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January 16th, 2022 11:00
Aurora R10, boot issue after RAM upgrade
So I have the Aurora R10 and I love it.
I had 16gb RAM and upgraded to 32mb ram and am now running at 3200mhz.
If I shut down my computer and then restart it later, it takes three times to start and then asks me if I want to run a setup utility. Once I boot up, my RAM is listed at 2133 instead of 3200.
If I restart and go in to my BIOS I can go to advanced and change the XMP to OC1 and it boots up beautifully.
How do I get the computer to remember to do this every time?
I tried to run the XMP on "auto" and it defaulted back to 2133.
Ideas?
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Vanadiel
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January 16th, 2022 16:00
Memory support is very tricky on these systems. Your issue is that the board does not work properly with that RAM, hence the issues.
There's different Vengeance part #, all under the same Vengeance name.
If you do a search on this board, there's a long thread about memory for the R10, what works and what does not always work.
Vanadiel
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January 16th, 2022 14:00
What RAM did you purchase? Original OEM, or aftermarket?
xclintonx
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January 16th, 2022 14:00
CORSAIR - VENGEANCE RGB PRO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C16 Desktop memory
Computer runs great after I get it going.
I also liquid cooled it and added another intake fan to the front.
CORSAIR - Hydro Series 120mm Radiator CPU Liquid Cooling System - Black
xclintonx
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January 16th, 2022 18:00
I ordered the correct (I hope) RAM on the dell.com site. It says it is compatible with the r10. I just didn't care for the price! Thank you for your help. I was suspicious that there was a compatibility issue but I was not sure.
JohnnyRamone
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January 20th, 2022 12:00
The dell oem memory has slower timings than 3200mhz aftermarket memory. I had the same issues with my new Aurora R10. Install this memory and you wont have any trouble anymore: CRUCIAL BALLISTIX BL2K16G32C16U4R. Its much cheaper and faster than the oem-memory and 100% compatible with the R10.
Vixolux
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July 25th, 2025 06:27
Did you ever solve this problem? I have the same problem. I followed the discussion and purchased 4 sticks of 16gb DRAM. DDR4 (UDIMM) DDR4-3200 (1600MHz) Kingston. Part number KHX320016D4/16GX
XMP 2.0. In the SPD ROM it shows JEDEC #8 at 1200MHz, JEDEC #9 at 1200MHZ, XMP 3200 at 1600MHz and XMP-3002 at 1501MHz. I have it set to AUTO and it picked 1462.5 MHz. This is the most stable setting. It never fails on that. The memory is running at 2,926MHz with this setting.
Unfortunately, if I ever turn this machine off it does not boot up right away, it does the restart 4 times and then picks the slowest setting and runs with that. If I reboot and set the memory optimization to AUTO in the BIOS it will come up with the 1462.5 MHz setting.
I've changed the BIOS battery, set the settings manually, all sorts of stuff. But if this machine's power ever goes off, it will not come up without doing the weird rebooting 4 times and picking the slowest memory setting possible.
Really annoying. DELL was absolutely no help at all.