SirChillicious

Hmmm... so I think I might have done a mistake installing them this way? The KIT should be A1 and B1 and the rest A2 and B2 maybe? Is that a possible cause for the failure? UPDATE: Swapped B1 and B2 - now both are N/A in the BIOS. UPDATE: - they weren't inserted right. UPDATE 04/06/2016: So I took off my aftermarket cooler and installed the stock one to get easy access to all banks and fiddle around. Turns out that freaking kit was the problem (tell me about how awesome kits are and how they work together lol). While the suggested XMP profile contained the advertised speeds and timings, the actual sticks were recognized as 1333 MHz ones, no wonder 1600 made the system crash. I now installed the two single ones which were funnily manufactured in the same week (bought them about 2 years apart). They work like a charm in the advertised speeds and timings, with and without XMP enabled. Sending the KIT back and thinking about just getting two other single sticks. What I've learned from this odyssey: your motherboard manual is your friend (in this case regarding the DRAM positioning). Thanks everyone for your input and help, if I decide to get two additional single sticks I'll keep you updated if that config works haha.

Turning on XMP sets the values right but causes the system failing to boot. The only solution then is to press the Memory Button on the motherboard and let it automatically reconfigure it to the current values. Re-Sitting as in removing and reinstalling it again? The problem is my huge CPU cooler that sits above it. I'd have to take that apart again to change the config.

They are all, as mentioned, CL10 1600 MHz Corsair Vengeance LP RAM. There's no 1333 MHz one in there anymore, which is why I am confused. Checked in CPU-Z, they are 2x CML16GX3M2A1600C10 & 2x CML6GX3M1A1600C10

oh boy... I really hope I didn't just flush that money down the drain.. Let's test around.. UPDATE: 1333 MHz does not work, it gets into the "boot loop" again.

2 of them were a kit, the other twos single ones. But all of them are CL10 1600MHz with the same Timings, all of them Corsair Vengeance. Voltage by how much? Will try 1333.

Hi there! So I've just upgraded my RAM to 4x 1600 MHz CL10 Corsair Vengeance yet my mainboard/BIOS sets it to 1066 MHz. If I try to enable XMP or set the proper advertised speeds and clocks manually, the system won't boot and I have to press the "MemOK" button on the motherboard for the system to automatically recognize the RAM (and sets it to the values shown in the picture). Has anyone else encountered this problem before and how is it able to fix it? (I don't even know why it shows two as 1333 MHz since they are all CL10 1600 MHz ones). Cheers in advance.

Is there probably an option to keep the drive "unmounted" - the way it is in Linux? What I mean is.. keep it internal but to use it I'd have to mount it as I do in Linux?

Other devices are only my Audio Interface and Webcam.. No difference with or without them No I haven't but I am sure that it'll be faster with the HDDs detached because that's how it was before. I definitely won't put the new drive in a USB enclosure.. I want it to operate as an internal drive. Fresh installation, 64 GB used, 169GB free.

I've installed Samsung's "Magician" - Firmware is the latest one and I also did a "performance optimization" (TRIM) - nothing. I think it has something to do with the way Windows reads/loads the HDDs but I have no idea how to fix it..

The dual boot worked perfectly fine before installing the additional hard drives. I think Windows starts to read them during the boot or something, causing the delay - or it could be a driver issue but I have no idea.

Hey guys & girls! Albeit being all excited about my latest shiny addition to my rig, I am confused about a recent change in my boot time. Time to get "techy". My latest addition were a 250GB Samsung 850 Evo and a 3TB WD Green, resulting in the following hard drive config: 120GB Kingston Now V300 Debian/GRUB/Boot 250GB Samsung 850 Evo Windows 7 Ultimate 3TB WD Green HDD (5400rpm) 2TB Toshiba HDD (7200rpm) 500GB Maxtor HDD (7200 I think) Everything works perfectly fine except a highly increased Windows boot time. Before installing the WD Green I was running on both SSDs and the Toshiba drive Windows boot (at least the time the flag shows up) was about 5-10 seconds, now it takes around a minute! I already googled a lot but couldn't find anything helpful. I'm 99% sure it has something to do with the Windows configuration, since Debian boots swiftly as usual. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Chris

Wasn't quite the solution I looked for but in the end I was able to retrieve my password and am now just in the upgrading process - thank you!

I can't access the current Ubuntu installation as I forgot the password.. That's why I just want to overwrite it with a fresh 14.04 installation.

Hey guys and girls, I'm too afraid to install Ubuntu 14.04 over a 12.04.3 installation because I fear the possibility of screwing up and loosing the filesystem. The reason why I want to install it OVER (erasing the previous) the old installation is, that I forgot my password but that's no problem. There's the option of an advanced installation where you are able to choose where what gets installed but I forgot how it was configured in the first place. It looks like this: 2TB HDD (Data storage) /dev/sda /dev/sda1 ntfs /dev/sda2 ntfs /dev/sda3 ntfs 120GB SSD (Windows Installation) /dev/sdb /dev/sdb1 ntfs 500GB HDD (Partly used for the Linux installation, 365GB were reserved for Windows as scratch-disk) /dev/sdc /dev/sdc1 ntfs 392730MB (Size) /dev/sdc2 ext4 249MB (Size) 96MB (Used) /dev/sdc5 swap 9999MB (Size) 0MB (Used) /dev/sdc6 ext4 47125 MB (Size) 5190 (Used) Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS (12.04) /dev/sdc7 ext4 49998 MB (Size) 2326 MB (Used) What do I have to do to install Ubuntu 14.04 the same way 12.04 was installed without loosing the described configuration? Which device should I use for the boot loader installation? (I forgot where I installed it... ) Thanks in advance!

Hey there community! I have a problem in connection with HWMonitor / Speccy and possibly all programs that monitor hardware specs and temperatures. Once I start these programs, my audio stops playing. When this happens I have to unplug my audio interface (Scarlett 2i4) and plug it in again - which is pretty annoying because I used to run a monitoring app when playing games to monitor my CPU and GPU temps.. Anyone here with the same problem or an idea how to fix this? Best, Christoph