A trouble with old MoBo

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   Hi everyone! I have a ASRock H61M-HVS, with BIOS ver P1.20. (i know, my mobo is very very old;  i still appreciate any help with the issue)
I just bought two new RAMs with 1600MHz frequency, higher than my two old ones, keeping in mind that on the off. page of the mobo it says, that it supports 1600 MHz. And now my BIOS doesn't want to change to 1600, highest is 1333. My bios is old, and i found a 2.5 ver, but there are no words about new frequency support. And with all warnings about damage because of bios changing i'm kinda freaky to do it. So here's the question - if i update my bios, would i be able to get 1600MHz frequency? Lots of thanks!

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MistalYX Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Apr 2020 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote MistalYX Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: A trouble with old MoBo Posted: 30 Apr 2020 at 9:47pm
	Hi everyone! I have a ASRock H61M-HVS, with BIOS ver P1.20. (i know, my mobo is very very old; i still appreciate any help with the issue) I just bought two new RAMs with 1600MHz frequency, higher than my two old ones, keeping in mind that on the off. page of the mobo it says, that it supports 1600 MHz. And now my BIOS doesn't want to change to 1600, highest is 1333. My bios is old, and i found a 2.5 ver, but there are no words about new frequency support. And with all warnings about damage because of bios changing i'm kinda freaky to do it. So here's the question - if i update my bios, would i be able to get 1600MHz frequency? Lots of thanks!

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 27728	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:42pm
	I am guessing you are using a Sandy Bridge CPU (2000 series). Those only support DDR3 1066/1333. I suspect you won't be able to get 1600mhz unless you upgrade to a 3rd Gen (Ivy Bridge) CPU. It would be possible if your board was a Z chipset board as Z chipsets allow for overclocking (RAM and K series CPUs). If your system is working well I wouldn't recommend updating the BIOS. It can be complicated updating 60 series boards as they had support for Ivy Bridge added later and require very specific steps to be followed or you will brick the board. It is possible that ASRock may have added 1600 support with a BIOS update but I wouldn't risk it, intel never supported it with Sandy Bridge non-K CPUs. Your best option would be to run the system at 1333 and manually adjust your timings for better performance. Search google for a good guide.