new ram help needed faulty slot

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hi, i require some help just completed a new watercooled rebuild upon set up i used to have 16gb ram 4 slots i now have only 12gb showing i have just replaced ram 4 new sticks kingston hyper savage 2400 still showing 12gb it seems i have damaged 1 of my slots currently using slots 1,3 6,8 im thinking its slot 3 i may have damaged as i had a tight fit to insert old ram after wc i wish to keep rampage iv be board is it ok for me to use slots 2,4 5,7 or is this not an option.
thanks
 
new ram faulty slot help needed

hi, i require some help just completed a new watercooled rebuild upon set up i used to have 16gb ram 4 slots i now have only 12gb showing i have just replaced ram 4 new sticks kingston hyper savage 2400 still showing 12gb it seems i have damaged 1 of my slots currently using slots 1,3 6,8 im thinking its slot 3 i may have damaged as i had a tight fit to insert old ram after wc i wish to keep rampage iv be board is it ok for me to use slots 2,4 5,7 or is this not an option.
thanks
 
check to see if all sticks bootup one at a time in slot 3

you might have a faulty stick? if none of them boot up then its the slot or too tight a cpu cooler/block
 
i had 3 slots working with 4 sticks 12gb just put in new ram still only 12gb
can only be that slot so can i use the 4 other coloured slots instead.
 
update

checked all slots found the slot at fault its c1 slot 8 not the 1 i thought it was in bios it is saying abnormal i have cleaned slot and checked for visible damage nothing showing.

still only showing 12gb with the 4 slots populated, shall i try the ram in the alternative slots 2,4,5,7.
 
yeah it will work but its not using quad channel mode

look in cpu-z memory tab it will say quad or dual or single
 
loosened off no difference tried to use the other 4 slots will not boot

totally ****ed off just spent over 2k on rebuild and stuck with a dead ram slot i give up and now lost all interest.

thanks for help.
 
the only option i can see is to buy 2 8gb sticks and use dual slots will i see a benefit over using 12gb in tri.
 
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