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How to change Ram speed/use BIOS

oyvindwien
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Hello, I just bought 4 x 8 gb 2666 mhz DDR4 ram, but taskmanager says my RAM runs at 2133 mhz.. I am supposed to enter BIOS right? And I tried to click on memory, but I can't. I can't change most things there, can anyone help?

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Yes you have to enter BIOS and activate XMP (or DOCP as its called on some)

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You can enter bios by spamming delete key on boot up.

Inspiron 15 5510
(i7-11390h/Iris Xe/16gb)
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1 minute ago, Tegneren said:

Yes you have to enter BIOS and activate XMP (or DOCP as its called on some)

Ok, and how do I activate XMP?

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4 minutes ago, oyvindwien said:

Ok, and how do I activate XMP?

Do you know from what manufacturer your motherboard is?

 

Usually it's under a tab with overclocking.

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2 minutes ago, oyvindwien said:

Ok, and how do I activate XMP?

It depends on what motherboard you have. its mostly brand specific, but can be some variations within each brand.

On asus motherboards its under "AI tweaker"->AI overclock tuner or something like that. You then have to chhose XMP profile, most likely "XMP1")

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1 minute ago, Pixelfie said:

Do you know from what manufacturer your motherboard is?

 

Usually it's under a tab with overclocking.

Acer

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7 minutes ago, oyvindwien said:

Acer

Is it a laptop or desktop? I think laptops already run the highest supported by the board. Not sure what board Acer uses for desktops

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3 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

Is it a laptop or desktop? I think laptops already run the highest supported by the board. Not sure what board Acer uses for desktops

Its a desktop, predator po3-600

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7 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

That only supports up to 2133 as it has no support for XMP

i had 2x8 2666 mhz and  that ran at 2666

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4 minutes ago, oyvindwien said:

i had 2x8 2666 mhz and  that ran at 2666

Probably the original Acer kit. The motherboard will automatically do whatever it thinks the RAM can handle. There's no option for XMP so you can't change it manually

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1 minute ago, Pixelfie said:

Probably the original Acer kit. The motherboard will automatically do whatever it thinks the RAM can handle. There's no option for XMP so you can't change it manually

Yes it was the original kit, thank you for helping me.

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