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Does removing a ram stick cuases the mobo to reset the OC?

Nov 5, 2018 10:00AM PST

so i have a system with overclocked GPU and CPU and Ram.
does removing one of the ram stick (i have 4 of them) could cause the MOBO to reset the overclock's settings?
because i've noticed the system start to act weird (booting twice) but then it booted to windows just fine!

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Did you get a DMI message from BIOS?
Nov 5, 2018 10:46AM PST

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I'm going with no.
Nov 5, 2018 10:25AM PST

But removing a stick could cause the memory to switch from DUAL CHANNEL MODE to SINGLE CHANNEL which can stabilize a badly setup PC or one that had OC or other issues.

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thanks for replying
Nov 5, 2018 11:38AM PST

Great, so my overclocking's settings are safe no matter how many time i swap ram or remove them?

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I can't write that.
Nov 5, 2018 12:50PM PST

There are now hundreds of BIOS versions so I can't write that. But I do know that pulling a stick or moving them around can get a cranky PC to run. Maybe it doesn't fix the real problem but I can write and share that I did some hundred plus times find ways to stabilize old and new PCs by either a BIOS change or moving/removing a memory stick. For the reason given.

This would be a topic I'd want to have in a group video call or TedTalk type presentation. It's not acceptable to some since you are not fixing the real issue but there is a real need to keep old (and new) PCs going without any real cost.