- Dec 2, 2013
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Hi all,
I yesterday applied new thermal paste to my CPU and liquid cooler as I've done many times before. I took out the CPU, checked for bent pins etc, re-seated it ultra carefully and reinstalled paste and the cooler.
When I restarted my PC I noticed some issues with my clock speeds either being on max OC settings (4.2 Ghz) or fluctuating rapidly. I troubleshot this by again checking the CPU and pins, re-seating it and all was ok - going in now and I notice the CPU issue is solved but now only half of my RAM is showing up.
I have had 16 GB installed for 4 years, 4x4 GB (Nanya DDR-3 1600Mhz) in my P9X79 in DIMM_A1, B_1, D_1 and C_1 with no issues. I have reset my CMOS and checked the RAM by removing and re-seating but it's still only seeing 8GB. CPU-Z shows 16GB and in my BIOS it shows 4 sticks of 4GB RAM installed but at the top of the bios only 8GB.
I assume my RAM has gone bad? Anyone have any thoughts?
Many thanks
James
I yesterday applied new thermal paste to my CPU and liquid cooler as I've done many times before. I took out the CPU, checked for bent pins etc, re-seated it ultra carefully and reinstalled paste and the cooler.
When I restarted my PC I noticed some issues with my clock speeds either being on max OC settings (4.2 Ghz) or fluctuating rapidly. I troubleshot this by again checking the CPU and pins, re-seating it and all was ok - going in now and I notice the CPU issue is solved but now only half of my RAM is showing up.
I have had 16 GB installed for 4 years, 4x4 GB (Nanya DDR-3 1600Mhz) in my P9X79 in DIMM_A1, B_1, D_1 and C_1 with no issues. I have reset my CMOS and checked the RAM by removing and re-seating but it's still only seeing 8GB. CPU-Z shows 16GB and in my BIOS it shows 4 sticks of 4GB RAM installed but at the top of the bios only 8GB.
I assume my RAM has gone bad? Anyone have any thoughts?
Many thanks
James
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