BIOS detecting incorrect RAM voltage?!

[pc2008]

have two sticks of Corsair http://www.corsair.com/memory/xms-classic/xms3-ddr3-memory/cmx2gx3m1a1333c9.html They are rated at 1.5V. But in my BIOS DEFAULT it says 1.6V. However, I can set it back to 1.5V. Would a higher voltage be damaging? Why would my motherboard GA-EP45T-UD3LR board detect 1.6V as default?! , then. I have the latest BIOS, too...

 

[VirtualLarry]

Older boards, like S775 and AMD rigs, often used 1.65v DDR3. So it's not surprising that they might default to 1.6v, in order to allow booting with those types of sticks, after you clear the CMOS.

Just set it back to 1.5v. 1.6v won't harm the chips, but they will run warmer than they ordinarily would at 1.5v.

 

[pc2008]

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3288#sp

why on the site its mention 1.5v dimm???

 

[pc2008]

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