RMA?

Leeroy123 · 8 Feb 2011 at 21:43

I have had my bundle from ocuk for about 6 months. Only today have i ordered another 4 gig of ram, i actually have only had 4 gig in, which where in slots, 2 and 4. my new ram should be here tomorrow. anyway, i thought id move the ram i have into slots 1 and 3 and make sure they are working before new stuff comes. The pc wont even boot. tried all kinds, whatever i do the pc wont boot with sticks in slots 1 and 3. Is it time for an RMA?

Leeroy123 · 8 Feb 2011 at 22:33

Now the pc doesn't want to boot in any of the slots. Could it be theres a fault with my memory slots? I've set up an rma with ocuk .

RJC · 8 Feb 2011 at 22:44

Intel i5 & i7 require the memory to be in certain slots to boot from which is 2 & 4 - furthest away for the cpu socket, with the memory in the other slots the system will not boot, as I and you have found out. (Did this on my build on my i7 build)

Clear the CMOS with the RAM in the correct slots and hopefully the system should boot, pop into the BIOS and load the saved overclocked profile.

When the new ram arrives you will need to redo your overcock or lower it.

Leeroy123 · 8 Feb 2011 at 23:31

RJC mate i love you, so glad to here you tell me something positive. working fine again with 2 and 4. so adding the new memory tomorrow should be fine. your a genius mate. i never would have known you had to use those slots. crazy asus.

Possible for someone to cancel my RMA. or shall i wait till tomorrow so i can test new memory?

RJC · 9 Feb 2011 at 07:35

No probs

Glad your up & running, don't forget, before you install the new memory reduce the overclock or remove completely.

Schizo · 9 Feb 2011 at 07:37

thats a really handy tip to know rjc.

thanks for that.

Leeroy123 · 9 Feb 2011 at 09:41

Waiting for my RAM to arrive, ill remove the overclock before fitting it. Can I just add a new overclock afterwards?

RJC · 9 Feb 2011 at 10:31

You will need to go steady and Prime or Intel Burn Test for stability. You may be lucky and get to 4ghz, but I think 3.6 might be the limit.

Leeroy123 · 10 Feb 2011 at 11:10

Ok memory came this morning, i removed the overclock and ive got it upto 3.81ghz and im gonna leave it there. stable on 3.81, so i think thats plenty with 8gb. Thanks for your help RJC .

Redmint · 10 Feb 2011 at 13:29

RJC said:
Intel i5 & i7 require the memory to be in certain slots to boot from which is 2 & 4 - furthest away for the cpu socket, with the memory in the other slots the system will not boot, as I and you have found out. (Did this on my build on my i7 build)

Clear the CMOS with the RAM in the correct slots and hopefully the system should boot, pop into the BIOS and load the saved overclocked profile.

When the new ram arrives you will need to redo your overcock or lower it.

Just wondering is there a similar problem with X58 boards? Going to be setting mine up on Monday.

RJC · 10 Feb 2011 at 15:45

Leeroy123 said:
Ok memory came this morning, i removed the overclock and ive got it upto 3.81ghz and im gonna leave it there. stable on 3.81, so i think thats plenty with 8gb. Thanks for your help RJC .

Done better than I thought, nice one

Redmint said:
Just wondering is there a similar problem with X58 boards? Going to be setting mine up on Monday.

You most probably will , as it puts extra stress on memory controller.

But it's a case of trial error

Leeroy123 · 10 Feb 2011 at 23:00

thanks again RJC mate. its running great now