- Apr 26, 2014
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First of all, I'm a noob when it comes to PC so pls forgive me 
I bought a customised tower from a PC shop 8 months ago and they installed me a faulty, 4gb, brand-less RAM. As a result, I encountered blue screen errors, so I returned it since it's under warranty. Since there'll be job order and indefinite processing time, I just bought another 2gb RAM of my own so I could still use my PC. BSODs are gone.
After 6 weeks, they've finally given me the replacement. I installed them together and now I'm running on 6gb and when I run the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool, it found no memory errors.
My question is: will it be harmful to my motherboard if I will keep using these in the long run?
I've seen on some forums that some people tried to mix different sizes, brands, speed, etc of RAM and the PC wont boot normally and they encounter problems. Mine seems OK. And many of PC gurus giving advices say it is *not* recommended to mix them up, although you can mix it if one wants it. Are there any bad consequences doing such?
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Anyway, I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro, 64-bit, AMD A4-4000 APU 3.0 GHz. I cannot tell my Gigabyte motherboard, sorry. It says 'To be filled by OEM'
2gb:
DDR3-1600
Max Clock speed: 800 MHz
Max Bandwidth: PC3-12800
CAS Latency Supported: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Timings: 11-11-11-28
4gb:
DDR3-1333
Max Clock speed: 666.67 MHz
Max Bandwidth: PC3-10600
CAS Latency Supported: 6 7 8 9
Timings: 9-9-9-24
Both of different brands.
I hope these info are enough...
I bought a customised tower from a PC shop 8 months ago and they installed me a faulty, 4gb, brand-less RAM. As a result, I encountered blue screen errors, so I returned it since it's under warranty. Since there'll be job order and indefinite processing time, I just bought another 2gb RAM of my own so I could still use my PC. BSODs are gone.
After 6 weeks, they've finally given me the replacement. I installed them together and now I'm running on 6gb and when I run the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool, it found no memory errors.
My question is: will it be harmful to my motherboard if I will keep using these in the long run?
I've seen on some forums that some people tried to mix different sizes, brands, speed, etc of RAM and the PC wont boot normally and they encounter problems. Mine seems OK. And many of PC gurus giving advices say it is *not* recommended to mix them up, although you can mix it if one wants it. Are there any bad consequences doing such?
--------
Anyway, I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro, 64-bit, AMD A4-4000 APU 3.0 GHz. I cannot tell my Gigabyte motherboard, sorry. It says 'To be filled by OEM'
2gb:
DDR3-1600
Max Clock speed: 800 MHz
Max Bandwidth: PC3-12800
CAS Latency Supported: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Timings: 11-11-11-28
4gb:
DDR3-1333
Max Clock speed: 666.67 MHz
Max Bandwidth: PC3-10600
CAS Latency Supported: 6 7 8 9
Timings: 9-9-9-24
Both of different brands.
I hope these info are enough...
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