I don't bother with lappies any more
PC towers all the way

Yeah I've got a crappy old Lenovo I was thinking about fixing up with some new parts at some point
I might not bother now and just start from scratch

I heard that if I lose access to my email account that I had been signing in windows with it could potentially lock me out of my computer so I decided to change to a local user account

I set this...

So I've finally set it to these specs - no frequency option between 1333 and 1600 but at least I'm getting a faster performance than with the original dual sticks

Computer is running smooth and...

I don't know what tRAS is but I've never entered anything in that setting - I can't really get my head round the 4 options in Advanced to be honest because the three other settings Default, XMP1,...

Cheers Ghot
I'll be getting this tomorrow so hopefully I can get this machine running even better and get a better performance out of Elite Dangerous

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This just goes from...

Should I use CPU-Z and do it manually before trying the default XMP options?

I've just noticed I'm only getting 2133MHz out of the old 8GB - it was 2666MHz before - and I still can't get into the Advanced settings in the BIOS !
When do I press F7 to get that ?

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So this Crucial RAM that it states on their website is compatible with my machine - am I going to get better performance out of it than the Corsairs?

I asked a specialist in a Gaming PC shop and he recommended the Corsair
I went there because I thought they would keep me right and they've just sold me a random RAM card without checking if it's...

Don't know where I got in my head 1.4V was lowering the voltage?
Anyway - applying more voltage - have to think about that..

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Anyway my computer just reset itself while I...

You did what now - you lowered the voltage to 1.4V and that makes it run faster than 3600 ?
Is that what overclocking is?
How does that work then - less is more or something ?
Overclocking just...

What's that going to do if (as I think I understand it so far in this excellent tutorial session) the RAM needs 1.35V to clock 3600 ?

Thanks Catnip

I tried the following settings and they didn't work either:

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Probably better off just replacing I think
I'll look into the BIOS update stuff later if I...

Cheers JLA - good find !
I'll have to peruse this thread further - and get myself up to speed so I understand the latter few sentences in your above technical explanation

So either a BIOS update...

Just looking at the Tech Specs for the Corsair Vengeance LPX on their website and the SPD values seem to be in alignment with the default values I'm recording with CPU-Z - seems a bit strange to me...

Cheers Ghot
I'd give you a rep but I need to spread more around first

It's hard not to know how to upgrade to Win 11 really as it won't stop telling me about it

Is it better to do it another way like a clean install?

Cheers

Could I put the 8GB RAM card in with the 2 x 16GB and run it on the original default settings like I am now and would I get the same performance as before but with added RAM ?

Or am I...

Cheers

Could I put the 8GB RAM card in with the 2 x 16GB and run it on the original default settings like I am now and would I get the same performance as before but with added RAM ?

Or am I...

So I'm finding out
I'm not going back to this shop - they were full of advice until I bought this RAM and then I was on my own - I wonder what would have happened if I'd paid the £15 to get them to...

OK I set it to this as I did before and again it failed to boot - unless I should wait for it flash at me and beep but I'm guessing not?

Defaulted to this

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Let me try optimised...

OK I misunderstood so the entry in the BIOS has to be 2x what it says in the SPD tab?

Pretty sure I tried that already and it failed to boot

How many times can I put my computer through this...

But that's what I did - apart from the fact there is no option to choose 1798 MHz ?
I selected 1867 MHz instead and computer failed to boot

Cheers Ghot - I've learned something today at least
Haven't quite digested the edited part of you reply but I followed your instructions and set the BIOS according to what CPU-Z said
Screenshots...