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When i first built my pc i bought a matched pair of 1GB sticks PC2-6400 (Kingston). They where being reported at 5300 for some reason.

I have now changed them for a matched pair of 2GB sticks (OCZ) PC2-6400 and the same thing happens.

If i try to force the bios to see them as 6400, it will say my Core 2 Quad 2.4GHZ is only 2.13Ghz. Does anyone know what settings to use, the ram is 5-5-5.

If i overclock my pc will work fine for a day or two then just suddenly not allow you to turn it on. when you eventually get it to POST it will say overclocking / overvoltage failed.

Also i cannot get windows XP Pro 32bit to recognise 4GB RAM, only 3.2GB, is there a way round this at all?

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1 - Is your cpu Q6600?

http://processorfinder.intel.com/d [...] spec=sl9um

2 - Generally, 5-5-5-15 is the sweet spot for any speed under 1000mhz. Some ram can do better. Look at your kingston chips closely. If there's a D9 prefix, you're golden. They can be overclocked like mad.

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/rev [...] hkin09.jpg

3 - The post failures may have to do with that particular board, unless the ram settings are wrong.

4 - No, you can't get around the physical memory limit in 32-bit os. Upgrade to 64-bit for 4gigs or more ram.

Reply to akhilles

I got a similar problem - my mobo sees my 1066 MHz Kinston Rams as 800 MHz, I think (PC2-6400):
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=319846
has the ram dealer fooled me, or do i need to do some settings for the rams to be "real" 1066 MHz'ers??

Reply to omermaras

You have to set up bios for ram faster than 800mhz or else the mobo will set a standard specs like 800mhz. This way, the mobo will work with any ram.

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