Weird RAM situation

[Superbuns]

I bought new ram to add to my PC i made sure that it was the exact same model, same capacity and same speed as my existing ram. When i installed the ram it booted once perfectly fine but now when I restart or turn off my PC it won’t boot again and on my MOBO it has the DRAM error light, not sure if there’s something I can do to fix this or if it’s just a RAM or other issue my CPU is AM5 the RAM is Corsair 16GB 5200 DDR5 x4 and then my MOBO is a GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX

[ArushM]

4 minutes ago, Superbuns said:

I bought new ram to add to my PC i made sure that it was the exact same model, same capacity and same speed as my existing ram. When i installed the ram it booted once perfectly fine but now when I restart or turn off my PC it won’t boot again and on my MOBO it has the DRAM error light, not sure if there’s something I can do to fix this or if it’s just a RAM or other issue my CPU is AM5 the RAM is Corsair 16GB 5200 DDR5 x4 and then my MOBO is a GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX

Switch to a stick of RAM and see if you can boot to the BIOS. Then turn everything in the BIOS related to RAM and turn it off, including XMP. Run all 4 and see what happens. If it still has issues, run each one individually until you get the one that throws and error.

[Superbuns]

3 minutes ago, ArushM said:

Switch to a stick of RAM and see if you can boot to the BIOS. Then turn everything in the BIOS related to RAM and turn it off, including XMP. Run all 4 and see what happens. If it still has issues, run each one individually until you get the one that throws and error.

Turning off XMP and re booting with ALL sticks seems to have worked, does this mean i can’t run XMP at all though? will it actually impact my performance

[ArushM]

1 minute ago, Superbuns said:

Turning off XMP and re booting with ALL sticks seems to have worked, does this mean i can’t run XMP at all though? will it actually impact my performance

It just means that the RAM can't run at 5200 MHz when running on 4 sticks, don't worry about the performance the drop from 5200 to 4800 shouldn't be much.

[Superbuns]

Just now, ArushM said:

It just means that the RAM can't run at 5200 MHz when running on 4 sticks, don't worry about the performance the drop from 5200 to 4800 shouldn't be much.

Thank you so much man I thought I just wasted $150 bucks. A real life saver

[ArushM]

Just now, Superbuns said:

Thank you so much man I thought I just wasted $150 bucks. A real life saver

No issues, just wondering, what kit did you get that costs $150, even a 32gb 6000 CL30 kit which is significantly better then yours, no offense, is only around 100-110. Just want to make sure you didn't get ripped off.

[Superbuns]

5 minutes ago, ArushM said:

No issues, just wondering, what kit did you get that costs $150, even a 32gb 6000 CL30 kit which is significantly better then yours, no offense, is only around 100-110. Just want to make sure you didn't get ripped off.

I live in Canada lol but here’s exactly what i bought https://a.co/d/0hrrEn3F I just wanted to buy the exact same model and can’t find it anywhere else

[Eigenvektor]

13 minutes ago, Superbuns said:

Turning off XMP and re booting with ALL sticks seems to have worked, does this mean i can’t run XMP at all though? will it actually impact my performance

Running four sticks is more work for the CPU's integrated memory controller. It can often cause issues, especially with DDR5. You may still be able to overclock your RAM, just not as high as 5200 MT/s (e.g. you could try 5000 MT/s). Ideally you'd want to use only two sticks. As was said, DDR5 6000 MT/s CL30 is generally the best option for DDR5.

 

3 minutes ago, Superbuns said:

I live in Canada lol but here’s exactly what i bought https://a.co/d/0hrrEn3F

Are you saying you bought two sets of 2x16 GB or the 4x16 GB option? If you need 64 GB, much better to go with 2x32 GB for performance.

[ArushM]

1 minute ago, Superbuns said:

I live in Canada lol but here’s exactly what i bought https://a.co/d/0hrrEn3F

https://www.amazon.ca/CORSAIR-Vengeance-6000MHz-Compatible-Computer/dp/B0CBRJ63RT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1D7XPANRBB8S&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8AaLQJBb1q8JzNkHG5WyjTPUnM3KV-xFmAF0EPWiyIWONgihqpMpILCFSxqxUOKFfmrnEodiSfX_hDLoyjSf0SDlrqUGmYagRrdR2zrjPTFZtRRCCHhWJzBOeGyVLtdeseIX89bPmje4hYhyieVP9LcWTq74OskyvHFoxNBGtgwHFUfKheUJUQ4aBooo-SDuCP5LapzIpdLdqJs9usEZ_XvrcFaZvdEDVqjKzvLp4M2zSF8UqhKcRYoIObFInMuN0B01JET7xjFLVBROaCw9wtn2yCcgTv-OGYAVnl-qIho.oT3dRJeTQfa-tPp52iIyDvi0mMqgolhorGtNrTHNiLc&dib_tag=se&keywords=6000+cl30&qid=1720411917&s=electronics&sprefix=6000%2Celectronics%2C104&sr=1-1

 

 

Funny enough the 6000 CL30 is cheaper but if you already bought it don't worry, the difference would be tiny. If you really want to try proper OC'ing the RAM not just XMP, bump the voltages then the frequencies and latency

[ArushM]

12 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

Are you saying you bought two sets of 2x16 GB or the 4x16 GB option? If you need 64 GB, much better to go with 2x32 GB for performance.

Its 4X16 but I mean leave it, its a decent amount of work for very little payoff, just +400 MHz maybe

 

12 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

Running four sticks is more work for the CPU's integrated memory controller. It can often cause issues, especially with DDR5. You may still be able to overclock your RAM, just not as high as 5200 MT/s (e.g. you could try 5000 MT/s). Ideally you'd want to use only two sticks. As was said, DDR5 6000 MT/s CL30 is generally the best option for DDR5.

Sure this is true but its such a small difference that nobody gives a crap, +200 MHz on RAM does next to nothing, on the other hand 6000 CL30 would be worth it

[Eigenvektor]

9 minutes ago, ArushM said:

Its 4X16 but I mean leave it, its a decent amount of work for very little payoff, just +400 MHz maybe

Sure this is true but its such a small difference that nobody gives a crap, +200 MHz on RAM does next to nothing, on the other hand 6000 CL30 would be worth it

That's what I meant, 2x32 GB 6000 MT/s CL30 would be a better option than 4x16 GB 5200 MT/s

[ArushM]

Just now, Eigenvektor said:

That's what I meant, 2x32 GB 6000 MT/s CL30 would be a better option than 4x16 GB 5200 MT/s

Yes it will be but OP already had 2X16 and expanded to 4X16 as far as I know. Getting 2X32 is not economical at all if you already have decent DDR5. If its double the price for 2X32 6000 CL30 and half of it for 4X16 5200 CL36 which one would you go for?

[Eigenvektor]

44 minutes ago, ArushM said:

Yes it will be but OP already had 2X16 and expanded to 4X16 as far as I know. Getting 2X32 is not economical at all if you already have decent DDR5. If its double the price for 2X32 6000 CL30 and half of it for 4X16 5200 CL36 which one would you go for?

Depends. If all I did was game, I'd stick with 32 GB total. Based on what I know about DDR5 and four sticks, I'd try to avoid it, if at all possible.

 

If I already had 2x16 and I knew for a fact I needed 64 GB, sure I'd go with the cheaper option, if selling what I had and getting 2x32 was prohibitively expensive.