3 Sticks of ram In my Z77 Extreme 4 One not being used but is recognized.

Dylin123

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I have them in slots 2-3-4 and it is running in dual channel mode, bios shows three sticks but says only 2 are used.

Looking through the mobo book it says using three will work they will just run in single channel, which is fine. But it is refusing to switch.
Do i have to just buy another stick?

or should i try using different slots until it recognizes it?
 

Dylin123

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Thanks :( figured it would run single but it would not.

Tired every which way and it was a no go. i did find it crazy though how no matter which way i moved them it always chose to pair slot 2 with 3 or 4 instead of 1.

Always fun fun.

tried to be cheap since ram prices were going up but oh well guess i get to multitask to my hearts content with 16gb instead of 12.

Thank you!