Kingston RAM, Help?

Hi!
I recently bought another PC3200 Kingston KVR400/512R Value RAM to go alone with the other, making 1Gig of RAM. The first RAM I used by itself for about a week in DIMM1 before adding this one. After adding this one in DIMM2, my system would boot up and would hold at the windows screen. I went into the bios and changed both to 200Mhz, and now it works. I even tried 266Mhz but that doesn't work either. Can't I at least go up to 333Mhz on each? I do not know much about what to set frequency at and what not...

BockVB
Check this thread RAM not running at full speed? it's just a few lines down from your original. Looks like they had a simalar problem and got it sorted.
Best Wishes
Jerry

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Hello,
I am finally going to be buying my MacBook Pro C2D in the next couple of days and have a question on Kingston RAM.
I am interested in the 2.16 model and loading it up with 2GB of RAM. When I went to the Apple boutique here in Canada, I was told that if I order my computer from the Apple site with Apple RAM it will take 1 month to receive!!!! Is this true? They told me they could get the model as advertised on the site (2.16 Ghz, 1 GB RAM and 120 hard disk) and put in Kingston RAM instead.
They said that Kingston RAM is supported by Apple and will greatly cut down the wait time and I will end up having my computer in a couple of days instead of a month. Is this a sales pitch they are pulling on me? Does it really take a month for a C2D with 2 GB of RAM (in the base model)? If I use any other kind of RAM am I voiding my warranty? The price they are quoting me is not really that much cheaper than Apple's so I don't know what the big deal is unless there is something I am missing here.
I am opting to get the lower model with more RAM instead of the 2.33 model with 2 GB since I don't think I will be using the 256 video card and I can save 400$ in the process. I love the 15" screen which is my main issue for wanting a MB Pro over the MB. I know the MB would be fine for me, but not the 13" screen. I plan on keeping my system for a good 4-5 years and I think the 13" screen will not meet my needs.
Any help you could give would be MOST helpful as I need to be purchasing my MB Pro by the end of the week. I will be starting teacher's college very shortly and need to get my system as quickly as possible.
As usual these forums are a GREAT resource! Thanks much for any help you could pass on!
Cheers,
Mark

It will not take any longer to get if you order it from Apple. It won't void your warranty installing RAM yourself either. I ordered my MBP from Apple, got it in about a week and installed an extra 1G of Apple-certified RAM from here. It's been working fantastic.
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Kingston ram mem solved in 3 k7n2 mobo

I already solve problems with kingston ram mem in 3 pcs, mine and 2 from friends . It seems this is for real, kingston ram mem when working on 400mhz dual have a lot of :angryfire:overheat problems on msi k7n2 mobos, and the pchealth and other software won't tell u because it just shows the main proces and mobo/chassis temperature .
All I and this 2 friends have to do is to buy a new pc case with side cooling (direct on the ram mem) and one more back exaust fan.
We bought this pc case:
http://www.casemall.com.br/gabinetes/imt4000.htm
Site language it is in portuquese.
But any one with a side cooler slot (just one on the left) plus a back exaust slot will do the work
Ps.: this slots r all the same and the coolers/exaust fan too, all u need to do is change the face that u connect on the case.

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:idea:I DON,T THINK YOU CAN NOT SURE DIDN,T WORK FOR ME IF U SOME HOW GET IT THERE E-MAIL ME HOW U DID IT
YOU CAN TRY TO SET YOURCLOCK/RATIO TO 5:6 3-3-6/8 SO THAT THE CPU/ MEMORY CAN WORK BETTER TOGETHER, I DON,T THINK MAKING YOUR RAM FASTER IS GOING TO GIVE YOU BETTER PERFORMANCE BECAUSE SIMPLE IT,S NOT MENT FOR THAT SPEED, HOPE THAT HELPS GIVE TI A SHOT

Does adding RAM help solve iMovie4 jerky playback

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Does anyone have kingston Ram

Curious I am haveing audio issues and if you look a few posts down there is my post, if someone could have a look at that thatd be great. Now since audio sync is my problem, I've read RAM may be it. But I really don't feel like take my RAM out. My pb came with 512, I upgraded and bought a 1GB stick of Kinston. Now does anyone else here have a Kingston stick in theres and have success with audio sync. I really wish I could fix this issue, its just driving me nuts.
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Geez Nathan, it's not a big deal to remove that Kingston RAM and try again...
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I'm planning to buy a RAM upgrade for my late 2011 MacBook Pro.
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Could you please tell me if KVR400X64C25/512 Kingston ram are ok for a MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R mainboard?
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I see some of you are running this ram. I just built my first A64 system on a K8T-Neo2 (MS-6702E) and can't get this ram to work in other than slot 1 and 2. This means it's running DDR333.
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Please help with 4 sticks of Kingston RAM

Hello. I bought the 875P-LSR Neo board and have been having nothing but troubles with it. Maybe someone here can give me some help. I have a P4 3.2 GHZ CPU (NOT the extreme one), an ATI 9800XT video card. I bought 4 512MB sticks of Kingston KVR400X64C25/512 which is on their approved memory list. I cannot get this board to work with 4 sticks of RAM, even when I set it to BIOS defaults. I have updated to BIOS 1.9, or whatever the lastest is. It just posts, loads XP then reboots. I don't want to overclock or anything, I just want to run at 3.2 GHZ with 2 GB of RAM. If I run two sticks in slots 1 and 3 it runs ok, but I get ALOT of program crashed in XP. I'm sure it has something to do with memory speeds or voltages, I am just letting the board config the memory, I think it is using 2.5,4,4,8 and 2.6 V. Anyone out there have any suggestions for getting this memory to work. In reading the boards I saw that this board has problems with 4 memory sticks. They shouldn't be advertising this board can handle 4 GB of RAM if that is the case. Any advice is greatly appreciated

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Originally posted by cenolar
I am also trying to get 4 512 Kingston moduels to work. I have to set the voltage to at least 2.8V to get the system to boot up. But even when it boots up, I get the blue screen of death after about 20 minutes. I have tried the suggested timings but I still have the same issues.
It seems to run fine with just 2 modules, but I bought 4 for a reason!
I am now contemplating a new MOBO. Any suggestions?
I have read so many posts on kingston memory not working or reading wrong spd's my advice would be get some OCZ . Just my 2 penny's worth

Will Kingston RAM kvr1333d3n9/4g work on my MBP15 early 2011?

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Crucial rams are hard to find locally in my place...
Well they are not freely avialable at all where I am and I actually got mine through family from the UK. But it was worth the wait and hassle.
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Hi,
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