I've been installing my ram wrong all along!!

[vESP]

So I've been used to dual channel before which has been fine but with 4x 4gb sticks I got 2x 8 ddr4 dims so i could upgrade in the future. Well I've only just noticed I've been doing it wrong haha see picks..

My luck I did damage

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's not really the wrong place, as the RAM still works fine. 

 

The positioning of the RAM for dual channel can change from board to board. 

[vESP]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

It's not really the wrong place, as the RAM still works fine. 

 

The positioning of the RAM for dual channel can change from board to board. 

it works out now anyway cause it let me messure up clearence for a new cooler. >.< 

[Sintezza]

RTFM?

 

[vESP]

14 hours ago, Sintezza said:

RTFM?

 

i would if the manuel acturally told you how to. my MB manuel does not. thanks for your constructive statement Sintezza 

[MageTank]

23 minutes ago, vESP said:

i would if the manuel acturally told you how to. my MB manuel does not. thanks for your constructive statement Sintezza 

It does tell you how. Page 28. 

 

 

While MSI manuals are not perfect, they do have the proper information for ram channeling. I've owned pretty much every possible brand of motherboard, and MSI is far from the worst. ASrock (I absolutely love their boards) probably has the most mediocre manuals I have seen. English is bad, and seldom ever goes into details about specific timings/voltages. 

 

EDIT: I should point out, that depending on your region/language, the page number will be different. It might also be on Page 14 as well. Simply look for the "DIMM SLOTS" header in the overview section. 

[Imakuni]

12 minutes ago, MageTank said:

ASrock (I absolutely love their boards) probably has the most mediocre manuals I have seen. English is bad, and seldom ever goes into details about specific timings/voltages. 

Menu: "this thing"

Description: "Let's you adjust this thing"

 

Drives me nuts....

[MageTank]

22 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Menu: "this thing"

Description: "Let's you adjust this thing"

 

Drives me nuts....

I hate when they do this:

 

"VCCIO: VCCIO Voltage". Thanks ASRock, I thought the VCCIO Voltage was something else entirely. Glad you cleared that up for me. They do this for every other timing/voltage too.