So I had a computer setup build by a guy a couple years ago and it kept restarting itself until I recently found out one of the sticks of ram was having issues. So I've taken it out, and things are better, except that I have less ram. I don't know much about these things so maybe someone can help. The motherboard is an Asus M4A87TD Evo, with a AMD phenom II X2 555 processor 3.2GHz. I'm running windows 7 64x. The ram being used is F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ (even though I'm short the one stick), but I'd like to have 8GB. What should I do? Should I just purchase the F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ to add 4gb on top of what I do have working? Or should I buy all new ram so it's all compatible?
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Could be having troubles from an out of date BIOS, might check that. Also, might try adding a bit of voltage to the DRAM (about + 0.06) or adding about the same to the CPU/NB voltage. While these AMD systems will work with 3 sticks, the BIOS generally isn't optimized to do so correctly. Often the voltage increases will help stabilize. If you want to change DRAM though, I'd suggest a 2x4GB set in 1333. like the Snipers, F3-10666CL9D-8GBSR.
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Should be fine with your rig, unless you actually have a bad stick, the ones you have should run OK, might try dropping them to 1333, the 555 CPU may not be strong enough to carry 3 sticks at 1600
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