Overclocking RAM 1600 to 1866 MHZ

[bubuie]

CPU: i5 3470
M/B: MSI Z77a-G43

RAM : https://www.amazon.com/G-SKILL-RipjawsX-240-Pin-Desktop...

RAM only shows 1600 MHZ 

https://imgur.com/a/dHRt4

 

I could not do anything manually in BIOS so help will be good

[3 Lions]

Did you turn on X.M.P? 

[bubuie]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Did you turn on X.M.P? 

Yes, I did, Went Up only to 1600 MHZ

[3 Lions]

Just now, bubuie said:

Yes, I did, Went Up only to 1600 MHZ

Well unfortunately I think you bought the 1600MHz kit instead of the 1866MHz kit you said you thought you had.

[bubuie]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Well unfortunately I think you bought the 1600MHz kit instead of the 1866MHz kit you said you thought you had.

Got them out of PC to take a picture 

 

[3 Lions]

8 minutes ago, bubuie said:

Got them out of PC to take a picture 

 

Okay I've got one more thing you can try, if you haven't already got the latest BIOS (version 2.13   2014/05/01) download it and do a full BIOS update which should reset every BIOS setting you have currently. If you have the latest BIOS I'd do a full BIOS reset that puts everything back to defaults and clears all current BIOS settings from it's memory. If that doesn't work I think you either have faulty RAM or at the factory they made a mistake and put an 1866MHz sticker on them instead of a 1600MHz sticker on them (though this is very unlikely). 

[bubuie]

3 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Okay I've got one more thing you can try, if you haven't already got the latest BIOS (version 2.13   2014/05/01) download it and do a full BIOS update which should reset every BIOS setting you have currently. If you have the latest BIOS I'd do a full BIOS reset that puts everything back to defaults and clears all current BIOS settings from it's memory. If that doesn't work I think you either have faulty RAM or at the factory they made a mistake and put an 1866MHz sticker on them instead of a 1600MHz sticker on them (though this is very unlikely). 

already at 2.13 version , I did clear the CMOS and Reseted all the settings to the default, still same

[bubuie]

15 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Okay I've got one more thing you can try, if you haven't already got the latest BIOS (version 2.13   2014/05/01) download it and do a full BIOS update which should reset every BIOS setting you have currently. If you have the latest BIOS I'd do a full BIOS reset that puts everything back to defaults and clears all current BIOS settings from it's memory. If that doesn't work I think you either have faulty RAM or at the factory they made a mistake and put an 1866MHz sticker on them instead of a 1600MHz sticker on them (though this is very unlikely). 

already at 2.13 version , I did clear the CMOS and Reseted all the settings to the default, still same

 

this is what my bios shows 

 

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, bubuie said:

already at 2.13 version , I did clear the CMOS and Reseted all the settings to the default, still same

is there more than one XMP profile? sometimes you have XMP profile 1 and 2...try them out...it that fail just manually set it in your bios to run faster...

[bubuie]

Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

is there more than one XMP profile? sometimes you have XMP profile 1 and 2...try them out...it that fail just manually set it in your bios to run faster...

there are 1 and 2 profile all of em do the same, does not change anything , how do i set it manually? what numbers i should in this? 

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, bubuie said:

there are 1 and 2 profile all of em do the same, does not change anything , how do i set it manually? what numbers i should in this? 

from your previous picture it does look like your profile is activated...but the board doesnt care about it...what board is that? is it a Z series board? DOES IT HAS SUPPORT for faster RAM?

[bubuie]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

from your previous picture it does look like your profile is activated...but the board doesnt care about it...what board is that? is it a Z series board? DOES IT HAS SUPPORT for faster RAM?

yea it does, Z77a-g43 MSI , one 

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z77A-G43/Specification

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, bubuie said:

yea it does, Z77a-g43 MSI , one 

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z77A-G43/Specification

strange...i don't know...sorry.

to change it manually click ''DRAM frequency'' and instead of auto, pick a faster speed from the list.

[bubuie]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

strange...i don't know...sorry.

to change it manually click ''DRAM frequency'' and instead of auto, pic a faster speed from the list.

From that the fastest thing is DDR-1600MHZ only

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, bubuie said:

From that the fastest thing is DDR-1600MHZ only

did you bought those ram sticks brand new from a reputable shop or online site?

[bubuie]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

did you bought those ram sticks brand new from a reputable shop or online site?

From amazon

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, bubuie said:

From amazon

turn off the XMP profile and then select DRAM frequency...

[bubuie]

3 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

turn off the XMP profile and then select DRAM frequency...

Did that , Shows 1600 MHZ max memory 

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, bubuie said:

Did that , Shows 1600 MHZ max memory 

i don't know then man...it should not be like that...no idea what's wrong...sorry.

[bubuie]

Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

i don't know then man...it should not be like that...no idea what's wrong...sorry.

There are 4 slots, should i put them to the black slots instead of blue ones? does it make differencE?

[WereCat]

Your CPU supports only 1600MHz max. Since you have a locked CPU, you can't use faster RAM either.

 

Edit:

However, you may be able to lower the RAM latency at 1600MHz.

 

But in your case, I very much doubt that you will see any benefit either with faster or lower latency RAM.

[i_build_nanosuits]

2 hours ago, bubuie said:

There are 4 slots, should i put them to the black slots instead of blue ones? does it make differencE?

 

2 hours ago, WereCat said:

Your CPU supports only 1600MHz max. Since you have a locked CPU, you can't use faster RAM either.

ahhh...yeah...that's why...i didn't tought about that... ^^

[bubuie]

20 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

 

ahhh...yeah...that's why...i didn't tought about that... ^^

flashing BIOS helped , found some beta version on MSI page and it got up to 1866 HMZ  thanks for helping out