GA-EP31-DS3L RAM issue

[breino]

Hello.. I got this GA-EP31-DS3L motherboard and installed 4gb of RAM. when I check for RAM it says 4gb (2gb usable). I have win 7 64 bit. how do I fix this ?

 

[tcsenter]

GA-EP31-DS3L Specs

* Because of chipset limitations, do not populate both DIMM sockets of the same channel (e.g. DDR and DDR2), or populate 4 DIMM sockets with double-sided memory modules to prevent system's failure to start or incorrect detection of memory modules. Please refer to the user manual for the memory configurations table.

User Manual - see Section 1.4.1 (Page 16) about memory population restrictions or limits.

Intel G31/P31 motherboard with four DIMM slots has special module population restrictions due to the fact that G31/P31 was never intended to be used on motherboards with more than two DIMM slots. The chipset supports a maximum of four memory ranks or sides, preventing the use of four double sided (double rank) modules.

 

[bilbat]

This same issue is now 'haunting' large numbers of people with P55 MOBOs that have six DIMM slots - and, good luck trying to find (or find out which are) single sided modules!