Ram Upgrade Problem

Denis_Twin · February 17, 2016

Hi,

so I upgraded ram because my previous ram was broken,

System

CPUIntel Xeon E5 1620 @ 3.60GHz Sandy Bridge-EP/EX 32nm Technology
MotherboardDell Inc. 08HPGT (Chipset Model: Sandy Bridge-E) (Southbridge Model: X79)
RAM4x2GB ECC EDIMM, 1333MHz, 8GB (DDR3) (9-9-9-24)
GPUGeForce GTX 980 4gb Windforce OC
Casedell precision t3600
Storage465GB ATA Samsung SSD 850 SCSI + 1863GB ATA ST2000DM001-1CH1 SCSI
PSUdell precision t3600/635w (Dell Dual PSU Design)
Display(s)DELL U2412M
CoolingDell precision T3600 Default Fans
SoundRealtek High Definition Audio
Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro 64Bit

I upgraded to a g.skill trident 2x8gb kit 1600mhz speed.

The problem is that I get way lower specs than the ones paid for. Actually, I get less than 2.5 gb while I have to have 16gb.

Also, the speed is at 1333mhz while it had to be 1600mhz which is available in my pc according to specs sheet.

Also the clocks are at cas9 while the specs should be cas7.

anyway, not many options in the bios but I would like to somehow fix it since I paid so much money for it to be giving me 2.5gb 1333mhz ram instead of 16gb 16mhz.

PS: I cannot change ram settings in bios, they are not there as many people suggest me. No profiles or anything, it is a very simple bios.

givegomezthegun · February 17, 2016

There should be an option in your bios for the XMP profile. You need to enable it to get the advertised speeds.

Denis_Twin · February 17, 2016

24 minutes ago, givegomezthegun said:

There should be an option in your bios for the XMP profile. You need to enable it to get the advertised speeds.

there is not, the bios us limited. check it out, i cant record it.

UPDATE: for some reason in msconfig it was set to 2000mb by itself, so I changed it back and fixed it, but the latency and mhz are still lower than expected.