anujpuri85 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have an Asus P5Q-E mobo and I just got Corsair Dominators TWIN2X4096-8500C5D ram. I can't get Vista 64 to recognize all 4 gb ram. The only way the computer runs is with the Memory remap turned off, in which case vista only sees 3.3 gb ram. If i turn remap on, leave everything default at auto, then the computer freezes within minutes of booting up. I have read everywhere in the forum, have tried a bunch of settings, none of which have worked. I tried manually setting 1066 and the timings to 5-5-5-15 with 2.1 voltage...still freezes. I set the nb voltage to 1.3, then 1.36, still no change. I tried setting row refresh cycle time to 55, didn't help. I ran memtest86, no problems at all. any help would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 12, 2008 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 12, 2008 Try running http://www.memtest.org on the system with both modules installed in D/C with the tested settings set. If the system will pass 2-3 passes of memtest then I would try and reinstall the O.S. with the proper settings set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anujpuri85 Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Memtest ran fine! no problems at all. reformatting will fix the issue you think? I just sent in the mobo to get replaced, thinking maybe that was the issue, although I highly doubt it. I guess I will try reformatting once I get the new mobo. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 12, 2008 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 12, 2008 Memtest ran fine! no problems at all. reformatting will fix the issue you think? I just sent in the mobo to get replaced, thinking maybe that was the issue, although I highly doubt it. I guess I will try reformatting once I get the new mobo. Thanks The reinstall should help. In some cases like this, other users have had to make the proper BIOS adjustments and their systems ran fine after a clean install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anujpuri85 Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 will give it a go...thnx! will post in a week or so once i try it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anujpuri85 Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 I tried reformatting with the bios set to remap on and the ram at 1066 at 5-5-5-15 2.1v.... the computer ran fine while i was updating everything on vista. then after the final updates, after i restarted the comp froze 5 min after booting up. and now freezes after every bootup.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I tried reformatting with the bios set to remap on and the ram at 1066 at 5-5-5-15 2.1v.... the computer ran fine while i was updating everything on vista. then after the final updates, after i restarted the comp froze 5 min after booting up. and now freezes after every bootup.... I think you need to RMA the mainboard. I would do this at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anujpuri85 Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 just rma'd it....just got the new one and tried the reformatting...didn help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 You can RMA the DRAM but if it passed Memtest, then you will end up with the same issue. DRAM is passive. It can not damage other components. I have worked with at least ten of these boards and have not seen this issue. I still say board issue and wonder if you got the same one back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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