Can you mix ram voltages

Legohouse Honorable. May 13, 1, 0 11, Hello Mixing brands is okay and the memory should work but probably it is not the ideal option. Mixing ram voltages is also not a good choice but in most cases it should work depends on motherboard. You will have to either undervolt the 1. You can do that in the BIOS. Following are some of the Corsair MHz 1. Let me know if you need any more info. Tradesman1 Titan. Jun 5, 67, 29 , 15, First, anytime you mix sets of DRAM it can be problematic, even if the sets are the same identical model.

That said with these can try, may get stuck in single channel, woulld go with set in slots and the odd soldier in slot 2, with DRAM voltage at 1. Matt Muller :. Legohouse :. If any problems give a shout, will prob be the different ICs need additional voltage or the tRFC is off.

Tradesman1 :. My initial comment about 'Any time you mix set You must log in or register to reply here. Memory 17 Oct 23, Question Is mixing this ram okay? Memory 5 Sep 10, D Question Mixing 1. Memory 8 Jun 6, Mova View Profile View Posts. I have 4 ram slots 2 slots are filled with 2x4gb gskill ripjaw v series mhz I want to fill in the last 2 slots with 2x8gb gskill ripjaw v series mhz The thing is these my ram kit has 1.

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 comments. Formless View Profile View Posts. I don't think it would be compatible, as the MOBO puts out the same voltage to all of the ram sticks.

Originally posted by Formless :. Originally posted by Mo :. Rumpelcrutchskin View Profile View Posts. Today i have buy another ram with same speed but its having different voltage. The old one runs mhz 1. The new one runs mhz 1. VirtualLarry No Lifer. Aug 25, 52, 6, If it works, it works. VirtualLarry said:. Aug 11, It should just switch to 1. That's also what happened when I did it.

I have installed and it wont boot with both rams.. Dont know what happens. The ram modules are different in sizes too.. Jan 17, It sometimes works but typically mismatched memory sticks is a bad idea.

I've had instability due to it in the past. It even seemed like it worked fine but every once in a while I'd get a BSOD for memory related reasons. Sep 13, 5, 1, New posts Trending Search forums. What's new. New posts New profile posts Latest activity.

Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts Billboard Trophies. Mixing Ram Voltages? Forums Laptops Laptop General Discussion. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Previous Next Sort by votes. Si Le Monde Estimable. Jan 29, 13 0 4, 0. I recently bought a new laptop and to replace my existing laptop and I want to increase the ram in my new laptop.

I was thinking of taking the ram from my old laptop and putting it in my new laptop to increase the ram instead of buying another stick of 8gb.

The sticks of ram from both laptops have the same specs other than voltage. The laptop I want to add ram to is using 1. The new laptop has a 4th gen i7 and the old laptop has a 2nd gen i5. I assume that is why they have different voltages. Can I mix voltages? Thanks for your time! I appreciate your help! Feb 11, 57 0 4, You can't "Mix" them. I actually did this before and just had my low volt dimm run at 1.