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    GX740 help with 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by PySoMaNiC, Apr 19, 2012.

  1. PySoMaNiC

    PySoMaNiC Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    I just got a pair of 1600Mhz Dual Channel 2x8GB ram for my GX740.

    Computer boats all the way to windows menu of Repair / Normal boot any attempt to boot windows it just restarts automatically. If I do safe mode or normal mode.

    I have the unlocked bios for the GX740 and it detected my 16GB but shows it as 1067Mhz and there are no options to change speed or timings.

    I cant boot it with just one stick because there dual channel, I wouldnt mind if it downclocked to 1333Mhz because ill be using this ram in another computer in the future. So I'm not sure if I should just go and return the RAM or what I got 13 days left to return them.

    Cheers guys!
     
    PySoMaNiC, Apr 19, 2012
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  2. WhatsThePoint

    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    How much memory and which speeds does the i5 430M memory controller support?
     
    WhatsThePoint, Apr 19, 2012
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  3. PySoMaNiC

    PySoMaNiC Notebook Consultant

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    I see you've solved my problem, sadly it only supports 8GB 1066 life for me. Guess ill go return this save myself 130$ and put it towards a GT780DX-406US
     
    PySoMaNiC, Apr 19, 2012
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    Have you looked into a GT70 instead of a GT780DX?
     
    WhatsThePoint, Apr 20, 2012
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    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    You can always upgrade Your CPU to i7 (1st gen) quadcore, whose IMC supports 16GB of RAM.
     
    Marecki_clf, Apr 20, 2012
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    Yeah but I can sell my GX740 for 900$ and then 600 more for a 780DX which would come with a small GPU upgrade to 570M GX and 2nd gen i7 and 12GB of ram so I think ill just wait for that.

    Ill look into the GT70 but im still a few months away from getting a new laptop so ill do my research once its time, and of course ask all your guys on the forums.
     
    PySoMaNiC, Apr 22, 2012
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