Hello All,
A few months back my comp began to only register 4 of my 6 gigs of memory on the BIOS post and in the OS, so I have been trying to figure out why for quite some time.
First, I spoke with corsair and they told me to run mem test I did and it found no errors ( only showed 4 gigs of Ram though), so they asked my to update to latest version of BIOS and change profile to XMS #1 and up voltage by .1. Did all this, none of it worked. So they decided to give me an RMA. But now I am beginning to wonder whether its a bad dimm slot, but I can't really test because B1 and c1 have to be populated or the comp won't boot.
I had read somewhere that it could be possible that my CPU isnt mounted correctly. I did go with a new HSF a few months back, but didn't notice the problem as soon as I put the hsf on. Also, I know everything lined up and locked down when I put my new HSF on a few months ago. I would hate to send the whole set back, wait months and get a new one to have the same problem. Could this be why? I really am just guessing.
Anyone have any other suggestions? I hate to have to RMA something particularly if it is un-necessary
Specs are as follows:
Asus P6t WS Pro Mobo
Corsair DDR3 1600 (2*3)
Core I7 920
9800 GX2
800 watt PS
7200 rpm iTB Cavaiar HDD
A few months back my comp began to only register 4 of my 6 gigs of memory on the BIOS post and in the OS, so I have been trying to figure out why for quite some time.
First, I spoke with corsair and they told me to run mem test I did and it found no errors ( only showed 4 gigs of Ram though), so they asked my to update to latest version of BIOS and change profile to XMS #1 and up voltage by .1. Did all this, none of it worked. So they decided to give me an RMA. But now I am beginning to wonder whether its a bad dimm slot, but I can't really test because B1 and c1 have to be populated or the comp won't boot.
I had read somewhere that it could be possible that my CPU isnt mounted correctly. I did go with a new HSF a few months back, but didn't notice the problem as soon as I put the hsf on. Also, I know everything lined up and locked down when I put my new HSF on a few months ago. I would hate to send the whole set back, wait months and get a new one to have the same problem. Could this be why? I really am just guessing.
Anyone have any other suggestions? I hate to have to RMA something particularly if it is un-necessary
Specs are as follows:
Asus P6t WS Pro Mobo
Corsair DDR3 1600 (2*3)
Core I7 920
9800 GX2
800 watt PS
7200 rpm iTB Cavaiar HDD