Ram not detected

patiscool · 03-05-2005, 10:43 AM

Hi, I am running an Asus A8V deluxe motherboard and i previously had 2 512mb sticks of geil ddr400 ram in. I decided to add 2 more sticks of the same mb/speed only kingston brand. The only problem is my computer is not detecting the ram at all. Post Bios message says only 1024mb is detected and my system info only says 1GB detected while i'm in windows. Any clues to what is going wrong?

Bobo · 03-05-2005, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by patiscool

Any clues to what is going wrong?

Bad RAM? Bad mobo?

**Praetor** · 03-05-2005, 02:54 PM

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Hi, I am running an Asus A8V deluxe motherboard and I previously had 2 512mb sticks of geil ddr400 ram in. I decided to add 2 more sticks of the same mb/speed only kingston brand. The only problem is my computer is not detecting the ram at all. Post Bios message says only 1024mb is detected and my system info only says 1GB detected while i'm in windows. Any clues to what is going wrong?

1. BIOS rev?
2. What's the info on the memory?
3. Have you tried just adding one DIMM at a time?

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Bad RAM? Bad mobo?

Uhhh then you'd have POSTing issues.

patiscool · 03-05-2005, 07:08 PM

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1. BIOS rev?

1.009

I already flashed to the latest version

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2. What's the info on the memory?

Ummm I'm not sure what you mean by this i have 4 Sticks of 512MB DDR-400 2 of them are geil and 2 are kingston. I have tried using all of them separately and they all work. My board only accepts them in pairs though i can't have 3 in at once. Only 1, 2, or 4 because it only wants dual channel configuration.

**Praetor** · 03-05-2005, 08:44 PM

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My board only accepts them in pairs though I can't have 3 in at once

Says who? (do note that I have the same board).

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Only 1, 2, or 4 because it only wants dual channel configuration

1 = no dual channel so therefore that should convince you that it doesnt "want" dual channel.

(i know *you* want dual channel, but its more important to get the systemw orking first

)

patiscool · 03-05-2005, 10:40 PM

well the system works with all 4 in, but it only detects 2.

patiscool · 03-05-2005, 11:11 PM

So it's definitely just the last two slots(the black ones) that aren't being detected. It's running in dual channel mode fine with two sticks in the blue ones, I ran CPU-Z to take a look at everything. I just need to know how to get the last 2 detected.

Bobo · 03-06-2005, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by patiscool

So it's definitely just the last two slots(the black ones) that aren't being detected.

That's what I meant by:

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Originally Posted by Bobo

Bad mobo?

patiscool · 03-06-2005, 05:11 AM

hmmm i guess that's possible. It's a brand new motherboard, but is there any way to test that aside from buying another motherboard?

**Cromewell** · 03-06-2005, 07:31 AM

if its brand new try returning/exchanging it, or you can use the manufacturer warranty but that takes longer for results

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patiscool New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5	Ram not detected Hi, I am running an Asus A8V deluxe motherboard and i previously had 2 512mb sticks of geil ddr400 ram in. I decided to add 2 more sticks of the same mb/speed only kingston brand. The only problem is my computer is not detecting the ram at all. Post Bios message says only 1024mb is detected and my system info only says 1GB detected while i'm in windows. Any clues to what is going wrong?

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03-05-2005, 10:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
patiscool New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5	well the system works with all 4 in, but it only detects 2.

03-05-2005, 11:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
patiscool New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5	So it's definitely just the last two slots(the black ones) that aren't being detected. It's running in dual channel mode fine with two sticks in the blue ones, I ran CPU-Z to take a look at everything. I just need to know how to get the last 2 detected.

03-06-2005, 05:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
patiscool New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5	hmmm i guess that's possible. It's a brand new motherboard, but is there any way to test that aside from buying another motherboard?