4x16gb RAM giving boot issues windows 10 pro 64 bit

frenchfrog_69

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MSI - X99A gaming 9 ACK
INTEL - i6800K (no oc)
MSI - GTX 980ti
EVGA - 1000 P2 80+ platinum
G. Skill - Ripjaws DDR4 V 4x 16gb (64gb total)
Corsair - H110i GT
Thermaltake - Core V71
Corsair - Force LE 480 GB SSD
WD - 1tb Caviar black
Seagate - 4tb SSHD
Windows 10 PRO - 64bit

Hi People.

Just put together the above list. With Windows 10 Pro 64 bit installed, we kept getting an error message: 0xC0000221. We tried installing windows a few more times. Finally the idea hit us to pull have our RAM out (after MULTIPLE searches only for the error and trying things out). Down to 32GB RAM so 2 modules instead of 4. IT WORKED! so happy. Spent a few hours setting Windows. Tested the 2 modules in at that point. No errors. Swapped out for the other 2 modules that we had pulled out. No errors. Since windows is setup up and the system is running now, we tried all 4 modules.... and nothing has worked since. Not 0, not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4 modules (in the correct DIMM sockets) works. The BIOS notices sometimes the order has been changed, but we keep getting error messages. This time, no code, and Windows keeps promising they will restart the system and THEY NEVER DO.

The BIOS sees when we have Modules inserted, I've tried each of the 8 and each time the BIOS recognizes we have a module inserted. But it won't let us boot. I tried different combinations of 2 with all 4 modules we have, still no luck. The S/N numbers all match *******299, *******300, *******301, *******302. So they should play fine together.

Guys, I'm about to run a memtest on each module. But meanwhile, I'm starting to think it's the MOBO? any thoughts, I'll be updating as we keep testing. But please throw your test out.
 

frenchfrog_69

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Did a CMOS Clear Cache, with only 2 Modules in, and Windows came back just fine. So for arguments sake we tried putting all 4 modules back in, and it crapped out immediately. Took a few tries to get it going again.

in the book, it says to insert modules in this order
2x modules
DIMM01 - YES
DIMM02 - no
DIMM03 - no
DIMM04 - no
DIMM05 - no
DIMM06 - no
DIMM07 - no
DIMM08 - YES

With this setup though. It didn't work.

So I have it like this now, and windows is booting just fine:

DIMM01 - YES
DIMM02 - no
DIMM03 - YES
DIMM04 - no
DIMM05 - no
DIMM06 - no
DIMM07 - no
DIMM08 - no

Also to note I had OC genie off the last time it finally worked.

Running MemTest86 atm, going to bed it's 2am. Picking this up in the morning and we'll see what's what.
 

frenchfrog_69

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Well son of a gun! you're right. Our ram is not compatible! Thank you for that simple answer, I was really scratching my head!
Also, it's for video and photo renderings by the TON! rendering 2000 while continuing work on videos etc, having a nice amount of ram really helps the flow!

Thank you guys! runs on 32gb at the moment, can't OC without faults, so until we get the new RAM we're settling for 32gb no OC on CPU or GPU.

Thank you again