Gigabyte memory PROBLEMS!

mmk92

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Hi there fellow tom boys(c wat i did thar?) I am facing a bizare case of gigabyte's famous hardware rejection. I just bought 2x2gb ddr2 rams for $70, after attaching them into my mobo, only one of them is read, and the total memory is read as 2gb when it should be 4gb.

My mobo is a 945GCM-S2L


Halp plez mestar?!?!?! :hello:
 

SystemPat

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What make and model of RAM are they?
Also make sure (consult the manual for your motherboard) which slots to put the RAM sticks in. I'm assuming you have 4 slots for RAM. The boards can be fussy on the slots to use.
 

bilbat

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Well, I took a look at the BIOS revs for your MOBO, (here:)
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2669
and none of them lists any specific problems with RAM (although GB has never been known for being particularly astute about maintaining accuracy in changelogs...); have you done the obligatory "Load Optimized Defaults" from the BIOS since you installed it? This is a required step - one of the things it does is reads the SPDs off the RAM, and sets all the myriad 'auto' parameters in the CMOS to accomodate it...