- Jul 1, 2013
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Hello all. I have 3x4gb Patriot 1600 DDR3. My total memory in BIOS is reported as 8gb, in Windows Device Manager as 8gb. But in CPU-Z, it shows 12gb running in triple channel, and in my Asus board's utility app, you can scroll through each slot. Slots #1, 3 and 5 are all reporting 4gb apiece for a total of 12. Which should I believe? And is there any way to fix it so it is reported as 12gb everywhere?
Right now, I have the 3 dimms in slots 1, 3 and 5. Now, If i install them in slots 6, 5 and 3, it will report everywhere as 12gb, but only in dual channel. Being an x58 board, i was told that it should really be in triple channel to function properly. I didn't really notice a difference between the 12gb in dual and the (reportedly) 8gb in triple.
Also, the ram in my BIOS was defaulted to 1333 mhz (i think, going off of memory), and the dimms themselves say 1600 mhz on the back of them, so i went ahead and bumped the bios setting to 1600 mhz to match. I also haven't noticed any difference between the two settings.
Things I have tried - all different possible configurations as far as which slots are populated and which aren't - ie, 3 black slots populated (won't POST), 3 blue slots populated (how it is set up now), and all kinds of other configs. My cpu isn't overclocked at all, not sure whether or not that makes a difference. Ive tried reseating the processor, reseating the ram chips. I'm out of ideas. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks in advance
Board - ASUS P6x58-E WS
Chip - Intel I7 970
Ram - Patriot DDR3 1600 mhz 3x4 gb
Right now, I have the 3 dimms in slots 1, 3 and 5. Now, If i install them in slots 6, 5 and 3, it will report everywhere as 12gb, but only in dual channel. Being an x58 board, i was told that it should really be in triple channel to function properly. I didn't really notice a difference between the 12gb in dual and the (reportedly) 8gb in triple.
Also, the ram in my BIOS was defaulted to 1333 mhz (i think, going off of memory), and the dimms themselves say 1600 mhz on the back of them, so i went ahead and bumped the bios setting to 1600 mhz to match. I also haven't noticed any difference between the two settings.
Things I have tried - all different possible configurations as far as which slots are populated and which aren't - ie, 3 black slots populated (won't POST), 3 blue slots populated (how it is set up now), and all kinds of other configs. My cpu isn't overclocked at all, not sure whether or not that makes a difference. Ive tried reseating the processor, reseating the ram chips. I'm out of ideas. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks in advance
Board - ASUS P6x58-E WS
Chip - Intel I7 970
Ram - Patriot DDR3 1600 mhz 3x4 gb
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