Memory not running at rated speed. Any ideas?
- Thread starter Endzini
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I recently purchased my system. I came with 8G of ADATA 1866Mhz RAM (AX3U1866W4G10-DGV). This past weekend I installed another 8G of identical RAM. Since then, I get a boot error every time I try to run the default XMP profile with the memory multiplier set to 9.3. The highest I can set the multiplier is 8.0. Which makes my memory speed 1600Mhz. The BIOS and windows will recognize that I have 16G installed. I have run memtest86. All four sticks passed. I removed my old memory and installed the new memory in single channel. It ran at 1866Mhz. I even mixed the old and new memory in single channel. That also worked at 1866Mhz. If I set the BClk to 225with the memory multiplier at 8.0, it runs at 1880Mhz with no instability and no additional voltage required. So, my question is why is this happening? Can this be fixed with a chipset update? Could this be a voltage issue? Thank you in advance for any help. Specs below. Sorry, it's my first post. 
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P
CPU: AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5Ghz
RAM: 16G (4x4G) ADATA XPG V2 1866
GPU: MSI Radeon R7 260x
HDD1: Samsung 840 EVO 250G SSD (os)
HDD2: Toshiba 1Tb 7200rpm (storage)
PSU: Thermaltake 650W Gold rated
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P
CPU: AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5Ghz
RAM: 16G (4x4G) ADATA XPG V2 1866
GPU: MSI Radeon R7 260x
HDD1: Samsung 840 EVO 250G SSD (os)
HDD2: Toshiba 1Tb 7200rpm (storage)
PSU: Thermaltake 650W Gold rated
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