Folks - new to the community - great information. Found this thread to be close to the issue I'm having. Forgive me up front if I don't use the correct terminology. Little rusty at my computer terms and have to use "Mr. Google" to get information at times.
I'm running into a problem whereby I upgraded my computer to 32GB's of memory and the computer won't boot into windows, i.e., freezes while at the "Windows Loading" with the Window's flag. Harddrive flashes (reading) then goes off after about 2 minutes (no activity). Hoping one of you "guru's" out there can assist.
Here is what I have:
MOBO: Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3 revision 1
Computer: Cyberpower Level 10 GT custom computer (I can provide additional specs - just let me know how...again...a little rusty)
Memory: Crucial 8GB Sport DDR-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9@ 1.5V x 4
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional
Issue: I can boot the computer just fine with 3 of the 4 sticks installed. I know the 4 DIMM slots are fine since I can put in my old HyperX Kingston sticks in x 4 and it boots up. I've already tried to eliminate if it's a bad stick, in fact Crucial sent another one today and it works fine in the 1, 2, 3 slot, but not the 4th in channel 2. I've switch out the memory to see if it's the DIMM, and it's not. Windows will work with three @ 24GB, but locks up during the boot as I explained above with 4 - no joy for 32GB's.
Contacted Crucial and they can't figure it out. Contacted Gigabyte, and they recommended upgrading to their U1D(UEFI BOIS) which I don't want to do and want to stick to the F13 BIOS for this board. They mentioned to ensure I have SP1 for Windows 7 Professional and going to ensure I have all updates, although I upgraded to Windows 7 Professional through the anytime upgrade.
I'm at loss at this point. I've even up'ed the voltage in the BIOS to 1.6 per Gigabyte's advice - no joy.
Any ideas? Thanks folks.
V/R,
DS6
I'm running into a problem whereby I upgraded my computer to 32GB's of memory and the computer won't boot into windows, i.e., freezes while at the "Windows Loading" with the Window's flag. Harddrive flashes (reading) then goes off after about 2 minutes (no activity). Hoping one of you "guru's" out there can assist.
Here is what I have:
MOBO: Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3 revision 1
Computer: Cyberpower Level 10 GT custom computer (I can provide additional specs - just let me know how...again...a little rusty)
Memory: Crucial 8GB Sport DDR-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9@ 1.5V x 4
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional
Issue: I can boot the computer just fine with 3 of the 4 sticks installed. I know the 4 DIMM slots are fine since I can put in my old HyperX Kingston sticks in x 4 and it boots up. I've already tried to eliminate if it's a bad stick, in fact Crucial sent another one today and it works fine in the 1, 2, 3 slot, but not the 4th in channel 2. I've switch out the memory to see if it's the DIMM, and it's not. Windows will work with three @ 24GB, but locks up during the boot as I explained above with 4 - no joy for 32GB's.
Contacted Crucial and they can't figure it out. Contacted Gigabyte, and they recommended upgrading to their U1D(UEFI BOIS) which I don't want to do and want to stick to the F13 BIOS for this board. They mentioned to ensure I have SP1 for Windows 7 Professional and going to ensure I have all updates, although I upgraded to Windows 7 Professional through the anytime upgrade.
I'm at loss at this point. I've even up'ed the voltage in the BIOS to 1.6 per Gigabyte's advice - no joy.
Any ideas? Thanks folks.
V/R,
DS6
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