G751JY compatible with 2133MHz RAM?

[Camel51]

I bought 16GB (2x8GB) 2133MHz 1.35V G.Skill memory but it is only being recognized as 1600MHz. Can you tell me if it can run 2133MHz and if you have done it? Maybe you have done it with a G750 and could give me the process of doing it on that laptop. Thanks

[hmscott]

Camel51 wrote:
I bought 16GB (2x8GB) 2133MHz 1.35V G.Skill memory but it is only being recognized as 1600MHz. Can you tell me if it can run 2133MHz and if you have done it? Maybe you have done it with a G750 and could give me the process of doing it on that laptop. Thanks

Camel51, did you remove all the original memory from the G751JY before adding the new 2133mhz memory? Or did you add the new memory to the existing memory?

If you didn't remove the original memory the fastest speed memory will run is at the speed of the slowest memory installed.

You will need to uninstall the original memory and install the new 2133mhz memory in the top slots under the keyboard.

The 2133mhz memory works in the G750, confirmed by several people, but you are the first that has reported trying in the G751...

[Camel51]

hmscott wrote:
Camel51, did you remove all the original memory from the G751JY before adding the new 2133mhz memory? Or did you add the new memory to the existing memory?

If you didn't remove the original memory the fastest speed memory will run is at the speed of the slowest memory installed.

You will need to uninstall the original memory and install the new 2133mhz memory in the top slots under the keyboard.

The 2133mhz memory works in the G750, confirmed by several people, but you are the first that has reported trying in the G751...

Sorry for getting back so late, I was away from the internet. I did remove all my old ram (which was not under the keyboard) and put my new ram where the old used to be. For the G750 to run 2133 did the ram have to be in the slots under the keyboard? Maybe that's my issue. I'll take apart the laptop and move the dimms to the under the keyboard and see if that does the trick.

[hmscott]

Camel51 wrote:
Sorry for getting back so late, I was away from the internet. I did remove all my old ram (which was not under the keyboard) and put my new ram where the old used to be. For the G750 to run 2133 did the ram have to be in the slots under the keyboard? Maybe that's my issue. I'll take apart the laptop and move the dimms to the under the keyboard and see if that does the trick.

Camel51, if you removed all the memory, and the 2133mhz memory is working, but only at 1600mhz, I doubt moving it is going to help. Although it is possible that it might work if you put it in the Dual Channel slots order, not sure what it is for the G751, but on the G750 it is 1,3 and 2,4 slots as pairs.

Sorry to hear it isn't working. Please also post the results to the memory sticky thread, so that others will know not to order the 2133mhz memory.

It's strange as the G751 has been more compatible with differing memory than the G750, and the G750 worked with the G.skill 2133mhz memory.

Both times I have seen reports of installing G.skill 2133mhz, it has been with full 32GB 4x8 configuration.

Please let us know how it works out.

[sk3tch]

Just checked the BIOS - no XMS options there...in fact, not really any RAM/memory options at all. Pretty barebones for a laptop advertised for OC/gaming. 🙂

[hmscott]

sk3tch wrote:
Just checked the BIOS - no XMS options there...in fact, not really any RAM/memory options at all. Pretty barebones for a laptop advertised for OC/gaming. 🙂

sk3tch, with the G750 you could count on the BIOS to read the SPD values and use them to set up the memory. It seems like the G751 might have fixed values, and is ignoring the SPD values.

When Camel51 confirms the Dual Channel slots don't work either, you all can ask Asus to update the BIOS to read the SPD values like the G750 - you can all ask now if you like 🙂

[Camel51]

I just got my computer back and rechecked CPU-Z. I don't remember what it said before but I don't believe it was what it now says, which is good. As of now it's saying that my 2133MHz ram is correctly running at ~2133MHz!

CPU-Z shows my DRAM Frequency is 1064.2MHz then multiply that by 2 and it equals 2128.4MHz (~2133MHz).

When benchmarking with Unigine Valley it says my memory frequency is running at 2505MHz :eek: I guess the computer is OCing the ram too which is awesome.

I hope I'm reading everything correctly. Let me know what you get out of all this data.

[hmscott]

Camel51 wrote:
I just got my computer back and rechecked CPU-Z. I don't remember what it said before but I don't believe it was what it now says, which is good. As of now it's saying that my 2133MHz ram is correctly running at ~2133MHz!
CPU-Z shows my DRAM Frequency is 1064.2MHz then multiply that by 2 and it equals 2128.4MHz (~2133MHz).
When benchmarking with Unigine Valley it says my memory frequency is running at 2505MHz :eek: I guess the computer is OCing the ram too which is awesome.
I hope I'm reading everything correctly. Let me know what you get out of all this data.

Camel51, that's great news 🙂

Glad to hear it is working in the G751, which is what I would have expected, since it works in the G750!

It should help a bit with everything, a little more for some things than others.

Let us know if you find something that really improves due to the faster RAM.

[Camel51]

I have some conflicting data from the ASUS Intel Extreme Tuning software though. It says default speeds are 1600MHz. I'm not sure if it's saying that's what it's currently running (or maybe it's reading incorrectly) or if it's just stating what the default speeds would be.

The only thing the BIOS lists about memory is:

"Memory Information
Total Memory 16384 MB"

[hmscott]

Camel51 wrote:
I have some conflicting data from the ASUS Intel Extreme Tuning software though. It says default speeds are 1600MHz. I'm not sure if it's saying that's what it's currently running (or maybe it's reading incorrectly) or if it's just stating what the default speeds would be.
The only thing the BIOS lists about memory is:
"Memory Information
Total Memory 16384 MB"

Camel51, that looks like exactly what it says, default: - it's not displaying current speed.