Alienware Aurora R1 - RAM Issue

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Good Morning,

I've recently purchased (rather blindly on my part it seems) a set of GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-159-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516) from OCuK.

When I first installed both 8GB Ram Sticks, I got 4 beeps - which from what I've read is a "Memory RAM Read/Write Error"... However when I removed one of the 8GB sticks, the PC booted fine...

I then played with the settings and changed the frequency from 1333 down to 1064 (133 * 8). I then reinserted the second stick, and the PC now boots without producing 4 Beeps... my problem now however is, my BIOS is only displaying 8GB, not 16... I've done some research and I've found the following for my Mobo:

Connectors
Aurora/Aurora ALX six internally-accessible DDR3 DIMM sockets
Aurora-R2 four internally-accessible DDR3 DIMM sockets
Capacities 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB
1066 MHz and I333 MHz
Minimum 3 GB
Maximum
Aurora/Aurora ALX 24 GB
Aurora-R2 16 GB

So it appears that my Aurora ALX has capacities for 1, 2 and 4GB and CAN support up 24GB of 1333Mhz Ram... could someone help me clarify this please?
 
Haha, fortunately, I purchased this unit second-hand from eBay for like, 500 quid, it works perfectly ;) Kind of purchased it as I've always wanted an Alienware - but yeah, I think it's going to be a case of possibly selling the RAM on and getting 3 Tri-Channel then...

Thanks for confirming my suspicions!
 
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