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RAM won't work in new motherboard

Alrighty so a bit of a problem. I bought a new 8GB stick of RAM, DDR Corsair XMS, it's identical to my other stick BUT for the part that the new one is 1600mhz, while the old is 1333mhz. Now in my old motherboard there was seemingly no problems, however since then I have upgraded to a new CPU and motherboard and the stick simply won't run. 

 

Whenever I insert the stick, before, if it was solo or together with the other one, just infinite boot loop, I couldn't even get into bios. Now I changed some BIOS setting to automatically have the DRAM frequency at 1333mhz instead of ''Auto'', however now instead of just constantly restarting and looping, it just starts up once, fans work and stuff, however just black screen and nothing happens. 

 

 

Motherboard = asus b85m-g plus/usb 3.1

CPU = Xeon E3 1231 V3 

GPU = R9 380 MSI Gaming edition

PSU = Seasonic S12II-620

RAM = Corsair XMS3 8GB (1x 8GB) 1333MHz DDR3 RAM = Old stick that works perfectly. 

        = Corsair XMS3 8GB (1x 8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 RAM = New stick, doesn't work in new motherboard. 

 

Just saw that the new stick has a Latency Timing: CL11 while the old has a CL9, does that change anything? 

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yes

 

  • CPU
    i7-6850k
  • Motherboard
    MSI X99A Sli Plus
  • RAM
    32GB Crucial Ballistix LP      DDR4-2400
  • GPU                                            MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8Gb
  • Case
    Thermaltake Level 20 MT ARGB
  • Storage
    Samsung 250GB 850 pro,        WD Black 1TB, WD blue 3TB
  • PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w
  • Display(s)
    Asus vg248qe, Asus vg245h
  • Cooling
    Swiftech H220-x
  • Keyboard
    Logitech g910
  • Mouse
    Logitech g502
  • Sound
    Áudio Technica ATH-M50x
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
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If the timings need to be the same, how come the stick won't work on it's own? 

And it worked on my old motherboard

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29 minutes ago, Krankyboi said:

If the timings need to be the same, how come the stick won't work on it's own? 

 

The two are largely unrelated. Ideally, you want dual channel RAM to be the same and the new stick doesn't work on it's own. Have you checked the motherboard specs to see if the new stick is supported?

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I fixed it. Went into the BIOS and under like the DRAM timings and what not, changed everything that was 'Channel 9' from Auto to 11. Seems to work. 

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