RAM's Frequency does not match, is it OK ?

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Hidenori

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So my PC is getting BSOD randomly for the last 2 days and I noticed my new RAM I just bought have a different frequency to my old one. Here is a picture ( please check it out ) : http://imgur.com/UNJC7pQ .
Is this what causing BSOD ? And is it okay to just leave it like this ? Can I do something to match them up ? Please let me know :) Thanks everyone for reading/replying this topic.
( Sorry for my bad English ).
 
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Have you enabled Xmp memory mode in your bios Hidenori ?

Is the memory rated at 1333 Mhz speed ?.

If your motherboard supports Uefi booting and device detection.
You may have to select advanced bios mode to see all of the options such as memory speed selection.

Check to see if Xmp memory mode in the bios of the motherboard is enabled.
Go to the section where you select memory speed.

Press enter and you should see an Xmp profile displayed. select the xmp profile.

Next look for a memory type mode selection of the bios.
If you have an Option in the bios of Enable Ecc memory checking ect.
Make sure that option is set to disabled.

Save the settings and exit the bios.

If you still have problems or blue screen errors relating to...
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They don't appear to be too different in your pics. Either way, mismatched ram won't cause a bsod by itself. It won't even cause many problems, I ran with 4 mismatched sticks for years and only rwalised when I recently upgraded.

The problem with sifferent frequencies is that you limit your top line; a stick of 3466mhz and a stick of 2133 will run fine, but the 3466 will downclock itself to run at 2133, the speed of your slowest dimm.

As for your bsods: despite what I just said, I'd recommend getting new /matched/ ram, if its in your budget. Ram is pretty cheap these days and you'll see some good improvements.

I'd also recommend you try to recreate your bsod and see if you can diagnose a problem. Benchmarking programs are great for finding hardware issues.
 
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Hidenori

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Thank you very much :) I'll be looking for a new RAM then. I mentioned BSOD in my post without knowing what is causing it because I was afraid that something is happening to my RAMs, I lost one before because they weren't matching each other. Thanks again for your answer :)
 
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Have you enabled Xmp memory mode in your bios Hidenori ?

Is the memory rated at 1333 Mhz speed ?.

If your motherboard supports Uefi booting and device detection.
You may have to select advanced bios mode to see all of the options such as memory speed selection.

Check to see if Xmp memory mode in the bios of the motherboard is enabled.
Go to the section where you select memory speed.

Press enter and you should see an Xmp profile displayed. select the xmp profile.

Next look for a memory type mode selection of the bios.
If you have an Option in the bios of Enable Ecc memory checking ect.
Make sure that option is set to disabled.

Save the settings and exit the bios.

If you still have problems or blue screen errors relating to memory post back Hidenori ok.




 
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Hidenori

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Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out tomorrow !
 
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