gigabyte not what it was? or unlucky me?

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:21

omg im so miffed! In my new build im using the g1 sniper m5 and its a cracking board it really is but i've had some problems. First board the sound went on it so sent it back and got a new one, finished setting it up yesterday and all seems well, nice one.

BUT i did a benchmark about an hour ago just for the sake of doing one and it came up saying only 4gig or ram when theres 8, odd. I then did the whole dxdiag thing and that too said 4gig -_- Restarted the pc thinking it was just a glitch or somthing and it said the same again, so i took it out and refitted it SAME AGAIN! I then put the ram in the other two slots rebooted and boom there it is, so im guessing one of the 4 slots its broke, i mean really? Two broken mother boards in a row? Will still keep it coz theres no way im being without my pc for another 4/5 days and its somthing i can live with but theres no way in hell my next build will have a gigabyte in it.

Anyone else had so many dramas with one bloody thing?

wazza300 · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:23

missing memory like that can be down to flexing mb,overtightened cpu cooler/bent cpu socket pins

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:24

I can bet my left nut its none of that im a very carefull builder

EDIT: Also if it were down to that would'nt that effect all four mem slots?

wazza300 · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:26

test with just one stick in the proper slots for dual channel,second/fourth slot

test them one at atime,if no boot into windows you know which slot it is

id still loosen cpu cooler slightly and inspect cpu socket as last resort

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:27

Worth a bash

wazza300 · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:29

G1.Sniper M5 - F8a http://www.mediafire.com/?or23s6z91i22vq2

latest beta might help

snips86x · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:29

What does the BIOS report?

wazza300 · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:31

it can affect one slot/two slots any (its down to the integrated memory controller inside the cpu) bent pins = missing memory
ive had it happen,bent pins/too tight a cooler

also a blown capacitor ive had on the board cause one memory bank to fail

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 19:50

Not keen on using beta bios's or anything beta tbh, also the back of the 4670k is very different to most cpus i've actually seen it doesnt have the usuall array of pins its got little diddy blocks instead http://www.vortez.net/articles_file/21577_intel haswell 4670k 4770k haswell review cpus reverse.jpg

I didnt actually check the bios snips i'll have a look in a mo, going to turn it off and losen off the cooler a tad brb

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 20:12

Just here on my phone now whilst it runs Windows memory diagnostics. Loosened off the cooler then tightened it till it started to give resistance and put the ram where it was initially. Ugh it's slow this diagnostic lol

NoNameNoNumber · 24 Sep 2013 at 20:16

Ripjaw said:
also the back of the 4670k is very different to most cpus i've actually seen it doesnt have the usuall array of pins its got little diddy blocks instead

Thats nothing new

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 20:20

Oh ok lol,my first intel cpu lol amd ones ive had all had loads of little pins lol

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 20:23

Ok all done both the bios and dxdiag both say 8gig back in there initial slots. Weird!

NoNameNoNumber · 24 Sep 2013 at 20:24

Ripjaw said:
Oh ok lol,my first intel cpu lol amd ones ive had all had loads of little pins lol

I've just moved over to intel (sandybridge) and it surprised me tbh.

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 20:26

I just figued it was somthing new lol.

snips, wazza any idea what just happened with me?

wazza300 · 24 Sep 2013 at 20:28

Maybe reseating memory,loosening/re tightening fixed it

Overtightened cooler can cut the signal from CPU to memory banks sometimes

Ripjaw · 24 Sep 2013 at 20:30

I did re-afix it with less force than when i first put it on maybe it was that, ah well its fixed now lol thx for the help

I retract my previous gigabyte trashing