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The Berserk

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Hello everyone, I have a small question about ram

I'll get into the point, I have 2 4 gb hynix ram, and I bought 2 8 gb Hyperx fury , can I use both of them as I have 4 slots on my motherboard ?

And if i can't it's okay, but can I replace hynix with Hyperx without doing anything on the bios ?

I mean if I wanted to replace my ram do I need to delete drivers or do anything on the bios? And do I need to do anything before adding more memory or removing memory ?

Thanks for your help
 
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jossrik
Well... The good news is, if you fully insert the new RAM onto the motherboard, there's very little chance of permanently messing it up. I'd try all 4 sticks with an A1 A2 for one set and a B1 B2 set for the next set so that should get you the dual channel. The slots on the motherboard are most likely set up as A1 B1 A2 B2. However, try it, if it doesn't work, you can try different positions for the RAM. As far as the bios goes, well, you can only set up one speed for all the RAM, it should default to the lowest common denominator, though, it might do whatever it feels like. You can try the XMP settings, which would set it for the A1 RAM. That may or may not work. Try it and come back, there are quite a few people here who can...
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You should be able to use all of it, you may see a slight performance hit compared to if you had a matching set but it will likely only be unnoticeable. There shouldn't be anything that you need to change in the bios either
 
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Well... The good news is, if you fully insert the new RAM onto the motherboard, there's very little chance of permanently messing it up. I'd try all 4 sticks with an A1 A2 for one set and a B1 B2 set for the next set so that should get you the dual channel. The slots on the motherboard are most likely set up as A1 B1 A2 B2. However, try it, if it doesn't work, you can try different positions for the RAM. As far as the bios goes, well, you can only set up one speed for all the RAM, it should default to the lowest common denominator, though, it might do whatever it feels like. You can try the XMP settings, which would set it for the A1 RAM. That may or may not work. Try it and come back, there are quite a few people here who can help with bios settings if it doesn't just go right off the bat, but be prepared with as much information as you can grub up about your machine.
 
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One additional point - look up the dual channel configuration for your motherboard. Put the 2x4gb in one set of slots and the 2x8gb in the other set. After you install the ram, boot into the bios and just double check that all the ram is recognized.
 
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