- Mar 15, 2015
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Hi
I have a HP Z400 Workstation that has 6 slots of RAM
It originally had 6X2GB of Micron pc3 10600 1.5V RAM
I modified it to 2X 8GB Micron pc3 10600 1.5V and 4X 2GB Micron pc3 10600 1.5V
I recently bought two new sticks of 8GB and 4GB of Micron pc3 10600 1.5V, with the idea of soon buying another 8GB and 4GB of Micron pc3 10600 1.5V to make a total of 3X8GB and 3x4GB for a total of 36GB
My RAM slots run 1 4 2 5 3 6 with the idea of it's split in to running 1-3 together and 4-6 together
so I was going to have all 8GB run together in slots 1-3 and for now 4GB with the 2X2GB
It would like like this 8Gb - 4GB - 8GB - 2GB - 8GB - 2GB
I noticed that when I put in the new 8GB, it was PC3 12800 1.35V I messed up, I'm not sure how I made this mistake, because I hunted it down looking for the specific details of pc3 10600 1.5 but obviously the mistake was made. The biggest mistake was I've been involved in so many DIYs lately that I let this RAM switch sit in it's package for a few months now, so I basically bought this, no chance for returns now.
All of the other 5 sticks are PC3 10600 1.5v
I put all the RAM in and the system seemed to make the changes on auto
right now the PC3 12800 1.5v 8GB stick is sitting in the 3rd slot in-between the 5th and 6th 2GB pc3 10600 1.5V
Should this be fine and my next step could be get the new 8GB and 4GB Micron pc3 10600 1.5V to finish my project of 3X8GB and 3X4GB = 36GB and maybe replace the 8GB Micron pc3 10600 1.5V then to have things running best optimally
OR
Should I for now go into BIOS and make changes to have the ram set at a different setting for now so the other 5 can work with the 12800 ram until I can get a replacement
OR
Is this terrible for my system and things are going to overheat and get real bad for that stick and the surrounding RAM, that for now I should lower my memory
It seems to be working fine right now, but I'm not sure if after a few hours of recording with plugins that system is going to jump in heat and cause real problems
I'm hoping I can go with plan A for a week or two, then get my other 4GB and 8GB and then get a replacement 8GB 10600 for the 8GB 12800, that the PC3 12800 can sit in there for a week or two, but my fear is after a few hours it will cause damage
MANY THANKS FOR ANY HELP
I have a HP Z400 Workstation that has 6 slots of RAM
It originally had 6X2GB of Micron pc3 10600 1.5V RAM
I modified it to 2X 8GB Micron pc3 10600 1.5V and 4X 2GB Micron pc3 10600 1.5V
I recently bought two new sticks of 8GB and 4GB of Micron pc3 10600 1.5V, with the idea of soon buying another 8GB and 4GB of Micron pc3 10600 1.5V to make a total of 3X8GB and 3x4GB for a total of 36GB
My RAM slots run 1 4 2 5 3 6 with the idea of it's split in to running 1-3 together and 4-6 together
so I was going to have all 8GB run together in slots 1-3 and for now 4GB with the 2X2GB
It would like like this 8Gb - 4GB - 8GB - 2GB - 8GB - 2GB
I noticed that when I put in the new 8GB, it was PC3 12800 1.35V I messed up, I'm not sure how I made this mistake, because I hunted it down looking for the specific details of pc3 10600 1.5 but obviously the mistake was made. The biggest mistake was I've been involved in so many DIYs lately that I let this RAM switch sit in it's package for a few months now, so I basically bought this, no chance for returns now.
All of the other 5 sticks are PC3 10600 1.5v
I put all the RAM in and the system seemed to make the changes on auto
right now the PC3 12800 1.5v 8GB stick is sitting in the 3rd slot in-between the 5th and 6th 2GB pc3 10600 1.5V
Should this be fine and my next step could be get the new 8GB and 4GB Micron pc3 10600 1.5V to finish my project of 3X8GB and 3X4GB = 36GB and maybe replace the 8GB Micron pc3 10600 1.5V then to have things running best optimally
OR
Should I for now go into BIOS and make changes to have the ram set at a different setting for now so the other 5 can work with the 12800 ram until I can get a replacement
OR
Is this terrible for my system and things are going to overheat and get real bad for that stick and the surrounding RAM, that for now I should lower my memory
It seems to be working fine right now, but I'm not sure if after a few hours of recording with plugins that system is going to jump in heat and cause real problems
I'm hoping I can go with plan A for a week or two, then get my other 4GB and 8GB and then get a replacement 8GB 10600 for the 8GB 12800, that the PC3 12800 can sit in there for a week or two, but my fear is after a few hours it will cause damage
MANY THANKS FOR ANY HELP
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