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What not to do when upgrading memory!

Post Date: 2014-03-05
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    Posted: 05 Mar 2014 at 4:48pm
Upgraded my memory from 6 GB to 12 GB today and made the dumb mistake of setting the BIOS to 1600 on an OC PC. 1600 is really 2:12 and my clock was running at 180 Mhz so 12 X 180 = 2160 which locked up the PC no video and no way to get to BIOS etc. Had to hit the cmos reset to get the video and bios screen back.

Of course this wiped out my OC and the saved profiles I had.

I have a trouble ticket in with DS to help me reOC my PC from 2.66 to 3.60 like it was running. Wish I had saved a copy of my settings somewhere other than the profile in BIOS. Oh well live and learn.

Thankfully I know that DS will help me but I feel bad since I caused the problem myself.

I am happy with the 12 GB and can see that it is being used for caching etc while playing BF4 etc. I think the 12 GB will be a nice addition. Now when I get my OC back I will be back in good shape.
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Posts: 2961 		  Quote Onkel_Ken Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 06 Mar 2014 at 11:01am
Mike from DS support contacted me and helped me get the OC back!

Very happy with Mike's support and service! Glad to have my OC back and the beast running like it should!

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 Awesome
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Thanks for the follow-up. Nice.
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Awesome! It's good to know that DS is keeping tracking of those details years down the road. Overclocking is an intimidating discipline.
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