Install DDR3 RAM Memory As Fast as Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2013-05-07
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733 words · ~3 min read
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I love RAM installation RAM installation loves me follow along it's easy you'll
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see a critical part of any successful RAM installation is picking the right
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memory in this case we need third generation DDR DDR 3 we can accept
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memory speeds up to 1866 MHz so we're
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going to use 1600 MHz memory and voltage
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is key as well this motherboard calls for anything at 1.65 volts or less so
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our memory is rated for 1.5 volt so that's just fine if you want to be 100%
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sure you can check the qvl or qualified vendor list on the motherboard
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manufacturer website however a lot of the time those lists are out of date and
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you're better off to just find something that has a specification that matches
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what your motherboard accepts and try it out now most motherboards have tabs on
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both sides of the memory slot this is to latch the memory into place what you
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might notice however is that some motherboards only have a tab on one side
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this is to reduce clearance issues with large video cards or other cards
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installed in the PCI Express slots it doesn't really affect the procedure much
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you just have to make sure that you're careful when you're installing in the
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side without a tab make sure it clicks all the way in once you have the correct
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memory you need to identify the slots you're going to install them in this is
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a dual Channel motherboard you can tell because there are two of each color of
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slots I recommend populating the slots that are further away from the CPU
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socket itself first because this reduces the chance of interference with between
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your CPU Cooler and the memory it's optimal to fill all of a particular
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color before you start filling the others so I'd install my first two
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sticks in the blue slots and my second two sticks in the black slots some
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motherboards actually have the slots labeled in micro printing on the board
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itself and this can help you if for whatever reason you can't tell from the
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color coding which one to use now this is the fun part where we actually
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install the memory pull back either one or two tabs depending on the type of
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motherboard you have position the memory inside the slot ensuring that the notch
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in the bottom of the module is aligned with the notch in the memory slot itself
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push it down gently now this is where the procedure differs if you have a one
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latch slot then what I usually do is I push in the non- latched side first to
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ensure it goes in all the way then the other side if you have two latches then
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I push them both the same way you can easily check the latch sides to make
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sure that they're in all the way by visually inspecting the latch itself and
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for the other one again visual inspection or give it a quick push to
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ensure that the RAM is firmly seated after that you basically rinse and
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repeat until you've installed either your two sticks or your four sticks in
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the case of this motherboard then what you want to do is boot up the system and
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use CPU to verify that all of the memory is detected you can also check in
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Windows to verify that all the memory is even being used for example Windows Home
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Premium won't detect more than 16 gigs of RAM it is normal for the megahertz
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detected in CPU to be 1 half of the
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advertised DDR speed because DDR 1600
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megahertz is double data rate 800
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