- Aug 20, 2014
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First of all, hello everybody! First post, although I've been following the forum since forever. 
I recently bought 2 sticks of 4GB Kingston RAM 1866Mhz CL9 1.6v to either replace or, if possible, combine with my current sticks of RAM, which are 2 sticks of 2GB G.Skill RAM 1600Mhz CL7 1.5v.
Yes, completely different sticks, I know, but I was still wondering whether they could work together. If I plug them all in, the computer won't boot, but both pairs work separately.
I went to the BIOS and took some photos of the settings for both sticks and tried to increase the 7-8-7-... values to match the highest of both RAMs (not sure if this is how you do it). Also, I set the frequency at 1600Mhz and the voltage to about 1.652v. Still didn't work.
My question is twofold. First, I would like to know if I can run these two types of RAM together and, if so, how. Then, I would like to know what kind of documentation and values should I be looking at when trying to configure all those little settings to make two different types of RAMs compatible (when possible, of course).
If it helps, here are the references for the sticks:
G.Skill: F3-12800CL7D-4GBXM
Kingston: KHX18C9T2K2/8X
Also, here are photos of the BIOS info (with XMP profiles) for both RAMs:
Best regards,
José Devezas
I recently bought 2 sticks of 4GB Kingston RAM 1866Mhz CL9 1.6v to either replace or, if possible, combine with my current sticks of RAM, which are 2 sticks of 2GB G.Skill RAM 1600Mhz CL7 1.5v.
Yes, completely different sticks, I know, but I was still wondering whether they could work together. If I plug them all in, the computer won't boot, but both pairs work separately.
I went to the BIOS and took some photos of the settings for both sticks and tried to increase the 7-8-7-... values to match the highest of both RAMs (not sure if this is how you do it). Also, I set the frequency at 1600Mhz and the voltage to about 1.652v. Still didn't work.
My question is twofold. First, I would like to know if I can run these two types of RAM together and, if so, how. Then, I would like to know what kind of documentation and values should I be looking at when trying to configure all those little settings to make two different types of RAMs compatible (when possible, of course).
If it helps, here are the references for the sticks:
G.Skill: F3-12800CL7D-4GBXM
Kingston: KHX18C9T2K2/8X
Also, here are photos of the BIOS info (with XMP profiles) for both RAMs:
Best regards,
José Devezas
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