perkijef Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Hi, I recently bought and built an I7 PC (specs in profile). I wanted to get some fast memory on the day and my local store had some TR3X3G1866C9DF available so I got 2 sets - total of 6GBs. runs fine at default speed and also up to 1600. but when I try to run at 1866 system will not boot. CPU is running at normal default speed i.e. 2.66GHz. I have tried to turn on XMP - no boot. I have tried to keep XMP off and then set the SPD to 14 - also no boot. in addition to the above I also set the DRAM voltage to 1.64 and QPI/VTT to 1.4V. to no avail. I did not want to try it at 1.6V as that was shown as red and flashing in the BIOS settings... :-( I checked the thread at: http://www.asktheramguy.com/v3/showthread.php?t=75785 and I can't see any differences. Please help. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted May 8, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted May 8, 2009 With 6 modules you will have to run then at DDR1333 or DDR1600 that is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkijef Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 :confused: Could you please give me the link to the official product documentation on your site that explains that? At least when I did my research before buying I did not see any information that this memory would not be able to run at the stated 1866 spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Each PACKAGE can run at 1866 with no problem. Keep in mind that they do not test 2 packages together, so they cannot guarantee 2 packages will run together at the rated speed due to the memory controller in your CPU's limitations. It's entirely possible, just no one can guarantee it. I think some have done it, but they've also been using water cooling, or some more hard core stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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