Hello everyone,
I tried upgrading my ram on my Origin EON 17-x, but I am having issues. When I installed the new ram, I get frequent blue screen errors and crashes. I ran the Windows memory diagnostic program, and it found errors in the new ram. I tried running the ram diagnostic with each stick separately but still had issues. My old ram is 16GB (8x2) of Corsair Vengeance 2666MHz CL18 at 1.2V, which works great. All drivers are installed, and my Windows 10 install is updated.
The ram I tried using to upgrade the laptop was a G-Skill Ripjaws DDR4 3200MHz CL22 1.2V 64GB (32x2) kit. I installed the two modules in ram slots 1 and 3 (under the bottom cover).
I am using an i9 11900K processor
My BIOS version is 1.07.08TOPC
My EC version is 1.07.04
Are there incompatibilities when using 64GB of ram at 3200mhz, or did I get a faulty kit? I am considering returning the ram and finding a new 64GB kit. I have heard that this laptop is capable of 128GB ram, so I thought 64GB should work fairly easily.
Origin has told me that they only release one bios per laptop, so updating the bios likely wont help.
I tried resetting cmos but that did not help.
Thanks for the help
UPDATE:
I tried installing the new memory in slots 2 & 4 and the system was stable. However, the ram ran at a speed of 2667 at CL19.
I also tried mixing my 8gb stick and the new 32gb stick in slots 1 & 3 and the system was stable and ran at 2533mhz at CL19.
When I tried to populate all slots with those 2 different kits, the system would turn on but not boot, and it eventually would turn back off. I saw another user here having the same issue and they were also using the same laptop (Origin EON 17-X).
Maybe I will still return the kit and try to buy a slower 2933 kit that will hopefully work in slots 1 & 3. I wonder what is the fastest 64gb kit I can use in this laptop.
It seems that ram is VERY finnicky on the Origin EON 17-X specifically. I wish Origin had as much memory support as some of the other X170KM models, specifically the XMG Ultra 17. I have seen users get 128gb of ram or 64gb 3200mhz on that laptop with 11th gen, but that seems improbable for this Origin model.
Maybe an unlocked BIOS or another BIOS could help, but I am unsure if I want to go that route.
