Soldato
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As the title suggests I am having some problems getting all my memory to be recognised. I believe it is a mother board rather than a memory problem.
If I look at system properties it states:
installed memory (RAM): 6.00GB (4.00GB usable)
I have tried reseating the memory, and also tried them in various combinations, my conclusion is there is nothing wrong with the memory, but there is an issue with the motherboard.
e.g if we call the 3 memory sticks A, B and C and and name the three memory sockets 1,2 and 3.
testing each socket individually, with just one memory stick, A, B or C are all recognised in 1, 2 or 3.
conclusion - therefore all sockets and memory modules are working fine.
when using just two sticks any combination of A,B & C will be recognised as 4.00GB
however when I add a third module 6.00GB is not recognised.
To put it another way, with 3 memory modules installed only 4GB (out of an expected 6GB) are recognised.
If I remove any of the memory modules from any slot position, then 4GB will still be recognised.
reading around it would seem that a fair few people have been experiencing this problem with the Gigabyte motherboards, the solutions I have seen all seem to point to RMAing the motherboard, something I would like to avoid if possible -advice appreciated!
n.b I am running an up to date windows 7 64 bit so OS is not the problem.
I actually have been checking the memory in the BIOS, so the problem I am describing is occurring before I enter windows.
-edit can a mod please change the title, should read UD3R not UD35 obviously
If I look at system properties it states:
installed memory (RAM): 6.00GB (4.00GB usable)
I have tried reseating the memory, and also tried them in various combinations, my conclusion is there is nothing wrong with the memory, but there is an issue with the motherboard.
e.g if we call the 3 memory sticks A, B and C and and name the three memory sockets 1,2 and 3.
testing each socket individually, with just one memory stick, A, B or C are all recognised in 1, 2 or 3.
conclusion - therefore all sockets and memory modules are working fine.
when using just two sticks any combination of A,B & C will be recognised as 4.00GB
however when I add a third module 6.00GB is not recognised.
To put it another way, with 3 memory modules installed only 4GB (out of an expected 6GB) are recognised.
If I remove any of the memory modules from any slot position, then 4GB will still be recognised.
reading around it would seem that a fair few people have been experiencing this problem with the Gigabyte motherboards, the solutions I have seen all seem to point to RMAing the motherboard, something I would like to avoid if possible -advice appreciated!
n.b I am running an up to date windows 7 64 bit so OS is not the problem.
I actually have been checking the memory in the BIOS, so the problem I am describing is occurring before I enter windows.
-edit can a mod please change the title, should read UD3R not UD35 obviously
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