- Jan 6, 2016
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Hey guys I'm a new member to this site but Ive visited here often thanks to Google with various computer questions etc.
But now I have a issue I can't find a clear answer to and I'm wondering if u guys can help me out.
Ok so I bought 8 GB of G.skill 1600 (2x4gb) ram used from ebay. Got it in the mail today, I removed the old ram I had g.skill (2x2gb), installed these ones and went to the bios on my board it shown that the ram was there and being read. Then I proceeded to Windows and once my gadgets loaded up it showed 4gb in the system monitor? So I instantly freaked out turned my PC off and Removed the sticks to check for any defects didn't see any,reinstalled one ram stick this time and it showed up as 4gb.shut down and tried the other ram stick by itself and my PC wouldn't boot. Then I did some research and found that clearing the cmos could help. Ok so I did that and reinstalled both sticks went into bios and it showed both being read but it showed them as single channel. Left bios and went into bios again this time they showed up as dual channel after that I loaded Windows up and it reads all 8 gbs of ram.I have restarted,shutdown and flipped the psu switch on my pc and it still reads as 8gb now.I've also tried each stick individually now and windows boots up.
My question is should I now try to return the ram anyways? or is the issue cleared up now due to clearing cmos?
Thanks
( my motherboard is asrock 970 extreme 4 and I've never had this issue before changing ram)
But now I have a issue I can't find a clear answer to and I'm wondering if u guys can help me out.
Ok so I bought 8 GB of G.skill 1600 (2x4gb) ram used from ebay. Got it in the mail today, I removed the old ram I had g.skill (2x2gb), installed these ones and went to the bios on my board it shown that the ram was there and being read. Then I proceeded to Windows and once my gadgets loaded up it showed 4gb in the system monitor? So I instantly freaked out turned my PC off and Removed the sticks to check for any defects didn't see any,reinstalled one ram stick this time and it showed up as 4gb.shut down and tried the other ram stick by itself and my PC wouldn't boot. Then I did some research and found that clearing the cmos could help. Ok so I did that and reinstalled both sticks went into bios and it showed both being read but it showed them as single channel. Left bios and went into bios again this time they showed up as dual channel after that I loaded Windows up and it reads all 8 gbs of ram.I have restarted,shutdown and flipped the psu switch on my pc and it still reads as 8gb now.I've also tried each stick individually now and windows boots up.
My question is should I now try to return the ram anyways? or is the issue cleared up now due to clearing cmos?
Thanks
( my motherboard is asrock 970 extreme 4 and I've never had this issue before changing ram)
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