CaptainNasty Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Well, I have it. The crazy 6GB only show up as 4GB issue. Tried to get it worked out myself since I received my shiny new hardware during the 2nd week of July with no joy. :(: This issues shows in the BIOS, Windows, and MemTest. I have tried all the troubleshooting tips I could find. Various stickies on this forum. Mostly Yellowbeard stuff. I read through the different overclocking guides for the memory information. I'm not overclocking my processor, just trying to run stock speeds for now. I have tried the RAM at very loose timings and still see the issue. I looked for bent pins under the processor and found none. Reseated and carefully secured the cooler several times. MemTest would find no errors but I still see 4GB out of 6GB. Once my 30 days was nearly up at Newegg I decided to RMA the mainboard mostly because I couldn't figure out which of the two, board or RAM, was the problem. I've had difficulty in the past dealing with Asus for warranty exchange so decided to exchange it with Newegg since they are great to deal with. Same problem on the new board. So, I continue to play musical RAM. Swapping DIMM slots and running MemTest. No Joy. RAM counts 4GB of 6GB and MemTest says no errors. So, figuring it has to be the RAM now I try something else. I just run with two sticks and swap them out. Trying different slots. In some cases the 4GB with two sticks would only register 2GB. I have narrowed it down to what DIMM it is that won't register most of the time. Doesn't matter what slot it is in, it rarely works with the other sticks installed. By itself it seems to work fine, no errors from MemTest. With one or both of the other sticks installed it just won't register. Any ideas what I might try before I go ahead and request an RMA? Thanks! *** Added more information *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolver Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 1. 4gb inside windows? or inside bios? 2. does your asus board has the latest bios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNasty Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Yes, 4GB (Or 2GB in the cases near the bottom of my post) in BIOS, Windows 7 Pro 64Bit, and MemTest. The board is flashed to the latest BIOS version 0813. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolver Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 vdimm auto? or set to 1.65v? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNasty Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 http://i4memory.com/f54/asus-x58-6-12gb-memory-overclocking-detecting-less-memory-than-installed-19200/ Ran with the exact settings this thread has at the top for Base Starter Settings. Had the issue with those settings too. I have upped it to QPI: 1.35 and VDIMM: 1.65 to see if that fixes it but it didn't. Tried lots of different tweaks with no joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolver Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 what is your cpu cooler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNasty Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Corsair H50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolver Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 i've tried that..and it has a tendency to bend my board... can you try the stock aircooler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNasty Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 I have but it didn't change anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolver Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 ok if one stick can't work with the other two sticks..i think its worth rma'ing i'll wait for Ram-Guy's opinionn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 18, 2010 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 18, 2010 Go ahead and use the link in the upper left to submit an RMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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