With my new MOBO (asus m5a97 le r2.0) I got 8 more gb of PNY DDR3 RAM. Now I bluescreen, here are my slots of RAM in CPU-Z: http://imgur.com/a/tjxgu
Why is my RAM cut in half?
If with "cut in half" you mean that the frequency that show the program isn't the correct for your RAM, well, let me tell you that CPU-Z is showing you at what based frequency (not dual channel) can your RAM run.
If you want to see the real frequency, change to Memory tab and multiply by 2 the frequency that you see there. Regarding the blue screen, I see that you mixed PYN and Supertalent, that could be the problem.
If with "cut in half" you mean that the frequency that show the program isn't the correct for your RAM, well, let me tell you that CPU-Z is showing you at what based frequency (not dual channel) can your RAM run.
If you want to see the real frequency, change to Memory tab and multiply by 2 the frequency that you see there. Regarding the blue screen, I see that you mixed PYN and Supertalent, that could be the problem.
This is what i mean http://imgur.com/aXAMx4o
before the upgrade (the reason I got 8 more gb of ram was to counter this) it said 8gb and 3.9 usable6
Did you use the two blue slots on the motherboard before anything else? asus recommends that you use the colored slots for the best possible performance. If you still have issues up your NB voltages by .1 and then .2 if that still doesn't work manually configure your memory by calling the manufacture of the ram to get the right information for it.
Just run memtest 86 and I bet that you will see tons of errors because of the mixed ram. You might as well just return the new one or sell them and get a 16gig kit if that is the amount of ram that you are looking for.
this is the second one of these boards in a thread tonight............ or are you the guy with the bad video card too?............. anyways the board is junk.
WAIT.............. different board.
don't see either ram list on support page but that shouldn't mean anything.............. give direct link to ram. both sets. and then let us know if the original problem was from original build. ( new )
this is the second one of these boards in a thread tonight............ or are you the guy with the bad video card too?............. anyways the board is junk.
WAIT.............. different board.
don't see either ram list on support page but that shouldn't mean anything.............. give direct link to ram. both sets. and then let us know if the original problem was from original build. ( new )
Just run memtest 86 and I bet that you will see tons of errors because of the mixed ram. You might as well just return the new one or sell them and get a 16gig kit if that is the amount of ram that you are looking for.
I let it run overnight and it said 0 errors when I woke up
if you ran each set alone and it didn't work.............
and you bumped the voltage as suggested and it doesn't work..........
and you reset the cmos and it didn't work...........
and memtest came up empty...............
let's eliminate the ram for a minute..................................... GIVE COMPLETE SYSTEM SPECS............... DON'T FORGET POWER SUPPLY...........GIVE LINKS.
if you ran each set alone and it didn't work.............
and you bumped the voltage as suggested and it doesn't work..........
and you reset the cmos and it didn't work...........
and memtest came up empty...............
let's eliminate the ram for a minute..................................... GIVE COMPLETE SYSTEM SPECS............... DON'T FORGET POWER SUPPLY...........GIVE LINKS.
ALSO, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE NEW?
Motherboard: ASUS m5a97 le r2.0
GPU: GTX 680
CPU: AMD FX 8350 8 core 4.0GHz
PSU: Ultra HS750 Modular 750 Watt Power Supply
HDD 1: 500GB SATA III 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM Hard Drive
HDD 2: WD Green 3 TB Desktop Hard Drive
Ultra........ never liked those. kind of "bargain brand".........
what happens if you disconnect the WD 3tb drive?
Haven't tried it, and I wouldn't be able to test it because all of my games are on that hard drive and I have no room on my 1st, is it a serious possibility that the second HDD is causing it? Because it didn't start happening until I put the new RAM in