using corsair value select DDR3 ram with gigabye G41m combo motherboard

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rahulmv

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how can i use corsiar valueselect DDR 3 ram (model CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 ) with gigabyte G41m combo motherboard ?

http://www.gigabyte.in/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4213#ov
http://www.corsair.com/cmv4gx3m1a1333c9.html

i removed my ddr2 ram 2x2 4gb ram and tried to use corsair drr3 ram 2x4 8gb in both slots for ddr3 . i also removed the motherboard battery to reset CMOS . but nothing happens it just restarts not even boots .my processor is intel core 2 duo E8400 .or i have to overclock my motherboard so i can use this ram ??
Please help me .
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Hello thanks for reply . yes i can get to that BISO but only when i use ddr 2 ram not with ddr3 . motherboard manual says yes i can use ddr3 ram
 
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I do not know what causes your problem . It should just work

But there are two things to try .
Start with the DDR2 and update to the latest BIOS . You can get that from the boards page on the gigabyte site .
Start up and set to optimized defaults .
Then turn off and try one stick of the DDR3 . If that woks try both together

I googled your problem and some people say you have to install 1066 MHz RAM first . This seems unlikely but it did work for them

EDIT : it also just occured to me that your mb will have 1.8 volt memory slots . The 1.5 volt RAM might be failing because of over voltage .
Just a theory . You could try booting with DDR2 and turning the slot voltage down manually

 
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hello
i did all what you said . i tried to update BIOS with ddr2 also applied defaults were it was required but no difference . but one thing i found in the current BIOS like you said, in the motherboard there was no option for 1.5 volt it was set to auto, i also looked in volt selection option it was only 1.8 volt and more but no 1.5 . but the motherboard specification say it has 1.5 volt slots for DDR3 and 1.8 volt slots for DDR2 .

so i downloaded the new bios for my motherboard from gigabyte website thinking that there i could find 1.5 volt selection option for my new ddr3 ram but the new bios was also of no use. it was same as my current bios of motherboard or they have not updated the motherboard driver .
 
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hello . thanks for your help . today i was reading posts at different forum . i think my mother board is not able to handle 1333 mhz ddr3 ram . it can be use this ram only if it is overclocked .
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=12697.0
i may have to use 1066 mhz ram or do i need to do some settings in motherboard bios to match the ram memory frequency of my corsiar DDR3 1333mhz ram model and also for process ?
 
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here let you a very useful info about this mobo in some cases this dont support ddr3 modules so here is the solution :

I have the same motherboard GA-G41M-COMBO and also I had the same problem, i did buy two memory moduls ADATA AXDU1333GB2G9-3G, just i do think this kind of memory will be working fine in my motherboard because are inside of specs of Mobo.

Here's what happened i did install the two new modules of DDR3 ADATA 1333 and the motherboard just can not boot anything this just kept beeping without any possibility of go inside of BIOS, and then like there was not way to select some option like *Default Settings*, so I assumed than i should delete the BIOS settings through CLR_CMOS jumper and so I try (and even retire the battery) but it did not work and the mobo kept beeping after the clearing of settings, the which is something very strange as this motherboard should support DDR3.

But then happened something very strange here, you see how before i was using two modules of DDR2 both of 1GB and like this still work for my I do have the idea of do downgrade to another bios one older than the last than i do have flashed in the mobo and after of make this and only so finally the motherboar was capable of can boot with the new memory DDR3.

To here that was my solution, but then i do assume something will be wrong with the last bios provided by gigabyte and to confirm this i just think i was be easy prove just i will reflash again the last bios with the new DDR3 Modules working and after this the Motherboard logically would not boot and so i make it, but I had a big surprise when this time with the bios than before cant get work now it do work nicely..


Someone understand where was the problem, but all this was my sulution hope to someone this info be useful... =)


Sorry for my poor inglish, cheersss!!!!!
 
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