- Dec 26, 2014
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Hello,
I recently bought a pair of Corsair LPX 32 GB RAM (16*2GB) that is not working with my system. I have tested both sticks of RAM individually and they work fine, but when I test the two sticks together, Resource Manager tells me that only 16GB of it (half) is usable, and that the other half is "Hardware Reserved". I have tried switching the combinations of RAM slots; specifically, I have tried 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 1 and 2, and 2 and 3. 2 and 3 would not boot because it got stuck on the Windows bootup screen, but all the others had the exact same result: only half was usable. Here are my vital specs:
CPU: Intel i7-6700K
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM, 32GB, 16*2GB
Mobo: Asus VIII HERO
OS: Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit)
BIOS: I'm not sure the exact version. I just updated it to the latest - that went successfully, but the RAM problem still exists.
I have already tried disabling maximum RAM in msconfig and resetting my BIOS settings.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I recently bought a pair of Corsair LPX 32 GB RAM (16*2GB) that is not working with my system. I have tested both sticks of RAM individually and they work fine, but when I test the two sticks together, Resource Manager tells me that only 16GB of it (half) is usable, and that the other half is "Hardware Reserved". I have tried switching the combinations of RAM slots; specifically, I have tried 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 1 and 2, and 2 and 3. 2 and 3 would not boot because it got stuck on the Windows bootup screen, but all the others had the exact same result: only half was usable. Here are my vital specs:
CPU: Intel i7-6700K
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM, 32GB, 16*2GB
Mobo: Asus VIII HERO
OS: Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit)
BIOS: I'm not sure the exact version. I just updated it to the latest - that went successfully, but the RAM problem still exists.
I have already tried disabling maximum RAM in msconfig and resetting my BIOS settings.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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