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Current PC (built on 5/22)

-Asus B550-F

-AMD Ryzen 9 5900x

-EVGA 3080 TI

-(16gb) Corsair Vengence RBG Pro 3200MHz

 

I purchased another 16 gb of Cortsair Vengence RBG Pro but this time I purchased 3600Mhz. Placed those (2) new ram sticks in the remaining open slots (1,3) and my computer wouldn't post. I was under the assumption that if you had two differing RAM speeds your PC would run at the slower of the (2). I have tried every combination that I can think of with the (4) total ram sticks, even removed the (2) 3200Mhz sticks completely and tried to run it on the (2) newer sticks to no avail. Is there something I should be doing to make this work?

 

Or should I just go return the (2) 3600MHz and buy another set of (2) 3200MHz sticks.

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Someone might ask it to help figure out how likely it is to get the two kits working together.

 

If you pull one stick from each kit out, what are the revision numbers? It'll tell the people that can actually help with this what actual memory chips you have.

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Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

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1 minute ago, IkeaGnome said:

Someone might ask it to help figure out how likely it is to get the two kits working together.

 

If you pull one stick from each kit out, what are the revision numbers? It'll tell the people that can actually help with this what actual memory chips you have.

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The (2) new sticks are ver3.44
The (2) existing sticks are ver3.38

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You didn't mention this at any point so I have to ask, did you try clearing CMOS at any point in there? Just trying to plop in a different spec of RAM is probably something your system didn't like.

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Just now, Kid.Lazer said:

Did you try clearing CMOS at any point in there? Just trying to plop in a different spec of RAM is porbably something your system didn't like.

I have not done that. I will need to research what pins to short for that. I have never cleared CMOS before, and although probably very simple, seems a little intimidating (at least at first).

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In a no-POST situation with new hardware, it is a requirement, at least a first step, to troubleshooting.

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HTPC/Gaming Rig:

Ryzen 7 3700X CPU, ASRock B450M Pro4 mATX Motherboard, ADATA XPG GAMMIX D20 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 RAM, Mushkin PILOT 1TB SSD (boot), 2x Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" HDD (data), Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" HDD (DVR), PowerColor RX VEGA 56 8GB GPU, Fractal Design Node 804 mATX Case, Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Semi-modular ATX PSU, Silverstone SST-SOB02 Blu-Ray Writer, Windows 11 Pro, Logitech K400 Plus Keyboard, Corsair K63 Lapboard Combo (MX Red w/Blue LED), Logitech G603 Wireless Mouse, Kingston HyperX Cloud Stinger Headset, HAUPPAUGE WinTV-quadHD TV Tuner, Samsung 65RU9000 TV

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4 minutes ago, Kid.Lazer said:

In a no-POST situation with new hardware, it is a requirement, at least a first step, to troubleshooting.

So what would my method of procedure be?

 

Turn PC off

Unplugg

Add (2) new ram sticks

Clear CMOS

Enter Bios upon boot

 

Or would I just see if it posts without going into BIOS?

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3 minutes ago, Smarty-Jones said:

I have not done that. I will need to research what pins to short for that. I have never cleared CMOS before, and although probably very simple, seems a little intimidating (at least at first).

two pins marked clrtc at the bottom center of mobo.

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Just now, Cyracus said:

two pins marked clrtc at the bottom center of mobo.

Thank you, yes I found the manual online. Exact location you gave.

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4 minutes ago, Smarty-Jones said:

I have not done that. I will need to research what pins to short for that. I have never cleared CMOS before, and although probably very simple, seems a little intimidating (at least at first).

Just remove the CMOS battery. You can run different ram speeds at the same time at the speed of the slowest module. However there has been no implementation of XMP (AFAIK) that allow for that so you will have to set the speed manually. DDR4 is still cheap at the moment, might not be bad idea to replace the older modules if you have a bit of money to spare. Makes life easier.

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2 minutes ago, Smarty-Jones said:

So what would my method of procedure be?

 

Turn PC off

Unplugg

Add (2) new ram sticks

Clear CMOS

Enter Bios upon boot

 

Or would I just see if it posts without going into BIOS?

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I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

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It may be better to return the kit you recently purchased, sell the kit you already had, and get a 4 stick kit.

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On 11/25/2022 at 12:45 PM, Smarty-Jones said:

The (2) new sticks are ver3.44
The (2) existing sticks are ver3.38

That could well be your problem, as well as whether the board supports the total capacity. It's not just what the processor supports, it's what the board supports as well. I would highly recommend checking the board mfr's specification for total RAM supported, as well as checking the RAM SKU(s) against the board mfr's QVL list for that board and processor combination. My own 5900X drove me nuts for months for this exact reason. I wouldn't trust the RAM mfr or Pangoly for this, I've seen both show compatibility where issues clearly existed that were solved by swapping RAM.

 

I also have an old 1700 that has been neurotic ever since I upgraded RAM, storage and GPU a couple years back. I'm now finding out that not only is the RAM not QVL'd for the board per the mfr, but the board doesn't even support the total 32GB capacity and the DIMMs are registering at different speeds in DOCP.

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