Hello there, I admit it I am new to building computers however I finally got my first build up and running, however there is an issue with the ram.
Bios/CPU-Z and even dxdiag imply that the amount of ram installed is 12gb (Got 1x 8gb and 2x 2gb sticks), however on windows system priorities it stands ''12gb installed (3.93gb usable)'' or so, I have got it up to 10 gb out of the max 12 by swapping ram spots about.
I have tired everything described in this guide by windows : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610
Along with few other things I found on the internet, yet I got no clear answer if it is even possible to get all the sticks to work.
The motherboard I have is rather new and by gigabyte : http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4396#ov
The ram sticks are as follows:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600mhz quad-channel.
2x Corsair Vengeance 2GB DDR3 1600mhz
All of the ram sticks are CL 9
I am aware that by changing sockets you may get it to work, however I am not sure which stick to put in which socket, at the moment I have 8gb on slot 1 and the 2gb sticks in slot 3-4 which results in 4gb usable ram listed by windows.
Also: I am running Windows 7 64bit so that should not cause the issue, and as said I have gotten it up to 10gb out of the maximum 12, by switching slots about.
Edit: Just tried again by having the 1gb on slot 1 and 2gb on slot 3 which did work out fine, as windows even sees it as 10gb ram, however when I add the one 2gb stick more windows doesn't see it as usable ram, could it be broken? - I doubt so as earlier I was going with 4gb.
Any suggestions?
Bios/CPU-Z and even dxdiag imply that the amount of ram installed is 12gb (Got 1x 8gb and 2x 2gb sticks), however on windows system priorities it stands ''12gb installed (3.93gb usable)'' or so, I have got it up to 10 gb out of the max 12 by swapping ram spots about.
I have tired everything described in this guide by windows : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610
Along with few other things I found on the internet, yet I got no clear answer if it is even possible to get all the sticks to work.
The motherboard I have is rather new and by gigabyte : http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4396#ov
The ram sticks are as follows:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600mhz quad-channel.
2x Corsair Vengeance 2GB DDR3 1600mhz
All of the ram sticks are CL 9
I am aware that by changing sockets you may get it to work, however I am not sure which stick to put in which socket, at the moment I have 8gb on slot 1 and the 2gb sticks in slot 3-4 which results in 4gb usable ram listed by windows.
Also: I am running Windows 7 64bit so that should not cause the issue, and as said I have gotten it up to 10gb out of the maximum 12, by switching slots about.
Edit: Just tried again by having the 1gb on slot 1 and 2gb on slot 3 which did work out fine, as windows even sees it as 10gb ram, however when I add the one 2gb stick more windows doesn't see it as usable ram, could it be broken? - I doubt so as earlier I was going with 4gb.
Any suggestions?
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