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12800cl9-2gbxl and 12800cl9-2gbrl together?
Hi my system is an
asus p8p67 deluxe
i5 2500k cpu
2x f3 12800cl9-2gbxl 1.5v (currently in slots A1-A2)
2x f3 12800cl9-2gbrl 1.5v (currently in slots B1-B2)
I have a couple of questions, firstly my pc seems to be running fine with this setup at 1600 (in the bios post it says 8gb ram @ 1600) however when checking in CPU-Z under SPD the readout for the ram differs between the xl and rl. The xl is as expected saying max bandwidth pc3-12800h (800MHz) but the rl says PC3-10700 (667MHz). They also differ in the tRAS, tRC and Command Rate readouts but I'm not sure what they are.
I'm wondering if this is normal (I thought the only difference between the two types of ram were the heatsinks) and I was also wondering if there is a certain way to install the ram when using two different (but similar) types of ram.
Should I put the two sticks of same type in slots A2-B2 and the other two in A1-B1? (A2-B2 is the recommended layout for 2 sticks in dual mode).
Normally I wouldn't be too worried about this, but since installing this new ram I experienced an odd shut down (about a week later) where my computer would not power back on, I tested a few things (taking ram out and unplugging hdds) but when I pressed power fans would spin for less than a second and some motherboard lights would flash but then all go off. This could be unrelated (I thought it might be PSU related) but perhaps this is somehow related. After leaving the computer unplugged over night it has turned on again and seems to be working normally.
Thanks for any light you guys can shed on this situation.
asus p8p67 deluxe
i5 2500k cpu
2x f3 12800cl9-2gbxl 1.5v (currently in slots A1-A2)
2x f3 12800cl9-2gbrl 1.5v (currently in slots B1-B2)
I have a couple of questions, firstly my pc seems to be running fine with this setup at 1600 (in the bios post it says 8gb ram @ 1600) however when checking in CPU-Z under SPD the readout for the ram differs between the xl and rl. The xl is as expected saying max bandwidth pc3-12800h (800MHz) but the rl says PC3-10700 (667MHz). They also differ in the tRAS, tRC and Command Rate readouts but I'm not sure what they are.
I'm wondering if this is normal (I thought the only difference between the two types of ram were the heatsinks) and I was also wondering if there is a certain way to install the ram when using two different (but similar) types of ram.
Should I put the two sticks of same type in slots A2-B2 and the other two in A1-B1? (A2-B2 is the recommended layout for 2 sticks in dual mode).
Normally I wouldn't be too worried about this, but since installing this new ram I experienced an odd shut down (about a week later) where my computer would not power back on, I tested a few things (taking ram out and unplugging hdds) but when I pressed power fans would spin for less than a second and some motherboard lights would flash but then all go off. This could be unrelated (I thought it might be PSU related) but perhaps this is somehow related. After leaving the computer unplugged over night it has turned on again and seems to be working normally.
Thanks for any light you guys can shed on this situation.
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