Hi guys,
Here's my background, I am a PC Technician, and have been servicing PCs and notebooks alike for the past 3 years. So I have enough technical knowledge to understand detailed explanataions.
Here's my problem:
I have a PC set up with the mainboard ASROCK G41M-VGS3.
It has the Intel Core2 Duo E6650 (FSB-1333MHz), and 2 RAM sticks:
1x Kingston 2GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10600)
1x Corsair 4GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10600) Part No.: CMVGX3M1A1333C9
I upgraded the Core2 DUo CPU from a Pentium D Cpu and installed the mentioned above 4GB RAM just now. I also set the FSB jumper to 2-3 as instructed on the Mainboard and ASUS website.
BIOS only detects the 2GB RAM stick. The other RAM slot displays that nothing is installed in it.
Windows 7 32bit is installed (States that only 2GB RAM is installed and 1.75GB), should detect 6GB of RAM and use around 4GB of RAM since it's a 32bit OS.
PC boots fine but doesn't detect all the RAM.
I ran ASTRA32 and displays both memory sticks (that's strange since BIOS doesn't detect the 4GB RAM stick).
I went to the ASROCK website and only the G41M-VS3 is available over there. and there are some BIOS updates which might solve the issue. But I tried to run the Windows Bios UPdate (Updates from Windows), and said that there's an invalid chip or something. I downloaded the Instant Flash Version, put it on a FAT32 formatted USB stick, rebooted, pressed F6 and finds no compatible BIOS updates (but detects the USB stick)
Apparently the only difference between the G41M-VGS3 and the G41M-VS3 is the network card.
I also attempted to change the DRAM FSB Frequency from the BIOS and DRAM voltages but to no avail. I also swapped the RAM and RAM slots, still to no avail. And if I start the PC with the 4GB RAM stick only, the PC doesn't boot.
This is the ASROCK link:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/g41m-vs3%20r2.0/
I also found a PDF manual for the G41M-VGS3, and lists both Mainboards.
Can anyone help me with this issue? Most probably if I update the BIOS to a more recent version, where RAM compatability is improved, my issue will be solved.
I always update the BIOS as the last resort, but in this case, it's the only way for a solution.
Please help.
Here's my background, I am a PC Technician, and have been servicing PCs and notebooks alike for the past 3 years. So I have enough technical knowledge to understand detailed explanataions.
Here's my problem:
I have a PC set up with the mainboard ASROCK G41M-VGS3.
It has the Intel Core2 Duo E6650 (FSB-1333MHz), and 2 RAM sticks:
1x Kingston 2GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10600)
1x Corsair 4GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10600) Part No.: CMVGX3M1A1333C9
I upgraded the Core2 DUo CPU from a Pentium D Cpu and installed the mentioned above 4GB RAM just now. I also set the FSB jumper to 2-3 as instructed on the Mainboard and ASUS website.
BIOS only detects the 2GB RAM stick. The other RAM slot displays that nothing is installed in it.
Windows 7 32bit is installed (States that only 2GB RAM is installed and 1.75GB), should detect 6GB of RAM and use around 4GB of RAM since it's a 32bit OS.
PC boots fine but doesn't detect all the RAM.
I ran ASTRA32 and displays both memory sticks (that's strange since BIOS doesn't detect the 4GB RAM stick).
I went to the ASROCK website and only the G41M-VS3 is available over there. and there are some BIOS updates which might solve the issue. But I tried to run the Windows Bios UPdate (Updates from Windows), and said that there's an invalid chip or something. I downloaded the Instant Flash Version, put it on a FAT32 formatted USB stick, rebooted, pressed F6 and finds no compatible BIOS updates (but detects the USB stick)
Apparently the only difference between the G41M-VGS3 and the G41M-VS3 is the network card.
I also attempted to change the DRAM FSB Frequency from the BIOS and DRAM voltages but to no avail. I also swapped the RAM and RAM slots, still to no avail. And if I start the PC with the 4GB RAM stick only, the PC doesn't boot.
This is the ASROCK link:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/g41m-vs3%20r2.0/
I also found a PDF manual for the G41M-VGS3, and lists both Mainboards.
Can anyone help me with this issue? Most probably if I update the BIOS to a more recent version, where RAM compatability is improved, my issue will be solved.
I always update the BIOS as the last resort, but in this case, it's the only way for a solution.
Please help.
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