RAM speed

[aurashafa]

Hello, 

I've purchased HP OMEN 30L GT13-1479NO a couple of days ago. I wanted to add 16 GB more ram into it, so I purchased '
Kingston FURY Beast 16GB 3,200MHz DDR4 SDRAM DIMM 288' and installed it. I went over the BIOS settings; first XMP1 profile did not work as it stopped Windows 11 from booting. Second one did boot, but my RAM speed got capped at 2400MHz. 

I tried the setting instructed by the manufacturer (CL16-18-18 1.35V), now it is at 3066MHz. 

How can I get it to 3200MHz?

Thank you in advance. 

[erico · Accepted solution]

The original memory module was running at 3200 Mhz.

Did you remove the original memory module or did you just add the new module?

If you just added the new module, that is the most likely reason that you are having trouble with the upgrade. Your modification of the memory timings is going to make for an unstable configuration. It will eventually show itself. The problem is that memory timing modifications apply to both modules.

You should always add identical pairs of guaranteed compatible memory modules if you want the upgrade to work as expected.

HP recommends and uses HyperX XMP RGB modules with your desktop PC. 

If you had added an identical memory module  to the original one it would have worked without isses.

[aurashafa]

Thank you for your reply. I had no luck finding the exact match. So if I want to upgrade, I need to replace the older ones too then. Would any other DDR4 RAM work if I buy in pairs? I realised 32 GB won't even help, so I have to upgrade to 128 GB.