Added 3 more sticks and now wont boot - Help!!

ShaggyRS6 · 11 Sep 2012 at 18:57

Hi everyone. I just got another 3 2GB G.Skill sticks, exactly the same as I have in my PC to take me to 12GB.

I plugged them in and the PC would not post. I took them out and it posted as normal.

I have an Asus P6T Deluxe Ver. 1. The RAM is PC3 - 12800 DDR3 1600

Any ideas?

Woden · 11 Sep 2012 at 18:58

Try them one at a time each. Running memtest if they all boot individually

Martini1991 · 11 Sep 2012 at 18:58

I take it you now have 6 modules?
Set them all to 1066MHZ and up the memory controller voltage and then put the other 3 modules back in.

1366 IMC's were rated 1066MHZ afaik, 6 modules at 1600MHZ probably causing some problems.

ShaggyRS6 · 11 Sep 2012 at 19:03

Martini1991 said:
I take it you now have 6 modules?
Set them all to 1066MHZ and up the memory controller voltage and then put the other 3 modules back in.

1366 IMC's were rated 1066MHZ afaik, 6 modules at 1600MHZ probably causing some problems.

Ok thanks, before I do that I just wanted to let you know that everything in the BIOS runs at AUTO, not sure if that's going to make any difference to your advise. And what should i set the voltage to? Im a noob when it comes to this

ShaggyRS6 · 11 Sep 2012 at 19:39

If someone could let me know exactly what I need to change that would be superb. Sorry for being a dufus

setter · 11 Sep 2012 at 20:27

Youll need to raise qpi/dram voltage in bios. How much will just depend on your particular setup.

ShaggyRS6 · 11 Sep 2012 at 20:28

Ok, thanks Setter, in particular setting i should start?

Kaapstad · 11 Sep 2012 at 21:25

Does your setup boot with six sticks of memory if your not ocing the cpu.

setter · 11 Sep 2012 at 21:30

Id say 1.3500 as a starting point, qpi needs to be increased as 6 ram sticks places more strain on the cpu's integrated memory controller.

ShaggyRS6 · 11 Sep 2012 at 21:50

Kaapstad said:
Does your setup boot with six sticks of memory if your not ocing the cpu.

Im not OCing the CPU and it does not boot with 6

ShaggyRS6 · 11 Sep 2012 at 21:51

Kaapstad said:
Does your setup boot with six sticks of memory if your not ocing the cpu.

setter said:
Id say 1.3500 as a starting point, qpi needs to be increased as 6 ram sticks places more strain on the cpu's integrated memory controller.

Thanks mate, will give that a go tomorrow. Thank you