My mb is gigabyte 880. recently i installed a sempron 2.8 cpu and corsair ddr3 2gb X 2 1600 mhz ram. Problem is the ram is showing 1066mhz instead of 1600 mhz. Do the 880 supports 1600 mhz ram or is it any other problem. Also do 1333 mhz ram will work fine ? pl help.
I looked at the specs GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket AM3 - GA-880GM-UD2H (rev. 1.3)for your system board and it is supposed to "Support for DDR3 1800 (OC)/1666/1333/1066 MHz memory modules". Are you able to change the setting in the bios to match your Ram's frequency, or did it just default to the 1066? Some motherboards will automatically recognize the ram and set it up for you, but others make you set the frequency yourself. It may also be worth running Memtest86+ to see if you have a faulty RAM module.
thanx wildcard. it was the fault in the ram which was causing the problem. when i manually set it to 1600 mhz, system would go unstable. now i replaced it with a 2x2gb gskill and its working well.
