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High and Low Density RAM

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Hi,

Can somebody enlighten regarding this thing about high and low density RAMs.

I've  read some articles about it but still can't get the difference between the except for the fact that high density RAMs have common issues with compatibility.

What i want to know is how to tell whether a RAM stick is a low density one or a high density one.

 

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I never heard of high density or low density RAM causing compatibility issues.

 

I don't know if you are referring to registered RAM.  On systems where there is a LOT of RAM (more than hundreds of gigabytes), registered (buffered) RAM is used.  Registered (buffered) RAM is incompatible with normal RAM you find in gaming PCs.

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High density = weird non-ECC ECC ram that chinese sellers sell

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This is the catch i bought 4 sticks of 4gb RAMs and tried installing it on my system.BOOM. It won't boot, stuck at BIOS, frozen as rock.

Upon research i found out that the RAM that i've bought is High Density ones which has a 10% compatibility on marketed boards, and sadly my board only accepts low density RAMs.

Now i'm planning on buying another set of 4 sticks of RAMs, i don't want to repeat that stupid mistake of buying high density sticks so i'm asking how to tell whether a RAM stick is low density or high density

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