DH67BL and 1600MHz RAM

[obnoxo]

Hi,

I recently bought the Intel DH67BL with i3 2100 CPU, and 2 x 4GB Strontium Gaming RAM (1600MHz CL8).

After installing it, there was no video displayed. After a bit of troubleshooting, I identified the RAM was the cause of this.

I knew that the board supported 1066 and 1333 DDR3 RAM, but I thought that the 1600MHz would clock down? It looks as though I was wrong.

I borrowed some 1066MHz RAM off a test machine at work, and it booted up fine with that, so I go into Bios to see if I can make it work with the 1600MHz ram.

This is the 2nd PC I have built, so I lack experience with this (if it wasn't already obvious) and I have attached the memory part of the bios.

Is there any way I can make this work? At this point, I'm considering setting the Multiplier to DDR3-1066 to match the RAM that works, and then installing the 1600MHz RAM. If that works, then I was going to try 1033. Sadly, 1066 and 1333 are the only 2 options in that field .

Cheers.

 

[coffeejunkee]

The H67 chipset doesn't support memory overclocking, as you have noticed. 1333 is the highest ram speed allowed.

Like you, I would expect 1600MHz ram to be downclocked and run at the standard 1333MHz spd profile using 1.5V dram voltage.

But since i've never heard of Strontium ram (might be me) it could just be a compatibility problem. Or maybe it doesn't have a proper spd profile. What voltage does your ram need for 1600 (1.5 or 1.65)?

I don't understand what you mean by 1033Mhz. It's not an official ram speed and therefore cannot be selected.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

This is the first that I have heard of this problem most memories from my experience clock down without a problem but since I haven’t heard of this memory that maybe part of the problem (just like the above poster stated. If you would like I can run this up and see if there is any answers that I can dig up but it will take a couple days. Up to you?
Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[obnoxo]

Thanks for the replies, I've been overseas recently and haven't looked at this for a while.

I don't understand what you mean by 1033Mhz. It's not an official ram speed and therefore cannot be selected.

My fault, I meant 1333.

This is the first that I have heard of this problem most memories from my experience clock down without a problem but since I haven’t heard of this memory that maybe part of the problem (just like the above poster stated. If you would like I can run this up and see if there is any answers that I can dig up but it will take a couple days. Up to you?
Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

It would be interesting to see the results of this if it's no trouble. I would prefer to use the ram I purchased than the RAM swapped from the work machines for a couple of reasons. I am in no hurry so whenever is convenient.

 

[piasabird]

Intel is often very strict about their motherboard specifications. Helps to research their motherboards before purchasing ram and taking the specification seriously. Still I really like their motherboards for the most part.