capo999 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I have just recently built a new rig and i came across a few problems. When I first had everything hooked up and I booted up my rig (Using the motherboard CMOS and power button) but the screen stayed blank. Then after taking all but 1 ram stick out it loaded up fine (figured maybe bios wasnt updated to support all 12 gb) either way I followed through installing vista ultimate and everything worked fine. Only problem is that now with all 12gb of ram in my comp if i right click my computer and go to properties it says i only have 6gb of ram, which means its not detecting all of it. Im assuming there is prolly something wrong with the cmos/bios settings but i dont have any idea what to do (all cmos/biod settings are default) If you guys can help id appreciate your effort. Thank you for your time, Capo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Turn XMP on in the BIOS and that should be it. When it boots it should tell you how much memory it sees. Also make sure Vista is up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capo999 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Turned on XMP and updated to service pack 2 (and is completely updated) but as i log it it still shows that i have 6gb. Just a curious question do i have to put them in my motherboard a certain way even though im using all 6 slots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 What does it say out of Windows? In the BIOS and/or on a boot screen you should see how much memory the hardware sees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capo999 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 My boot screen says 4gb =/ which doesnt make sense. Another note i have a program from evga calledn evga E-Leet which is used to tweak certain compenants and that says i have 6gb and in dual channel. So im really confused why im getting all these different types of readings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 17, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 17, 2009 Do you have the latest BIOS for the MB and please test the modules 3 at a time and lets make sure there is not a failing module, if they all work reinstall them and then go to BIOS setup and load setup defaults and enable XMP and set the QPI Voltage to +.1 or +.2 Volts over what it is set to. Then please let it boot to a disk from http://www.memtest.org and see how much memory is shown and check the BIOS main page as well to see if it is seeing all of the memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capo999 Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Sorry i have been gone for the past week, ive been very busy and finally had some free time to work on this. I took all my ram sticks out and placed one set of 3 sticks into the motherboard ports 1 3 5 as the manual states. After start up my computer reads 4gb. I shutdown and place the other 3 in and it also reads 4 gb is it possible that i may have faulty ram ports on my MB. Btw is there any way to check which version of my bios i have because i tried booting up the most recent version but its confusing and i couldn't seem to get it to work. Any help is very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capo999 Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Sry for double posting but i did some more conclusive experimentation, i tried 1 module at a time in my first dimm port and the rip never booted, could this be conclusive evidene that its a faulty dimm port or is their any better way of testing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capo999 Posted June 28, 2009 Author Share Posted June 28, 2009 Once again sry for the excessive posting but i finally got the memtest86 v2.11 to work. I will post all information that was on the screen just for informational purposes. Memtest 86+ v2.11 Intelcore i7 2919mHZ L1 Cache: 32k 972931 Mb/s L2 Cache: 256k 38405 Mb/s L3 Cache: 8192k 28615 Mb/s Memory: 4087m 6787 Mb/s Chipset: NHM IMC (ECC: Disabled) / FSB: 132 Mhz / QPI 4.7 GT/s Settings: RAM: 530 MHz (DDR3-1061) / Cas: 8-8-8-19 / Dual Channel Cached RsvdMem Mempap Cache ECC Test Pass Errors EccErrs 4087m 284m e820-std on off std 1 0 0 Few weird results. It says its dual channel which is prolly because of the few failed dimm ports and because it can only read soo many it reads it as dual channel? unless you have to tell it its tri channel some where. But based on previous results of trying to install 1 stick at a time. It wouldnt work. I tried every stick and it wouldnt boot, pointing towards my #1 dimm port to be faulty thus my comp only starts up when i put in 1 entire set of three. Is there anything else i need to take into factor before i call up evga to get a replacement motherboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capo999 Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 Last but not least i updated my bios to the latest version and still nothing changes. My computer still reads it as dual channel ram and a mixture of between 4 to 6 gbs im pretty sure i have a couple failed dimms and maybe a failed module, only problem is that because my first dimm port is faulty i am unable to check my ram sticks one at a time. So i guess ill RMA the motherboard and then ill be able to test the modules. Prolly will take like a month to get all of that done. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 30, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 30, 2009 Yes please get the MB replaced first and then test the modules one at a time or test them all one at a time in slot 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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