Aurora R11, 4x8GB memory not working?

Question

My pc came with 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz; up to 128GB and bought 4x8GB from Best Buy (see picture) because I want to use all 4 stick from the same brand and same capacity. But when I load all 4 ram my pc keeping re-starting in loop without any screen. Please help, Thanks

Alienware Aurora R11

10th Gen Intel Core i7 10700F (8-Core, 16MB Cache, 2.9GHz to 4.8GHz w/Turbo Boost

Max 3.0)

Windows 10 Home 64bit English

NVIDIA(R) GeForce RTX(TM) 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6

370-AFLE 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz; up to 128GB (additional memory sold

separately)

512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

Lunar Light chassis with High-Performance CPU Liquid Cooling and 550W Power Supply

Lunar Light

Killer(TM) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1

JOcean · Accepted Answer

As per the specs here and at the Crucial site here, 32 GB is not supported using 4 x 8 GB RAM modules. Only 2 x 16 GB RAM modules are supported for 32 GB of total RAM.

Vanadiel · Accepted Answer

32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz (Dell part RMWRN) 32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz (Dell part N205T) 32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3400 MHz (Dell part 0N6VG)

Vanadiel · Answer

Can't see picture, what is the frequency and voltage of the new ram?

abccastro · Answer

Thanks for your reply, and how I can get 32GB on this PC? because if I try to mix memory (2 Dell + 2 Best Buy) not working neither.

r72019 · Answer

Main thing, it seems like your RAM is mismatched; i.e., it looks from the packaging like you got two separate sets of 16GB? Instead of one matched set of 32GB? If you want to run all four, best practice, you should get a matched 8 x 4 = 32GB set and start the first power on with XMP disabled. The R11 is not sold OEM in 8 x 4 = 32, so it is not officially validated in that configuration. Doesn't mean it won't ever work in that configuration, just that it's not validated.

Also, when changing RAM, best practice is to clear CMOS before booting up.

Last, when you do run mismatched sets like here, at a minimum you would need to put the same sets in the same colored tabs (black/white), you can't mix the sticks from different sets up.

Windtracker · Answer

I currently have 4 sticks of 3400 mhz Delk (Kingston makes it for them in their Hyper line) RAM pulled out of a brand new Alienware R11 for sale.

Feel free to contact me if interested - it's also on OfferUp btw. Though I have 4 sticks, I would sell 1 pair seperately if you just want to get 32 GB.

Thanks,
Scott

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Aurora R11, 4x8GB memory not working?

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