How to install and configure RAM in a PC - Step By Step Setup Beginners Guide

In this video, part of our “Back to Basics” series  I’m going to show you how to install DDR4 in your   motherboard and then not only how to install it  but then how to configure it so let's get started   now the motherboard that I’ll be using for  this example is the Asus ROG STRIX b550-F   Gaming Wi-Fi motherboard it's basically going  to be the same for any DDR4 motherboard there   will be some differences but I’ll go  over that in one second so first off. these are our DIMM slots DIMM standing for dual  inline memory module so you'll notice there is   DIMM B1 DIMM B2 DIMM A1 and DIMM A2, so B1,  B2, A1, A2, B2, and A2 they're essentially one   and then B1 and A1 they're essentially one  what I mean by that is when you buy memory   modules typically they're going to come in  a set of two though sometimes they'll come   in a single one but in the case of two you're  going to be installing them in B2 and A2 so   first off what we're going to want to do is unlock  the memory so to unlock we'll just go ahead and   push this out and then that's B2 and then  this is A2 so now we've just unlocked the   DIMM slot some will also have it on this left  side but on this particular motherboard it just   slides in so you'll notice there's a little  line right over here on the motherboard that   goes ahead and coincides with the little notch  on the memory module with that little line   if you were to drop in a stick of RAM incorrectly  you'll notice the lines right over here but   the line on the motherboard is right over here  that's not going to allow the RAM to sit properly   so the RAM is not going to go all the way in  it's going to see-saw there whatever you do,   do not force it in you'll break that and you  might end up breaking a little bit more so   turning lifting this out and turning it around  we can go ahead and line the RAM in place here. And then we can just go ahead and  push down which will go ahead and   lock this in place automatically that went  ahead and locked in locking the memory in place. That locks right in here again I’ll go  ahead and just drop it right in here. And now we'll go ahead and do the same with this  module right over here and I’ll slide it over a   little bit so you can see it coming from over  here I’m sliding it right in the little notch   right over here first off right in here and  then dropping it in the notch right over here. And just pushing down and that goes ahead locks  it over here and then it locks it over here   as well be very careful when you install RAM that  you don't push so hard that you actually end up   slamming the memory forward or backwards  potentially damaging the DIMM slots   right along here this is for two modules now  there are times when you only buy one module   for that you would install the RAM in slot B2  right over here where we installed it in before. And we'll just go ahead and lock  this one not that we need to but   it just makes it look a little bit nicer  and we'll go ahead and take this one out. Now there are times when you'll be buying. Four sticks of RAM one would think you just  dropped them all in one two three four and   you're good to go you have to make sure like we  did before on B2 and A2 that you have the matching   sets all together for example you'll notice  right under here and it's going to be different   on every single memory module but for example  on the G-Skill Trident Z NEO for example right   down here in very tiny font we'll see ending in  295 that's actually the date and lot code now   grabbing another random module we'll see right  up here this ends in 294 we got lucky on these,   these are matching but for example if we have  294 over here and then we have 296 right over   here these may not work together they're typically  programmed together in a set of two or if you're   buying a complete kit all in a set of four  if you already have a kit of two and later   on you're going to buy another kit of two and then  you're going to build your machine you have to be   incredibly careful that you match up the different  types of memory so for example like I showed you   we installed the memory in B2 and A2 so what  you're going to do here is you're going to grab   294 and then 293 put these two this one on B2 and  this one on A2 and then you're going to grab 296   and 295 and install this one on B1 and this one  on A1 that way you have these two on one channel. And these two on another channel now some of you  may already have four modules working together   even though they may not be on the same bank  and chances are they will work but there are   occasional chances that they won't work and they  will work better once you match it up the way I   mentioned here also on top of that they're going  to work much better once you tighten the timings   enable XMP and do different things like that  so once you're playing with XMP settings and   tightening times you're going to want to make  sure that everything is perfect now you're   asking what is XMP and what are timings well  for that I need to bring you over to a machine   so let's go over there real quick you'll be  able to get into the bias by hitting the delete   key F2 whatever your motherboard requires  to get into the bios then we'll come into   advanced mode then we'll go to ai tweaker and mind  you it'll be different in every single motherboard   but for example you're going to want to make  sure that your RAM supports XMP profiles XMP   profiles are great because they automatically  set everything for you so for example under ai   overclock tuner this is an Asus board we'll click  auto here and then we can select XMP1 extreme   memory profile one or extreme memory profile two  we'll select one over here and you'll notice when   we did that it automatically set XMP to XMP DDR4  3603 megahertz running at a cast latency of 16 19   39-1 so the lower the latency the faster the RAM  and then if we go over here to ai overclock tuner   click on that XMP we'll go to two many  times it'll have a completely different   XMP profile maybe a little bit faster or  maybe a little bit slower so we'll go back   under one over here one we selected XMP  profile number one we'll go down over here   and we'll go down under dram timing control we'll  notice it set the cast latency to 16 the rest to   cast latency to 19 the raspberry time to 19 and  the rest at time to 39 now the one that we saw   the dash one would be the command rate we can put  that to one end here but we can also leave it to   auto as well because it's auto set to the XMP  profile and this goes ahead and sets everything   for you XMP is going to be just about on every  motherboard the original board I showed you was an   AMD chipset for an Asus board on this particular  board it's an intel chipset in this bios it's   called XMP on the Asus AMD board it's called DOCP  direct overclocking profile now aside from that   they're the same we can go ahead hit F10 to save  and exit and then easily enough we'll be back   into windows in a matter of seconds of course  depending how your system is set up but since this   is a brand new board chances are you have  to reinstall windows or install windows   now unfortunately it's not always this perfect  sometimes you'll have either faster or slower RAM   and you have a perfect XMP profile set or you  have your timing set and maybe the RAM dies   something happens and you have to replace the RAM  but the RAM that you bought has different timings   and you have to adjust things in order to get  that to work you're going to have to do a little   surgery it's not horrible so first off if it's not  already off go ahead and shut it off real quick   every single motherboard has a CMOS battery on  this particular board it's right over here and   I’ll show you on the other motherboard in a second  so that you get a better idea the location of the   CMOS battery of course depends on the model of  the motherboard so what I’m going to do is on   the power supply flick the power switch off so now  I’m going to go ahead and remove this CMOS battery   okay I just pulled it out I used my  nail and just kind of pulled it out   of there now I’m going to give it about 30  seconds 30 seconds with the CMOS battery   outside of the system and no power going to the  system erases the BIOS now afterwards we have   to go back into the bios and reset everything I’m  doing this in the event that we pop in the memory   and the system doesn't post okay what this will  do it'll set everything back to factory defaults   so that we can go in and actually enable  the DOCP or XMP and then of course we'll   have to go back in and set all the settings  so I’m going to go ahead and put this back in Now I’m going to turn the system back on. So now we see on the screen please enter setup to  recover BIOS settings because we've just erased   everything so now we'll hit F1 to run setup which  means go into the BIOS now again we'll go back to   F7 advanced mode we'll go into exit and load  optimize defaults and then we'll go ahead and   set all the settings but the main setting we're  going to set now is ai overclock tuner XMP profile   which again enables everything and sets everything  automatically for us for the memory timing and   the frequency and let me just set up the, the  rest of everything real quick to save and exit. And as it occurred before the system turns off  because we've made so many changes in the bios   now that we're in the operating system we can  right click on the start button go to task manager   we'll go to performance and then we'll click  on memory and then here we can see the speed of   our RAM slots used 204 form factor DIMM mind you  we can use a bunch of different programs to see   all of this but this is built right into windows  and lets us see everything so in this video we've   gone over how to install your new RAM be it one  module two modules or four modules then one thing   incredibly important is also how to match them  up by date and lot codes that way you make sure   not only that you get your RAM working but you  get your RAM working perfectly then after we've   physically installed it we went into the bios and  then manually set it to XMP that way we don't have   to worry about setting manual cast rash trash and  command settings it all automatically set to force   voltages as well but of course if you wanted to  you can always do that manually I showed you the   easy way with XMP or DOCP but after that that's  all on you so I hope I’ve helped you in on that   now during this video we did talk a little bit  about loading into windows and everything and if   you have any issues on that on the video right up  here I showed you how to install a brand new SSD   and then how to install Windows 10 onto it  Windows 11 will be just totally the same   hopefully I’ve been able to help you and if  you have any questions comments or concerns   please do leave them down below I answer all  questions Iggy with ThisBytesForYou out, see you.

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Length: 12min 56sec (776 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 21 2022