12gb ram installed, 8gb showing

[Gregory]

is it okay if I just leave it like this? I can't really be bothered to check if it's the ram or the socket that has the fault becase I've had this motherboard for a while now and kept forgetting to sort the problem out. If i just leave the ram in, would there be any hardware or software faults later on?

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

post complete specs.
exact brand/model of motherboard?

[Gregory]

Intel I7 990x
MSI twin frozr r9 280x
12gb 1600mhz ram (only 8gb showing)
Asus rampage gene iii

[CursedPanther]

Enter the BIOS and see if all the RAM sticks are being detected.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

http://www.amazon.com/Rampage-III-Intel-Micro-Motherboard/dp/B003UT6C32

LGA 1366 Core i7 Extreme Edition
6 slots: max 24GB DDR3 (2,200MHz)

how many modules, what size, and placement on the memory slots?

[Gregory]

Цитата допису chiefputsi:

http://www.amazon.com/Rampage-III-Intel-Micro-Motherboard/dp/B003UT6C32

LGA 1366 Core i7 Extreme Edition
6 slots: max 24GB DDR3 (2,200MHz)

how many modules, what size, and placement on the memory slots?

my bad the ram is 2200mhz not 1600
each stick is 4gb and I have them placed on each of the red slots

[Gregory]

Цитата допису CursedPanther:

Enter the BIOS and see if all the RAM sticks are being detected.

good idea, thanks!

[Elon Mosque]

Make sure they are all in red color or black in order to check if they are triple channel.

[[☥] - CJ -]

If its not showing in BIOS, try reseating the RAM sticks and make sure they are inserted properly.

RAM is technically the life blood of a PC so you really dont want to run the risk of there being problems with the RAM sticks..

[❖ BlaCkiT ❖]

What is the brand of your RAM memory? :d2invoker:

[Vac Ban Confrimed]

im have this problem..

[initiaLiSeD]

Another X58 board user here, 980X on P6T Deluxe.

Try each RAM module on it's own to verify that they work if they do then the problem is with the board.

Update to the latest available BIOS

Do they all show up if you drop the speeds to the JEDEC 1333MHz profile and drop out when overclocked or the XMP profile is applied?

Is your system overclocked?

Do all modules show in CPU-Z but not in Task Manager/Windows System Properties?

Make sure your memory IMC is set up right for the RAM, typically QPI = 1.2V and DRAM = 1.5V works well.

Sometimes these boards would fail to run the third RAM module.

Also list the Make/Model/Timings of the RAM sticks you are using, it could be a simple mismatch.

And finally, post a CPU-Z Validation link like this: http://valid.x86.fr/ca2r2n

[_I_]

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

and what os?
win 7/vista home basic have a 8g ram limit

[Gregory]

thanks for all your replies!

I've concluded that it's the middle slot that is faulty, each ram stick works in the other slots so they're fine.

Right now in the red channel, I have one ram stick in the first and one in the third slot with the middle one vacant. Would that be fine to run? or would there be problems? I am looking to replace the motherboard but that's going to have to be in a few months.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Naw thatll run just fine it should be running in dual channel, the third just allows for triple channel.

If you have a can of compressed air or something similar you could try blowing out the DIMM slot, see if that does anything.

But if you're going to replace the board sometome you may as well save up and get a modern board/cpu.

[Gregory]

Цитата допису ☥ - CJ -:

Naw thatll run just fine it should be running in dual channel, the third just allows for triple channel.

If you have a can of compressed air or something similar you could try blowing out the DIMM slot, see if that does anything.

But if you're going to replace the board sometome you may as well save up and get a modern board/cpu.

nice, thanks!
is my cpu considered old now? its the i7 990x after I got this build like over a year ago I've stopped following new cpu's and motherboards that have come out