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I have a Foxconn P35AP-S as seen here.
I need to get some more RAM since I only have 1 2GB stick. The current one is 1066MHz.
I would like to get the memory situated here: www.scan.co.uk/Products/6GB-(3x2GB)-Corsair-XMS3-Classic-DDR3-PC3-10666-(1333)-Non-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-7-7-7-20-165V memory. It is 6GB of Corair 1333MHz memory. According to the motherboard website it is able to take 1333MHz, but it says oc** next to it (which means achieved when overclocked). So my question is: are they still compatible without overclocking, or does the motherboard require overclocking to be compatible?
If it requires overclocking (which I have no idea how to do) can anyone recommend any other memory (in the region of 6GB) which the motherboard is compatible with? I'd rather it were from Scan, but to be honest it doesnt need to be.
Many thanks in advance.
Regards,
Richard
Edit: I just realised that the motherboard has a maximum capacity of 4GB of RAM. Scrap the RAM given above, I'd like to go for something like that but only 4GB.
Edit: Scrap that last edit - its only if I go for DDR3 that I need to take this into account. DDR2 is a maximum of 8GB.
Forgot to mention - the current one, I think, is not working properly - every now and then my computer blue screens, does a memory dump and then restarts. I am thinking of having 3 DDR3 RAM sticks in there. Would this work? I know there are 3 slots, a gap, then another 3 slots. 1 slot from each set is DDR2 and 2 slots from each set are DDR3. Would having 2 slots in one set filled and 1 slot in the other set filled work, or do I have to fill either 2 or 4 slots? – ClarkeyBoy – 2010-08-27T16:19:23.143
There are lots of offers at http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx on memory at the moment - you have to scroll down a bit. Please take a look at <a href="http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=24171">this</a> and tell me if that would run on my motherboard. If not, which one would you recommend from the offers? Sorry to be a pain - I just know nothing about hardware (literally nothing - I am merely a developer) so really need help when it comes to these things.
– ClarkeyBoy – 2010-08-27T16:49:29.563What sort of blue screens are you getting? There's no reason to assume that it's a memory problem out of the blue. – Shinrai – 2010-08-27T17:23:29.633
Take a look at my other question - http://superuser.com/questions/180800/computer-doesnt-get-far-past-the-mode-selection-point. There are details in there as to what errors I was getting, or two of them anyway. I didnt see the message the third time. Someone said that one of those points directly at the RAM, and since the other RAM stick went wrong a while back it wouldn't surprise me if the same thing was affecting the other one now.
– ClarkeyBoy – 2010-08-27T17:39:49.903PS I did solve that question - think the memory was just seating wrongly as I havent had any blue screens in over 24 hours now. Then again it has done that before - it seems to have fits of blue screens - loads of blue screens in a row then nothing for a long time. – ClarkeyBoy – 2010-08-27T17:42:36.333
With regards to your bluescreen errors (even though they've since been potentially resolved), have you tried running MemTest86? http://www.memtest86.com/
– nhinkle – 2010-08-30T01:25:54.547