Installed RAM unusable

Hi all, I seem to have been running into a few problems with my GD65 from what i can remember bios 1.4 onwards.

here is the problem:

My memory on the system screen registers 4.00GB (1.99 Usable) meaning its been allocated for hardware.. and i get that bit.

however when I have the OC Genie on everything is fine it registers 4.00GB and its all usable, so im thinking that the OC Genie chip on the board is taking up the allocated Ram which buggers my 4Ghz OC up because OC genie only gets my system to 3.2Ghz but manually i can get 4ghz!

So to have all 4GB of Ram I have to be stuck at 3.2 but if i want my 4Ghz i sacrifice 1.99 Ram as its then allocated.

Im thinking of flashing back to the original Bios v1.0 see if that solves it can i do this in windows? MSI live update just looks like i can get the latest one, which i dont want. so can i do this manually?

has anyone else had/seen this problem with the GD65?? OC GENIE Sucks big time and i want my 4Ghz with my 4.00BG of RAM..helllllp

Also seems to be at 50% usage when idle.





thanks in advance

I have had the same problem with my EVGA P55 ***.
In my case it is caused by running your memory at too high frequency with not enough voltage. I cured it by changing my ratio to 2:6 to give 600(1200) mhz @ 1.55v

ive tried fiddling with a lot of memory settings in the bios but nothings worked.

its wierd how its fine and i can use all 4.00GB if OC Genie is selected but i dont want it on.

Yeh its a common quirk with p55 happens to me as well depending on what blck I use and ratio and qpi ratio.

Anand has a disussion on it.

Best thing to do is experiment, it's a pain in the ass tbh.

its really bugging me aswell.
i cant even load defaults on everything and then put the timings at 8-8-8-24 which is what there advertised at. it just says overclock has failed, even with the CPU at stock.

the bios main screen seems to be showing Physical Memory: 2048mb now!