Question about memory under clock?

[Alex isswag]

If your RAM is underclocked (and you didn't underclock it yourself) is that a sign of RAM failure?

 

[Cycloid Torus]

Sign of bad drivers or bad graphics utility.

 

[Alex isswag]

Sign of bad drivers or bad graphics utility.

Yeah I re-installed Windows, then upgraded the to 12 GB. 800 MHz. I'm fine w/ the under clock.

 

[Alex isswag]

Yeah I re-installed Windows, then upgraded the to 12 GB. 800 MHz. I'm fine w/ the under clock.

Sign of bad drivers or bad graphics utility.

All is fine.

 

[Alex isswag]

Sign of bad drivers or bad graphics utility.

BTW, so my computer isn't dying?

 

[Cycloid Torus]

Don't think so, but it is possible that you have not picked the exactly right RAM for your system or described it exactly the right way in BIOS (setup).

Did you check the list of tested and accepted RAM on the motherboard maker's website?
Can you review setting up RAM in BIOS in your motherboard manual?
Lots of picky little details...sorry.

http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/456423-how-buy-ram-your-pc/ might help

 

[Alex isswag]

Don't think so, but it is possible that you have not picked the exactly right RAM for your system or described it exactly the right way in BIOS (setup).

Did you check the list of tested and accepted RAM on the motherboard maker's website?
Can you review setting up RAM in BIOS in your motherboard manual?
Lots of picky little details...sorry.

http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/456423-how-buy-ram-your-pc/ might help

It's a laptop from Lenovo. A computer repair shop upgraded the the RAM. Should I just not worry?

 

[Cycloid Torus]

I'm getting confused... please give me an idea of when you bought it, when you first started having problems, if the prob lems changed when did that happen and when you got the RAM upgrade.

 

[Alex isswag]

I'm getting confused... please give me an idea of when you bought it, when you first started having problems, if the prob lems changed when did that happen and when you got the RAM upgrade.

I bought the laptop in February, I started having problems when I made a new user account, task manager displays 800 MHz instead of 1600. I downloaded Speccy and it said 8GB DDR3 800 MHZ. Then, I took it into a PC repair shop, and they upgraded it to 12.00 GB 800mhz.

 

[Cycloid Torus]

User accounts? : you should have at least 2: Admin and Limited (use limited most of the time)
Run Speccy and run a game in separate windows; check Speccy - RAM speed should rise to meet the demand.
Let me know.

 

[Alex isswag]

User accounts? : you should have at least 2: Admin and Limited (use limited most of the time)
Run Speccy and run a game in separate windows; check Speccy - RAM speed should rise to meet the demand.
Let me know.

The PC Repair shop used 800 (They went by what task manager said, even though it was originally 1600) MHz ram to upgrade, though. So I don't think it will rise. But my computer isn't dying, right? Should I just not worry?

 

[Cycloid Torus]

The PC Repair shop used 800 (They went by what task manager said, even though it was originally 1600) MHz ram to upgrade, though. So I don't think it will rise. But my computer isn't dying, right? Should I just not worry?

So 4GB added RAM is 800Mhz - which will lower speed for all RAM to that level (like lowest common denominator) - my guess is that the clocks are adjusted lower too. This means you get almost the same performance.

It should not be a risk of harming anything - just a bit oddball. I run at 1066 instead of 1600 cause the RAM is cheaper.

Good luck.

 

[Alex isswag]

So 4GB added RAM is 800Mhz - which will lower speed for all RAM to that level (like lowest common denominator) - my guess is that the clocks are adjusted lower too. This means you get almost the same performance.

It should not be a risk of harming anything - just a bit oddball. I run at 1066 instead of 1600 cause the RAM is cheaper.

Good luck.

Just to clarify, my computer won't die? (I'm just REALLY worried about that)

 

[Cycloid Torus]

Running RAM with an underclock won't hurt. Computers die all the time, but not from that. Heat, dust bunnies, bad power from the outlet, static, dropping, spilled soda, stepping on the power brick - these are the things which shorten life in a computer.