because they are tested before they are packaged together.

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Gigabyte wasnt entirely helpful, except saying using two kits isnt validated. pc parts picker doesnt list using these two kits as compatible either but I figure they are simply going by the same manufacturer info I did.

So, I suppose going to return these and get the 16x2gb kit. Dont know enough if that matters. Maxing out to 64 would be nice but too expensive right now.

The parts picker lists this

CMK32GX4M2B3000C15

but the compatibility pdf lists this

CMK32GX4M4B3000C15

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make sure they running all same speed and sac setting make sure power not dropping when using extra sticks.see in bios memory power with 2 sticks and see if same when 4 sticks.

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Grab a M.2 drive while your upgrading a bit. You can them for less than an ssd if you shop around. Newegg has a bunch of 240gb drives for around $50 and some open box 500gb M.2 drives for $115.  They are Literally 4x faster than an SSD.   Average Sequential Read/Write Speeds  2,100 MBps / 1,500 MBps

 

 

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4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed. Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR4 2133 MHz memory modules Support for ECC UDIMM1Rx8/2Rx8memorymodules (operate in non-ECCmode) Support for non-ECC UDIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory

Did you update the BIOS?    CMK32GX4M4B3000C15 this is @3000 not 2133 if running @ 3000 might need to turn up volts on the ram

Two sticks of 2x16 are better than four 2x8

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I will have to tomorrow read up on where to increase voltages for ram. They are running at 2133.

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Unless of Course one of those new chips is knackered, try the new ones on there own then use speccy to read the info on pc see if chips putting out the rated ram, had one chip in mine 8gb reading 2 gb, also test your old 2 as well

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you try taking the 2 working sticks and place the 2 new ones and see what happens.

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The new ones work just fine. They just dont work all together in four slots.

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