Memory only shows on left side of board..

[Followthedon]

Ok, I have built my first computer, Asus extreme IV, 3960k cpu, 16 gig's worth of 4 gig dims vengeance 1600, gtx 580, ssd for the hard-drive, windows premium,(should of gone with ultimate did not know there was a 16 gig memory cap. )

Any how I had the ram configured how Asus said for the board with 2 on one side and the 2 on the other side just as they showed. Only half the memory would read so only 8 gigs was shown, I read some things and read more and then decided to swap it out this way and that way along the one side and finally ended up with all the memory on the left side. This set up is not the one your suppose to do but the computer is reading it as 16 gigs of memory, and windows also read at 16 gigs.

First is it actually giving me 16 full gigs worth of memory it says it is would the fact its on the left side matter, I know the reason they were on both sides was for faster memory bandwidth so it would prob be a bit slower.

second should I be worried that on the other side the memory did not work, could it mean the board has a problum or something, I did water cooling and it was a pain to get the damn block connected to the cpu really had to push,(it was a block that said it orked with 2011 but you have to put this other block in a 1366 one and it was simply a pain had me and another person pushing to screw down them screws it would like to move.) so far everything acts normal and temps are vary good starcraft 2 plays at 28C at the most and have no other problums but can't explain why the right side not showing the memory .

also wondering wean I do upgrade ever if I am going to face a board that dose not work. simply don't have the memory to test the whole board.

 

[Diablo]

Running it in single channel mode (all one side) is not really advisable, so obviously you want to have it in both sides. Did you make sure the RAM was pushed down all the way into the slot?

Take the processor off and check for any bent pins, and if that doesn't work I suggest you RMA the board. It is giving you the full 16GB, but it will be significantly slower.

 

[Followthedon]

Running it in single channel mode (all one side) is not really advisable, so obviously you want to have it in both sides. Did you make sure the RAM was pushed down all the way into the slot?

Take the processor off and check for any bent pins, and if that doesn't work I suggest you RMA the board. It is giving you the full 16GB, but it will be significantly slower.

that dose not sound good,. perhaps I do need to look at it just was a pain getting the cpu connected right, don't feel like going threw the pain again but may need too. If it is a bent pin is there a way to fix something like that

 

[Diablo]

If it's just one bent pin, typically a needle or other implement like that can bend it back. First thing to check is if there is anything in the slots, like dust or whatever. Then check that you are pushing the RAM in properly into the red slots. You could also have a look in the bios to check that it is putting the correct voltage in. (Probably 1.5V needed). If you can, update the bios to see if that helps.

 

[Followthedon]

If it's just one bent pin, typically a needle or other implement like that can bend it back. First thing to check is if there is anything in the slots, like dust or whatever. Then check that you are pushing the RAM in properly into the red slots. You could also have a look in the bios to check that it is putting the correct voltage in. (Probably 1.5V needed). If you can, update the bios to see if that helps.

Ok sounds like a plan

 

[nothingspecial]

Did you have the DIMMs the same gaps both sides of the board, as in gap-dimm-gap-dimm-cpu-gap-dimm-gap-dimm, or mirrored like gap-dimm-gap-dimm-cpu-dimm-gap-dimm-gap? Should be mirrored as far as I'm aware.

Also worth having a look around the BIOS, as my X79-UD5 has separate options for DIMM channel A/B and channel C/D. Could just be that the settings don't match.

 

[Diablo]

The modules need to be in the red slots, which alternate red black red black black red black red.

 

[Followthedon]

Did you have the DIMMs the same gaps both sides of the board, as in gap-dimm-gap-dimm-cpu-gap-dimm-gap-dimm, or mirrored like gap-dimm-gap-dimm-cpu-dimm-gap-dimm-gap? Should be mirrored as far as I'm aware.

Also worth having a look around the BIOS, as my X79-UD5 has separate options for DIMM channel A/B and channel C/D. Could just be that the settings don't match.

I think I had them in all reds, and I did have space between them however I am going to test this again.

 

[exaisle]

Are the timings of the ones that show seen in the BIOS correctly? Are they completely "snapped" in? (audible click should be heard). Are you running them in XMP mode?

 

[Followthedon]

Are the timings of the ones that show seen in the BIOS correctly? Are they completely "snapped" in? (audible click should be heard). Are you running them in XMP mode?

mmm I did not get the check that yet however change I tried it again on the other side,. and it worked,. I don't understand why it worked this time I tried it only in the red's and I know I tried it in only reds before perhaps I did not push down the right amount of pressure or something, but right now the board is reading 16 gigs basically 8 gigs on each side so I am happy .I am going to blame this on my newbish ignorance.

 

[Diablo]

Probably the pushing it down enough thing. The single clip memory slots are kind of a cop out on such an expensive board. I practially had a heart attack when 4GB of mine wasn't being detected, until I noticed one module wasn't as flat as the rest.Glad its working. Now go clock the nuts off it.