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.
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.
Well, I took a look at the BIOS revs for your MOBO, (here http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support [...] uctID=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...
Having trouble finding Elixir 2G modules - can you post a part number? Found this snazzy little thing:
http://www.elixir-memory.com/downl [...] re_Eng.pdf but, unfortunately, it's a bit light on actually useable information!