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So does this mean my memory is running at 1866MHz? And do I still have to change my XMP mode in the BIOS?

 

No that just means it's capable of it and you do need to active XMP to use it

pretty much what Ryan says

 

you need to go to BIOS to start XMP

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Today I downloaded cpu-z to check my systems specs in greater detail. When I got to the memory tab, it shows that my DRAM Frequency is hovering around 800MHz. From what I've read online, your supposed to double that speed, giving my memory 1600MHz speed. The problem im having is that I bought a 4gb ddr3 1866MHz stick of memory. Am I doing something wrong? Or was I shipped the wrong type of memory?

 

 

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does the RAM in speccy shows the 1866 model?

 

if they are correct

 

 

you just need to adjust the RAM speed in BIOS

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In speccy it shows the DRAM frequency as 799MHz

can you post the screenshot of speccy?

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Yep, https://gyazo.com/0cfc068615ef272a3270d7bbc08b6bbd Hope that is enough, its my first time using gyazo.

hmm this software cant see the model

 

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

use CPU-Z ID

 

to check the RAM

 

 

or use

 

https://www.crucial.com/

 

download the scanner to scan the RAM being used

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You might need to enable or change your XMP profile in the BIOS

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hmm this software cant see the model

 

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

use CPU-Z ID

 

to check the RAM

 

 

or use

 

https://www.crucial.com/

 

download the scanner to scan the RAM being used

This is what I got for the CPU-Z- https://gyazo.com/d1d65236fb6e062dfc35b4526a17ca0d and https://gyazo.com/d4cc5b08bba7ea0816475db2a8bc34e6

 

 

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You might need to enable or change your XMP profile in the BIOS

 

 

 

Yup I definitely think I'm right now 

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ah ha looking at the second screenshot

 

you see the XMP mode with 1866MHz

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So does this mean my memory is running at 1866MHz? And do I still have to change my XMP mode in the BIOS?

No that just means it's capable of it and you do need to active XMP to use it

 

By default most motherboards will default to the "safest" speeds that are pretty much guaranteed to work, so you can at least POST and set it higher at your own discretion.

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So does this mean my memory is running at 1866MHz? And do I still have to change my XMP mode in the BIOS?

 

No that just means it's capable of it and you do need to active XMP to use it

pretty much what Ryan says

 

you need to go to BIOS to start XMP

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pretty much what Ryan says

 

you need to go to BIOS to start XMP

 

No that just means it's capable of it and you do need to active XMP to use it

 

By default most motherboards will default to the "safest" speeds that are pretty much guaranteed to work, so you can at least POST and set it higher at your own discretion.

Went into BIOS this morning and swapped to XMP mode and this is what cpu-z says- https://gyazo.com/a717b52a2eb56bfd62556a65dc454ef6, https://gyazo.com/8738c62825858b6eaa1d841d7454f3d5. So that was the problem, thanks for the help!

 

 

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Went into BIOS this morning and swapped to XMP mode and this is what cpu-z says- https://gyazo.com/a717b52a2eb56bfd62556a65dc454ef6, https://gyazo.com/8738c62825858b6eaa1d841d7454f3d5. So that was the problem, thanks for the help!

 

No problem.  I've learned from experience with this myself :)

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