Urgent help please ram issue

blair

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Hi guys

Just turned my PC on for the first time since moving and it wouldnt boot i started pulling ram stick and eventually boots, i then started to add them i got all 4 back in and windows boots but only reports 12GB out of the 16GB it should be.

The BIOS says 12GB too but does register 4 ram sticks at 4Gb each in the system.

Tried one stick in each 4 slots boots every time.
 
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Hi guys

Just turned my PC on for the first time since moving and it wouldnt boot i started pulling ram stick and eventually boots, i then started to add them i got all 4 back in and windows boots but only reports 12GB out of the 16GB it should be.

The BIOS says 12GB too but does register 4 ram sticks at 4Gb each in the system.

Tried one stick in each 4 slots boots every time.

So you figured all 4 RAM slots work, have you tried each stick separately?
Windows will still register that there is 4 sticks even if one is faulty.
 
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Ok started with one and just added one and tested thought i narrowed a faulty stick but then I tried it again it worked.

After randomly taking them out and in about 20 bloody times all 4 sticks are working and I ran memtest and all ok I really dont get what went wrong.
 
Ok started with one and just added one and tested thought i narrowed a faulty stick but then I tried it again it worked.

After randomly taking them out and in about 20 bloody times all 4 sticks are working and I ran memtest and all ok I really dont get what went wrong.

Method in the madness logic, one at a time now they all work ;);):p

DO NO tamper with anything until upgrade time haha :mellow::mellow:
 
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