3x8gb ECC on x58

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After seeing a few posts on others success with running 8gb DIMMs in their x58 setup and seeing Linus run 48gb I picked up three Hynix sticks for £10 each off ebay.

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8gb 2Rx4 PC3 12800R 11 12 E2 HMT31GR7CFR4C two sticks
8gb 2Rx4 PC3 12800R 11 10 E2 HMT31GR7BFR4C one stick

I put them into my P6T7 after putting all the bios settings to auto. Turn the machine on and system won't post. Nothing. Tried each stick individually but still nothing. I checked the qualified vendors list for my board but it hasn't been updated since 2009. Likewise for the Bios edition. I'm running version 0904.

I can probably resell the sticks for a profit as most are going for £15-20 each if I can't get them up and running but would obviously prefer to have them working in my machine.

Any ideas? Or is this little upgrade punt dead in the water?
 
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First up stop watching Linus, he has no clue what he's talking about 90% of the time.

You've bought the wrong memory. You want non registered ECC.
 
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Agreed, Linus needs to stick to the consumer-gaming stuff.

6 x DIMM, Max. 24GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
Triple Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs.
* Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
* ECC Un-buffered memory support requires Intel® Nehalem-WS 1S W3500 series or Nehalem-EP E5500 series processors.
 
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I only picked out that video as he got 48gb working on an x58 platform.

Quoting the sheet back to me doesn't explain much :/

So this is a no go then. I should sell the sticks and buy a 32gb kit like this if I want to have 24gb in my machine?
 
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You want ECC NON R. What you seem to have is ECC RDIMM. The RDIMM uses a buffer to address massive amounts of memory but the motherboard needs to support this feature.

Do you need the ECC function? what are you wanting to do?
 
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Oh okay I see.

No I don't need the ECC functionality. I simply thought it was a cheap buy and would work with my board and CPU.

I was hoping to transfer my current 12gb desktop ram to another build I am making for my parents based on my old rampage II extreme. But that will have to wait now.
 
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I've managed to get 24GB working in a Gigabyte X58 motherboard. 3x8GB

Went for dual channel kit then a single stick. Identical modules x3. It's running in triple channel. Hyperx memory. Also it has XMP and enabled it in BIOS

HX316C9SR/8
HX316C9SRK2/16
 
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A mystery package arrived this afternoon.

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8gb 2RX8 PC3-12800R 11 13 B1

Not sure why but I've been sent another 24gb :confused:

In any case into the machine they went for testing. These ones boot successfully, I could get into the bios and even into windows. W7 recognised the full 24gb. So far so good. I had left everything on auto from trying the others earlier in the week so they were running at 1333 Mhz with timings of 9 9 9 24.

I rebooted, went into the bios and set them to run at 1600 Mhz - no post. Restarted, reset to 1333 and only 16gb was recognised. I'm going to test each stick individually and run LinX to check stability but I think this whole ECC debacle is not worth it :rolleyes:
 
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