Using unsupported ram on motherboard

[pal]

hi, i switched to a ryzen 3700x and of course got a new motherboard to go with it (asus prime x570-p), then i was feeling cheap and just put my old ram kit into it ( G.Skill 16GB (2x8GB), Ripjaws V, DDR4 3200MHz, CL16 ). The build when fine and the computer posted, and i installed windows but now it freezes weirdly sometimes, it gave a weird mhz readings, then i updated the bios and it changed again. It sometimes makes my keyboard unresponsive and loads stuff for long times locking up the computer, and pc speed test said my ram was underperforming, .. has anybody had simillar problem, im just curios.. btw orderd some compatable ram but just wonderin..

[Bombastinator]

The conventional wisdom is that ram compatibility is mostly crap.  If it’s in the mail though I suppose you can try it and see if the problem goes away.  My personal suspicion is that it won’t, and that it’s something else.  One never knows though.

[pal]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

The conventional wisdom is that ram compatibility is mostly crap.  If it’s in the mail though I suppose you can try it and see if the problem goes away.  My personal suspicion is that it won’t, and that it’s something else.  One never knows though.

Thanks thats what i tought but after trubleshooting this its the only thing i can think of..

[pal]

Checked the motherboards homepage for compatable rams and bought a kit, that fixed it.

 

[Bombastinator]

27 minutes ago, pal said:

Checked the motherboards homepage for compatable rams and bought a kit, that fixed it.

 

Wacky.  The compatible ram chart is usually considered more or less pointless.  Or has been in the past.  Well I learned something.