Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Chipsets & Bios > Mega-tron BIOS showing only 4 GB Ram instead of 6 GB

Mega-tron BIOS showing only 4 GB Ram instead of 6 GB

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Chipsets & Bios - Mega-tron BIOS showing only 4 GB Ram instead of 6 GB

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
aruned   08-26-2009 at 10:11:33 PM

Hi All,
I newly installed viper 6 GB three slots in rampage ii gene at 2, 4, 6 DIMMS the Mega-tron BIOS shows usable memory as only 4 GB instead of 6 GB. I dont know why it s missing 2 GB's. Please any one help me out.
Thanks in Advance.



Regards
Arun ED

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
r_manic   08-27-2009 at 09:56:03 AM

Quick steps to diagnose RAM include moving the sticks around, trying them on different slots, making sure the RAM slots are clean, etc. Also, are you sure your motherboard can support a three-stick setup, not limited to only two- or four-stick setups?

------------------------------ Desktop | E7300 | P5KPL-AM | 2GB DDR2 667MHz | NVIDIA 9500 GT | ST3320613AS | w2228h
XPS M1330 | T8300 | Dell 0U8042 | 2GB DDR2 800MHz | NVIDIA 8400M GS | WD2500BEVS-75US | 1280 x 800
 Reply to r_manic
jitpublisher   08-27-2009 at 04:11:14 PM

Are the sticks on the QVL list as compatible? I have read some people having problems using unqualified memory.
Maybe a stick is bad?
Can you boot with just 1 stick and check the BIOS to make sure it is setting the voltage and timings correctly?

Reply to jitpublisher
aruned   08-30-2009 at 12:54:05 AM

First and foremost i would like to say thanks to all who spent their valuable time for replying me.

Yeah, I am glad that my viper series is in the list of qvl provided by asus for rampage ii gene


specification as on asus site qvl

Patriot
PVT36G1600ELK
DDR3 1600
6144MB(Kit of 3)
DS
N/A
Heat-Sink Package
9-9-9-24(1600-7-7-7-20)
1.65 V

But still the problem persists can any one help me out the recommendation for 3 DIMMS are what for this megatrends bios and rampage ii gene board and viper sticks. Please some more help is appreciable.

Thanks in advance,


Regards,

Arun ED

Reply to aruned
aruned   08-30-2009 at 01:51:03 AM

Sorry, for repeated posts i really worried not using a stick worth much

I installed those 3 Sticks on corrects DIMMs that is in A1, B1, C1 or say 2,4,6
my board has white and blue slots i installed those on all blue slots is it correct?
please any one help me out whether i ve to change the bios settings or else

thanks

Regards,

Arun ED

Reply to aruned
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Chipsets & Bios > Mega-tron BIOS showing only 4 GB Ram instead of 6 GB
Go to:

There are 601 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.290 seconds
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them