PC only seems to accept one ram stick at a time.

Fledge

Fledge

Fledge

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I think that's the problem, at least.
I have two sticks of 2gb 'G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH'.
My mobo is Asus Maximus III Formula.

If I have both sticks in the two proper slots then my pc freezes after about 2 mins after boot. If I have either one of the sticks in either of the two proper slots then it is fine -- just lacking 2GB.
If I put any number in the alternate DIMMs then it doesn't boot -- but that's normal.
This RAM is pretty much definately good RAM as it's my second pair after recent RMA.
So I'm thinking it may be a dodgy mobo.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Fledge.
 
have you got a spare mobo you can test the ram on and a spare set of ram you can test on the mobo? this will quickly tell you the answer, my guess would be a mobo fault though
 
I've heard that PSU's can sometimes cause these sort of problems but I really don't know much about them. Is this possible?
 
if you dont know anyone with a compatible board your only option is to take it into a shop that can test it for you (the memory)

I had a very similar problem on my old asus board though, where the machine wouldnt boot with the ram in the dual channel slots, so it sounds like the board to me.
 
Try it in a different compatible motherboard, come across this before but ended changing the board
 
Do you think it would be a sensible move to try and RMA the board with Asus, as I have no other way of getting another mobo - unless you want to lend me one :p

But then I'd still be stuck without a board for a while. Does anyone know what Asus' RMA service is like?
 
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