RAM Voltages

[SamNeedham123]

Hi,

 

I was recently given some Kingston Hyper-X DDR2 RAM (KHX8500D2K/4G) which totaled in 8GB of RAM he gave me for my build. I am using a Gigabyte M720-US3 (Revision 1.0) and it says on the Gigabyte Website under the Specifications Section that this board supports 4x 1.8 Volt Sticks up to 16GB RAM. However, on the RAM Sticks, it says that they're 2.3 Volt Sticks.

 

Therefore, my question is that if I was to put this RAM in my Motherboard, would it downclock itself to a safe voltage or would it cause the Motherboard to go up in smoke? I need to make sure I have a certain answer from someone as my Custom Build is my main PC for what I do.

 

I've also got in contact with Gigabyte Tech Support but they're really slow, so I would like to try and get a good answer a little quicker!

Thanks for getting back to me,

 

Sam.

 

Useful Sources: Gigabyte Website: Gigabyte M720-US3 (Revision 1.0)

 

RAM in question (looks really rather nice)...

 

The RAM Stick's Sticker...

[SamNeedham123]

By default they're set to 800 MHz with 1.8 V, so it'd be rude to put 2.3 V for 1066 MHz...

If you're trying to get 1066 MHz try with 2 V.

 

All I want is to plug it in and go. I'm not an overclocker or anything!

All I want to know is will it automatically downclock so it'll run at 1.8v? 

[AlwaysFSX]

All I want is to plug it in and go. I'm not an overclocker or anything!

All I want to know is will it automatically downclock so it'll run at 1.8v? 

Normally it should. If it POSTs but the boot fails just go in the BIOS and change the voltages and frequency.

[SamNeedham123]

Normally it should. If it POSTs but the boot fails just go in the BIOS and change the voltages and frequency.

 

IDK if I uderstand you...

it runs at 1.8V (and 800 MHz) BC that's what they've written on the SPD ROM

But you can put 1066 MHz at 2.2 V (people could use this voltage for this kits safely)

If it doesn't boot just Clear CMOS

 

So basically, it won't blow the board up because it's too much voltage for the board?

It'll just fail to post and not do anything?! You see, I don't want to risk taking out my board as I haven't really got the cash to get a new one!

 

@DEcobra11: So basically it runs at 1.8v Stock at 800MHz and allows you to bump the clocks up to 1066MHz at 2.3v? I know a fair bit about PCs but voltages and all that are a bit confusing to me

[AlwaysFSX]

So basically, it won't blow the board up because it's too much voltage for the board?

It'll just fail to post and not do anything?! You see, I don't want to risk taking out my board as I haven't really got the cash to get a new one!

Usually. There's always that one unlucky guy (waves hands) where the strange things go wrong. You can run them at higher voltages than the board will handle and it just won't work. What happens to me the most when screwing around with the ram voltages it'll just give me an error and restart.

[SamNeedham123]

So basically, the fact of the matter is that it might blow up, it might not post or it might work?

[SamNeedham123]

So there's no chance of the board frying itself?

That's my main concern - I'm not bothered otherwise...