Incompatble motherboard and RAM work around?

graffles · Mar 10, 2018

Hey,
so my pc build is getting on a little bit but can't yet afford going for an upgrade. Currently I have the ASUS P8 Z77-V_LE, I also have 2x8GB G.Skill F3-1333C9D, but I am only able to run a single stick.

Is there any tinkering I could do to be running both without any memory issues?

ragnar-gd · Mar 10, 2018

Is there any BIOS-update available? SOmetimes this fixes memory-incompat.

COLGeek · Mar 10, 2018

What 2 slots do you have the memory installed into? Also, are you certain that both are fully inserted into the slots? That memory should be compatible with your motherboard.

graffles · Mar 10, 2018

I updated the bios and then I noticed the seating for the RAM was damaged, so instead of sitting them in A2 and B2, I have them in A2 and B1 and it is working now. Could this cause any issues down the line?

COLGeek · Mar 10, 2018

They are likely running in single channel mode then. There is some performance impact but not enough to worry about.

graffles · Mar 11, 2018

Okay, so as of this morning I started getting memory errors on attempt start up, I had to remove the second stick as the compatibility testing couldn't resolve the issue, any ideas on the cause of this?

COLGeek · Mar 11, 2018

You mentioned a damaged slot earlier. Could be more extensive than thought and either the motherboard or memory was damaged and will need to be replaced.

Have you ran memtest to verify?

graffles · Mar 11, 2018

I haven't as the system wouldn't boot when the two sticks are in.
I had tried each stick in each slot and the system works fine. Earlier I had both sticks in A1 and B1 and it worked, I turned it off left it half an hour and it went back to not booting. What really puzzles me is the inconsistency of it all.

COLGeek · Mar 11, 2018

What are the complete specs for this system (make/model of all components)?

graffles · Mar 11, 2018

MOBO -Asus P8 Z77-V_LE
CPU - Intel i7-4770k
RAM - 2X G.Skill F3-1333C9D 8GB
OS- Windows 10
GPU - Nvidia GTX 1070
PSU - Antec EA-750
Memory - 128GB SSD, 512GB SSD and 3TB HHD

COLGeek · Mar 11, 2018

Go here and get memtest. Burn to CD/USB and then boot from that device. Run full test (it will take a while), with both memory sticks installed and individually. Try to isolate whether a slot or a particular module is the problem.

Also, bent motherboard socket pins can cause similar issues affecting the memory controller. If the memtest results are inconclusive, you mat want to inspect the CPU socket for bent pins.

BTW, are you overclocking anything (CPU, GPU, memory)?

graffles · Mar 11, 2018

Okay, so I downloaded onto a USB set it to start up it ran fine with a single stick, but with both sticks in it doesn't start up, the DRAM light is the only indication anything is working. So just to clarify with two sticks in it doesn't boot into anything and none of my peripherals function.

No, nothing is OC all at stock levels.

COLGeek · Mar 11, 2018

So, individually, both memory sticks test okay? If so, the issue is likely the memory slots (based on earlier comments) or the CPU socket (bent pins). Either way sounds like a new mobo may be in your future.

graffles · Mar 11, 2018

I had planned on doing a new build later this year, was just hoping this one would work until then.

But here's the thing, I went back into BIOS set to default again just incase, put in the two sticks of RAM and unplugged the HDD and it started up fine after pressing the MemOk button. Won't know if it will hold out but hopefully so until later this year.

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