RAM =/

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So decided to give my PC a spring clean, started to take parts out, RAM first.

Before I took the heatsink off, I went to check if my thermal paste was in the loft, it was. So I thought, I'm not taking the heatsink off. So taking all the parts off to clean was scrapped, rather I would just clean as it is.

So anyway, before this I had the ram in this formation:

RAM SLOT:
1-2-3-4
XOXO

(O is where RAM is, X is where RAM isn't)

After I put it all back together, I put them back in the same position.

Tried to boot, and it did, but very slowly. I get into windows and it detects single channel and only 2GB of RAM,

So I try swapping the RAM slots, and booting with individual RAM sticks in, exactly the same, 2GB of RAM single channel.

So I then put RAM in the following formation:
1-2-3-4
XXOO

and it boots (slowly) and detects 4GB of RAM but it is now single channel, which I understand is fine.

Now, my diagnosis is: RAM slot 2 is borked. Now, before I take RAM out and in again, can I run dual channel in slots 1 and 3?
Or does it have to be in 2 and 4?

I have this board:
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=DfyAB26HiDpiiu8f
Asus p7p55d-e lx
with a i5 760 (stock atm)
this RAM: http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-ddr3-pc3-12800-intel-xmp-low-voltage-dual-channel.html

So yeah, anyone help?
I didn't even touch the RAM slots whilst cleaning =/ don't understand how it can go from working to borked.
 
yes you can use 1+3, but will it boot is another question, some boards need certain ram slots occupied first.
 
LOL, temperamental RAM ***.

Just tried 1 + 3.

No go.

2 + 4 again, YAY boots in dual channel detects 4GB lol.

I think my PC is female.
 
Nope it's ****ing done it again, and the RAM is fine it's definitely a faulty RAM slot.

Running it in lanes 3 + 4 atm, single channel.

I really CBF to RMA my motherboard going without my graphics card for a month was hell enough.

So yeah, major rage. Just taking my RAM out and putting it back in made a RAM slot die.

Thing was, like I had tried above, it worked, stopped, worked again.

So I then just shut down the PC, turn it back on, powers up but no post I have a look inside and lo and behold MemOK! light is on :( take out slot 2, it posts. Put in slot 2 solo, no post, put in slot 2 + 4, only detects 2GB of RAM.

Such a **** take major annoyed right now. Ah well.

It's just so frustrating, logging into windows is so much slower now, loading all start up apps takes ages as well. GRRR
 
Another vote for really carefully checking and blowing out the sockets. Unless your motherboard bends a lot when putting the RAM back in it's not that likely to fail just by removing and replacing.

I once had a small piece of hair get stuck in a PCI-E slot and it stopped the graphics card working which I had removed to clean. That caused some stress until I found it!
 
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