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October 5th, 2010 12:00
Enabling XMP on Aurora Crashes Computer
I've recently upgraded the memory on my Alienware Aurora from 3GB of 1067 MHz RAM to 6 GB of 1600 MHz RAM (Corsair XMS3 TR3X6G1600C8)
The memory runs fine at 1333 Mhz, but when I enable XMP to get to 1600 MHz, the computer will POST but then crash when starting windows (Windows 7 Professional 64 bit)
I'm thinking at this point that I'll probably need to manually overclock the memory rather than use XMP, but I would rather enable XMP.
Am I missing something? Do I need to do something other than enabling XMP to get 1600 MHz?
I've got the X58 motherboard (A09 BIOS) and the manual says that 1600 MHz ram is a supported option, so this should work fine as far as I can tell.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
DELL-Chris M
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October 5th, 2010 12:00
Which one do you have?
* The Aurora supports DDR3-1600 XMP PC3-12800
* The Aurora-R2 supports DDR3-1600 XMP PC3-12800 but only with an i7 CPU
Alan__P
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October 5th, 2010 14:00
I'm not sure how to tell which version I have, I think it might be the Aurora.
The mainboard is an X58 (model is 0H869M A00), running the most recent BIOS (A09).
Also, my processor is an i7-920, so that should work either way.
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October 5th, 2010 17:00
Agreed. I do not know why the retail memory is not working on XMP. I do know we never teseted their memory. I would contact them and find out if they have had reports of it not working on the Alienware. These will work -
0PV61 2GB 1600Mhz 256X64 XMP (i7 only)
5DX3Y 2GB 1600Mhz 256X64 XMP (i7 only)
0TDWJ 4GB 1600Mhz 512x64 XMP (i7 only)