- Mar 2, 2014
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Hello all you helpful persons out there,
I just bought some new RAM to upgrade my old 4 gigs to 8 gigs. I did quite a bit of research about timings and voltages and ended up just getting RAM with exactly the same specs as my old, just bigger. Here is my current set up...
Mobo - EVGA P55 :
CPU - i3 550 Clarkdale 3.2GHz LGA 1156 w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus :
PSU - Zephyr MX 750W : Mem - ADATA DDR3 1600 PC3 - 12800 1.50v "CL9-9-9-24" (2x2) :
Graphics - MSI GTX 560 Ti 2.0 GB Twin Frozr II :
HDD 1 - Hitatchi 7200 1tb 3.0 GB/s(originalhdd) : HDD 2 - Seagate 7200 1tb 6.0 GB/s
I bought some G. Skill RipJaws DDR3 1600 PC3 - 12800 1.50v "CL9-9-9-24" (2x4) to replace and upgrade. When I installed them however, my board gave me a "3A" error on the little display at the bottom that reads my temps. I installed both and tried a few times to get to the BIOS to check everything, but it locks up before the BIOS even starts. Tried one stick, same deal. Tried one stick with the other one, no dice. Just wondering if there is anything that I missed. I purposely bought the exact same specs and checked my MOBO specs quite a few times before purchasing since I know my rig is showing its age.
One thing I didn't try was taking out the MOBO battery and waiting a bit. Thought I would come on here and see if anyone has some other words of wisdom on the subject before I waste my whole night screwing around with new RAM.
I should also note, that upon putting back in my old RAM, my computer works fine and is currently what I am using to type this so I didn't manage to mess up the MOBO by hulking components around.
Edit 1: After looking a bit more, the 3A error is a Real Time Clock error. I have absolutely no experience with that and am currently looking in to it. Tried a few more times with the new RAM and still nothing. I also don't have anything else to test the RAM in to see if its defective so I'd like to exhaust all my options before trudging the return/defective route.
I just bought some new RAM to upgrade my old 4 gigs to 8 gigs. I did quite a bit of research about timings and voltages and ended up just getting RAM with exactly the same specs as my old, just bigger. Here is my current set up...
Mobo - EVGA P55 :
CPU - i3 550 Clarkdale 3.2GHz LGA 1156 w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus :
PSU - Zephyr MX 750W : Mem - ADATA DDR3 1600 PC3 - 12800 1.50v "CL9-9-9-24" (2x2) :
Graphics - MSI GTX 560 Ti 2.0 GB Twin Frozr II :
HDD 1 - Hitatchi 7200 1tb 3.0 GB/s(originalhdd) : HDD 2 - Seagate 7200 1tb 6.0 GB/s
I bought some G. Skill RipJaws DDR3 1600 PC3 - 12800 1.50v "CL9-9-9-24" (2x4) to replace and upgrade. When I installed them however, my board gave me a "3A" error on the little display at the bottom that reads my temps. I installed both and tried a few times to get to the BIOS to check everything, but it locks up before the BIOS even starts. Tried one stick, same deal. Tried one stick with the other one, no dice. Just wondering if there is anything that I missed. I purposely bought the exact same specs and checked my MOBO specs quite a few times before purchasing since I know my rig is showing its age.
One thing I didn't try was taking out the MOBO battery and waiting a bit. Thought I would come on here and see if anyone has some other words of wisdom on the subject before I waste my whole night screwing around with new RAM.
I should also note, that upon putting back in my old RAM, my computer works fine and is currently what I am using to type this so I didn't manage to mess up the MOBO by hulking components around.
Edit 1: After looking a bit more, the 3A error is a Real Time Clock error. I have absolutely no experience with that and am currently looking in to it. Tried a few more times with the new RAM and still nothing. I also don't have anything else to test the RAM in to see if its defective so I'd like to exhaust all my options before trudging the return/defective route.
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