More problems again.

Sorry, I don't understand all of your post but i can tell you that you need your memory voltage, ideally, on the lowest stable setting. But if it's set within the components spec - don't worry about it for now.

Are you saying that you have all 3 sticks working but you've used an alternate slot?

Edit: Just re-read your post - if you want to check the integrity of the slot that you doubt - place one stick of ram in it and run memtest for an hour or so (if it will let you). If it fails run the same stick in another slot - and if it passes you may very well have a faulty slot. However, if it passes the single slot test you'll need to test if it has a phobia to running in dual channel - run memtest with 2 sticks using the slot your unsure of - and then another test, using the same memory, in the other 2 slots. If it failed the dual slot test and the same memory passed in the other slots you may have a faulty slot...

That reads like 'whose on first base?'...
 
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VICTORY IS MINE!
I found the source to the problem, and there is no way any software or monitoring could ever have done it
The answer?
The kettle plug to the psu was ****. It couldn't handle the initial start up power needed to boot the system.
I found this when i rolled my pc from under my desk and unplugged it and used another one to save messing unpluging and it all work right away. I then booted up with ram in all different places and with lights all on and fans and it was fine, and boots up fine ever time now :-D
Well happy.
Now, does any one want to save on dual channel ddr3 and buy 2 sticks off me if i buy a tri set? I have one slot looking very lonely ;-)
And i can confirm that tri channel runs as dual in am3, or it is for me, 2 under dual and the other is single, but if i can get another single both will be dual (tryed two in the 2nd pair of slots and one in first slot)
Thanks for trying to help me fix this guys.
 
despotofmidnor said:
VICTORY IS MINE!
I found the source to the problem, and there is no way any software or monitoring could ever have done it
The answer?
The kettle plug to the psu was ****. It couldn't handle the initial start up power needed to boot the system.
I found this when i rolled my pc from under my desk and unplugged it and used another one to save messing unpluging and it all work right away. I then booted up with ram in all different places and with lights all on and fans and it was fine, and boots up fine ever time now :-D
Well happy.
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Wow. Silly how something so small as moving the RAM to a different slot or changing kettle lead could fix it. Well, glad you got it working :D
 
That would have been a bugger to troubleshoot had you not swapped the lead - we would have been in this thread for a long, long time - before we deserted you that is ;).

So, Wahey - enjoy!
 
Yeh, lol.
Man, i think this should now be the 1st thing to check for any one building a new pc who has boot problems :-)
I demand it be added to a troubleshooting guide :-D
I have one more question while tis post is still being visited.
My graphics card is a XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR3
Is it worth getting another and crossfire'ing them? Whilst they have them in *b* stock, nice and cheap. Will i notice any mojor difference? e.g. will it alow me to get higher levels of detail etc with no strain, or does crossfire'ing just boost its speed, not its abilities? (i imagin they work as one, giving it twice the processing units, meaning it can handle better graphics/more men on screen etc?)
Thanks
 
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