MB is being Difficult with Ram Upgrade.

colebell

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I have a old Gateway Gaming PC which is a
Gateway FX 6860 PC model UR21P

My MB is a
Aspire M3970

I check with Crucial on the type of Ram that is compatible with my PC and 1333 or 1066 can work but the ones i got are 1066 and if i try to max it out to 16gb the new ram ain't recognized. Is this because they are different speeds? I have another PC that if i put the Sticks of Ram in that PC recognizes them. Everything i try to upgrade with this PC nothing never works, the MB is not upgrade Friendly.

I had a friend who had 2x4gb of 1066 and so i tried those and it still doesn't recognize them. Thanks
 

colebell

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There is two download options which should I choose?

BIOS - UEFI for Windows 8 (Not for Upgrades) P11.A3 3.1 MB 2013/09/02 Download

BIOS Gateway BIOS (for device with Ivy Bridge & USB 3.0 Supported) P03.A3 2.5 MB 2012/05/14 Download