Hardware change now ram is messed up

stulid · 11 Jun 2013 at 20:02

Ash2097 said:
One bent pin, any tips on trying to straighten it? It's leaning into towards another

Your guess is a good as mine, see what Google finds, but I think its so small you may have to RMA.

Tackle_Berry · 11 Jun 2013 at 20:30

I just followed a guide, got it pretty straight. Still same issues though. Think I will have to RMA. Good job I bought the cpu with a Sabertooth Z77.

wazza300 · 11 Jun 2013 at 20:33

anychance you can post a close up pic of the whole cpu socket,showing all the pins

asus and bent pins = tuff doodoo regarding getting it repaired so be prepared

a thin sewing needle is best for bent pins gently tease it back into place

Tackle_Berry · 11 Jun 2013 at 21:35

Hi Wazza, yeah I took some pics will post them up tomorrow. Meanwhile got the CPU and ram working fine on the Sabertooth that came with the CPU. So at least not without a system. Not having much luck at the moment. Hoping I can RMA as the board is only few weeks old, not sure how the pin even got bent.

wazza300 · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:04

its probably that bent pin or pins,you can straighten it with a sewing needle,they don't need to be spot on just roughly aligned,whatever you do don't mess with them too much and snap one off,they are very brittle

if you snap one off the board is no good

panyan · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:12

I have had the same issue on one of my rigs too - slots 3 and 4 work but if i put sticks into the first two it wont boot at all

im not overly worried as z68 is time for an upgrade anyway

Tackle_Berry · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:30

I did manage to get the pin pretty straight and checked with magnifying glass, but still had the same issue. Even when I took the CPU out again after trying, the pin still looked pretty straight. Wondering if this is definitely the issue.

Could I not use the B1 and B2 together so 3rd and 4th? Or will that not be dual channel?

Panyan - is that due to bent pins?

wazza300 · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:41

You want dual channel,single channel is much slower

Post some pics the more eyes the better

The cpu's integrated memory controller is inside the CPU so bent pins usually = memory issues,faulty ram slots

Tackle_Berry · 12 Jun 2013 at 07:57

This is the only pic I could get last night (phone pic) which is pretty useless.

Will get the macro lens out tonight which will be 100x better.

MADEinSTOKE · 12 Jun 2013 at 08:22

I'd try your old stuff back in the motherboard and then if that works,there is a compatability issue and if it doesn't its the motherboard

biuro74 · 12 Jun 2013 at 10:26

Mate, it won't help if you don't accept QVL - Qualified Vendor List.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/MAXIMUS-V_GENE/MAXIMUS_V_GENE-DRAM-QVL.pdf

It's well known fact that top Asus motherboard are picky regarding to memory modules, so if you've got Asus mobo from the top of the list (Maximus Gene V is), you have to get memory from QVL. Period. RMA or motherboard change won't resolve this issue. You might try to get very similar modules to those mentioned in QVL (which are simply bigger), but it's 99% for success.

Also, you might try to set up (using one memory stick) BIOS to very liberal settings, like 1600 MHz, CL9-9-9-24, 1.50V voltage, CR 2T, and other parameters regarding to CPU-Z "SPD" tab & Samsung Green spreadsheet and to test which is max settings for this RAM type allowed by motherboard, if any.

P.S.
I presumed you strenghten properly bent pin (to get a touch between it and adequate CPU metal blob) as it's SA_BS[0] pin which is responsible for DDR3 I/O output.

Tackle_Berry · 12 Jun 2013 at 11:24

biuro74 said:
Mate, it won't help if you don't accept QVL - Qualified Vendor List.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/MAXIMUS-V_GENE/MAXIMUS_V_GENE-DRAM-QVL.pdf

It's well known fact that top Asus motherboard are picky regarding to memory modules, so if you've got Asus mobo from the top of the list (Maximus Gene V is), you have to get memory from QVL. Period. RMA or motherboard change won't resolve this issue. You might try to get very similar modules to those mentioned in QVL (which are simply bigger), but it's 99% for success.

Also, you might try to set up (using one memory stick) BIOS to very liberal settings, like 1600 MHz, CL9-9-9-24, 1.50V voltage, CR 2T, and other parameters regarding to CPU-Z "SPD" tab & Samsung Green spreadsheet and to test which is max settings for this RAM type allowed by motherboard, if any.

P.S.
I presumed you strenghten properly bent pin (to get a touch between it and adequate CPU metal blob) as it's SA_BS[0] pin which is responsible for DDR3 I/O output.

Hi, thanks for your help but if you read through, I did try one stick which worked fine and I also had this board working fine with my HyperX grey ram which I did try again and it now doesn't work. Also know people on the OCN forum that are using this Samsung green ram fine with V Gene boards. Going to take a look at the pin properly tomorrow, I'm going to use my Sabertooth board for now, then hopefully get the V Gene fixed and pair it up with my old 2500k and HyperX Grey ram and put it in my girlfriends system.

wazza300 · 12 Jun 2013 at 16:15

I can easily make out the one pin that's bent but its hard to tell if any others are bent from that pic,and yes Samsung green ram works well on all asus boards

Tackle_Berry · 12 Jun 2013 at 16:28

Yeah at the moment the board is still in the case so hard to tell, I will get it out tonight and get the macro lens on it to check the rest.

Edit-

All sorted managed to get the pin straight, all working fine now.

Thanks for the help!