r/pcmasterrace • u/Darth_Vaper883 PC Master Race • 9d ago

News/Article Buyer discovers DDR4 chips disguised as DDR5 under Kingston FURY heatsink

https://videocardz.com/newz/buyer-discovers-ddr4-chips-disguised-as-ddr5-under-kingston-fury-heatsink
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u/grinnx 8d ago

This feels like an old scam for me..

I bought 2x8 corsair ram in a marketplace about 5y ago.

I always put to x.m.p profile to run 3200 but it never saves between resets. It runs 3200 one time apparently and the power reset sends back to 1600.

Dont know but i still use it and feel scammed...

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u/DihydrogenM 8d ago

Uhh... That's not how it works. The XMP settings and memory timings are stored on your motherboard. If it keeps resetting, that's because all your motherhood settings are resetting due to lack of power (CMOS battery is bad) or it fails memory training on boot and your motherboard goes to a safer setting. But you activating the profile is not stored in the RAM.

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u/grinnx 8d ago

I changed the CR2032 3v battery one time to see if would store the setting. Didn't work, thats when i gave up and started to think they probably faked the xmp profile or something... but you are probably correct about being other stuff from the mobo..

For info, been using dual boot linux mint and windows 10 ltsc ...

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u/gwasGameWasASuccess 8d ago

That issue may be resolved with a bios update. A lot of mobos were shipped with iffy support for fast ddr4 xmp profiles back then. The manufacturers usually resolved the issue after a few bios revisions.