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So today, about a week after building my first PC, I made a rookie mistake of putting DDR2 memory into a DDR3 motherboard to try to get more memory. (Note that the DDR2 DIMM had no indication of it's generation, so I didn't know it was DDR2) After trying to boot up, all the fans spun up and seemed normal but I got no output to my monitor, so I just turned it off and took out the DDR2 DIMM. I booted back up and again, still no display output. I then plugged in my motherboard speaker to see if I was unknowingly getting an error code, and I was right. I got three long repeating beeps, separated by a short pause. I did some research and I'm pretty confident this means there is a problem with the memory, whatever it may be. I tried re-seating EVERYTHING on my motherboard while also clearing the CMOS multiple times. Still nothing. I then tried seating my memory in different combinations of sockets to see if that would work. I found that placing my memory in sockets A2 and B2 gave the system no beep code when booting up, but also still didn't output any video signal. I then tried seating it in sockets A1 and B2, and finally I got the system to post. BUT, I was running in single channel mode. (kill me now) So as of now, I'm only running 4GB of DDR3 1600 RAM, when normally I would be running 8GB of DDR3 1600. SO, on to my question for you experienced people.... Should I replace my motherboard and RAM, or is there something I can do to fix this? Thank you in advance, - James PS. here are the links to both my RAM and motherboard: RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157570&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

I have a gigabyte H55M-S2V motherboard, on the site it says it supports 8GB of maximum memory. IT has 2 DIMMs. Dose this mean that in order to use a maximum of 8GB of memory I should use 2x4GB memory config. Is there a max memory limit per DIMM slot? I bought a G.Skill RipjawsX 1600MHz 1x8GB stick for my system and it didn't work, the system didn't boot, it just kept restarting! will buying a 2x4GB kit solve my issue?

Which slots do I choose for dual-channel mode? I've consulted the User Guide, but it didn't really answer my questions. There are four DIMMs and I only need two sticks. I'd like to make sure I'm using them efficiently. Can anyone help?

Just curious, does anyone here own Mainframe Custom's custom made Dominator light bar inserts? I'm really curious how their Purple Inserts actually look, being a darker color and all. Anyone here have them and can post some pictures??

Hi, so I was checking there is a mobo on sale but its dimm 1 and dimm 4 doesn't work. If I wanted to go 2 ram sticks of 4/8gb would it be possible or if go 3 sticks of ram? Is it even possible to go more than 1 dimm slots on it since 1 and 4 doesnt work?

So I am buying this mobo: Asus P9D-MV The memory Type is specified as follows: DDR3 1600/1333 UDIMM with ECC Can I use DIMM ECC RAM in this slot?

I was looking at upgrading my dell Vostro 220s ram, and I found these two 4 GB ddr2 dimms on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-SAMSUNG-8GB-2x4GB-PC2-6400-DDR2-800-240pin-DIMM-Desktop-Memory-For-AMD-CPU-/361185336397?hash=item541852dc4d:g:B7YAAOSw3ydVrhsr The ad states that these dimms only works on AMD systems, but the Vostro 220 is an Intel system. Although this thread says that the 1.3.0 bios (latest) of the Vostro 220 will support up to 8gb of ram: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/301783-30-dell-vostro-slim-220s-ddr2 The dell/foxconn motheboard only has 2 ram slots, thats why i need to use high density 4gb dimms. Will 8 GB of ram work in my Vostro 220? Current system specs: Dell Vostro 220 case Dell Vostro 220 motherboard (Foxconn G45M03) G45 Chipset 2 x 2 GB ddr2 800mhz Xeon E5420 (LGA 775 to 771 mod) Radeon 5750 60 GB SSD Corsair CX500M Please do not suggest upgrading the motherboard, the case doesn’t have a removable rear io shield :angry:

Hi so i own an MSI GE62 Apache 276 gaming laptop and i was wonder what kind of memory my laptop uses. i know that i uses DDR3 and it currently has 1 4gb stick of ddr3 1600mhz and 1 8gb stick of ddr3 1600mhz so i was wondering if the stick was an SODIMM or is it a DIMM. also how many pins is the stick? is it a 204 pin one or is it a 200 pin stick. thanks guys

Hi there! If there is a 2011-v3 motherboard with 8 dimm slots. It is recommended to install quad-channel memory in 1,3,7 and 5 dimm slots. But my Corsair H80i GT will not allow me to use first 4 of them. So, if I'll install them in 5-8 slots - they are still going to work in quad-channel? Is there any drawbacks of doing this? Thank you!

So I bought a second hand Asus Sabertooth Z77, in good nic. My problem is when i insert my two RAM sticks into the correct DIMMS (According to the colour of the DIMM slots) my machine will start up for about 10 second without displaying any image, then it will restart and run constanly also without displaying an image, but to turn it off i need to hold the power button down for a fec seconds, just pressing it once or twice will not turn it off. But when i put the RAM sticks right next to each other (incorrect DIMMS) it will work perfectly fine, no troubles. (Would make a slight impact in peformance though) This started happening as soon as i finished the build. At the time of finishing the build, i was using crappy generic RAM (2x4GB Amicroe sticks) Even after upgrading to G.Skill Sniper F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3, the problem is still there. I was running a Core i5 3570 at the time and now i am using a 2500K now and the problem is still there. I have tried re-setting the bios and all the usual things, im guessing the problem lies deeper, maybe timing or something. I also tried running it with no HDD's or USB headers or anything plugged in, still no go. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Specs: i5 2500K @ 4.0GHz F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Asus Sabertooth Z77 Galax GTX 970 EX OC Black edition Corsair C70 WD Black 1TB Cheers

Just spotted that Hynix are working on single-stick 64GB LRDIMMs for server usage. They're marked as "engineering sample" right now. Theoretically, alongside the Z10PE-D16 WS and a pair of Xeon E5 v3 chips, you could run a full terabyte of RAM in a desktop. Unfortunately I can't find any kind of price ballpark. Anyone else know if there are other manufacturers working on 64GB DIMMs for this kind of market? Anyone know when they're likely to be available, and at what cost?

I have been wondering this for a while (and is probably a stupid question), but why do motherboards have twice the amount of ram slots, then the amount that is supposedly accepted? For example, for an upcoming build that I was planning, I am going to use the Rampage V Extreme motherboard, and it has 8 slots, but it is supposedly only quad channel! Why is this? What would happen if I used 8 sticks of ram inside of it, would it just not work, or would it register them? Again, this is probably a really stupid question but I would like to know. Thanks!

Help No, but seriously I need some. I have Intel DH55TC mobo (with newest bios, so don't even bring that up) and Intel i5 661. So far it has been running Kingston 2x2GB 1333 1,65V (so says the sticker, but it runs on 1,5V). Works fine. Now i just bought Corsair 2x4GB 2133 1,65V kit and intend to run it (why else buy it?). Bios recognized it just fine, although underclocked to 1333, lowered timings and set to 1,5V. I thought it was fine. It wasn't. Bluescreen, then another. I thought, fine, I changed motherboards on this operating system, it took that without a stutter. Maybe now it's too much?? So I popped in my handy-dandy multiboot windows and try to see if the installer kicks in. It didn't. Grub loaded, attempted to load my iso, and then just powered down. Strange (yeah, i tried more than once. this ain't my first time) Tried SystemRescueCD on the same USB. Same reaction. Went to gut down HTPC (Asrock E350M1). Poped ram in, worked like a charm. So sticks ain't bad or anything, but this time it was running 1,66V. My Intel board won't allow overvolting anything before you ask. Now the funny part. I take one stick out (nevermind which one) I suddenly can boot SystemRescueCD, but not my existing windows 8.1 or my installation usb. So there's that. Now I'm gonna go check if HTPC will work on these undervolted to 1,5V, meanwhile I'm begging you to tell me something. After some googling I discovered there're some compatibility issues with single sided and double sided DIMMS in this mobo, so maybe that's that, but I dunno. Again, pls help

Okay so straight to it. My ram from my system had troubled me since the day I got it. Blue Screening all the time. yadda yadda. but i have another system with the same ram. (this is before i knew what might be causing my problems) i had switched out the set of ram (2 4gb sticks) and stress tested my machine for hours. and low and behold seems to be my ram.(I tested all 4 sticks separately, my 2, and the other 2. Both of mine quickly bluescreened. the others did not). But the funny thing is. when i put the ram that WAS in my system in the other machine. It did just fine. that computer had no troubles. what does this mean? my motherboard my not like my ram for some reason? or some other underlying issue? Im mainly curious. but as for now both machines are running great after swapping the ram. This was important to me to have my main system running good cause i Record bands and produce music. Thanks in advance for any comments and knowledge.

So I'm planning on getting a new MOBO sometime soon, and I've been considering the Z97 Gaming 5 by MSI, however I once heard of something to do with the RAM and I can't get my mind of it. Basicly I've heard that you can't run a singe Dim of Ram, and that you have to run either 2 or 4. Is this true? And I'm currently using Crucials Ballistix sport 1600 RAM, will it work with this mobo? Thanks to any and all help!

I was doing some research on the Gigabyte F2A85XN-WiFi and the F2A88XN-WiFi. The spec on these motherboard allows these itx board to use a max of 64gb ddr3, which means the use of two 32gb un-buffered and unregistered ram. These capacities has not been invented as yet. The 16gb ddr3 module that is un-buffered and unregistered has just been manufactured by Intelligenmemory. I got in touch with both Gigabyte and Intelligent Memory and it seem like Gigabyte tech was not aware of the board specs as well as what memory I was to use to get the max ram capacity. My research goes as below: Question: Can 32GB PC3-8500 DDR3-1066 4Rx4 1.35v ECC Registered RDIMM or HP 32GB PC3-14900 DDR3-1866 4Rx4 1.5v ECC Registered LRDIMM (HP PN# 708643-B21) be used on this board? I didn't get a good reply so I spoke to intelligentmemory.com and they explain a whole lot and gave me a crash course on rams and how they are made and the technology behind them, which was kind of them. So i got back to Gigabyte tech once more. [Question: JEDEC, the largest possible DDR3 chip has a capacity of 8 Gigabit (=1GB) and unbuffered DIMMs can only take maximum 16 Chips, which results in 16GB maximum per module. Thus, with two sockets, it can maximum be upgraded to 32GB, but impossibly to 64GB. They ask that Gigabyte could please contact george.ho@intelligentmemory.com to test samples of the VERY FIRST 16GB modules which they can see on intelligentmemory.com. Do you have any recommendations for a 32gb unbufferd/unregistered module to result in the 64gb max? 4/24/2014 3:54 AM Answer: Dear Customer, Any major brand memory of non ecc un-buffered ddr3 memory should be ok on this board. Please use 1866mhz or slower. You will not be able to use more than 2 modules on this board as there are only 2 slots of memory bank available. 4/25/2014 3:08 AM I know I wont be able to use no more than two memory module. The motherboard max memory is 64GB both for the F2A85XN-WIFI and the F2A88XN-WIFI there is no non ecc un-buffered ddr3 memory in 32GB module that exist that would give me the 64GB max ram. only ECC Registered RDIMM and ECC Registered LRDIMM. 4/24/2014 5:27 PM Answer: You will need to wait for 32gb Non ecc un-bufferd memory or use another board which offers 4 memory bank instead of 2 that way you can use 4x 16gb modules. 4/26/2014 1:58 AM With that said I got back in touch with intelligent Memory and inquire more information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using them on the gigabyte f2a88xn-wifi that specs the use of 2 x 32gb mem modules to a max of 64gb. You can view the board and confirm. So I am assuming the 16gb can work On Saturday, April 26, 2014, Hello! Yes, these Intelligent Memory 16GB modules are unbuffered and unregistered. The first ones on the market with this capacity. But you need to look carefully on which machine you try to use them, because most Intel based systems have a software-limitation in their BIOS which does not allow the use of any module larger than 8GB. This is a very frustrating situation. Intel is aware of it, but does not want to change it unless customers ask for it. And when Intel says "customers", they mean HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Yours sincerely Dipl.-Inf. Thorsten Wronski ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! Yes, this board should be fine to take maximum two modules of 16GB to get to 32GB. Maximum speed of the modules will be DDR3-1333. But a 32GB module does not exist and technically can not be manufactured, so I wonder a bit why they specify the board could get to 64GB. We are not yet sure in which way these modules will become available to customers asking for just 2 or 4 pcs. We typically sell to manufacturers who take much larger quantities. I will approach the board maker Gigabyte, maybe they are interested to add the 16GB modules to their product line to support the dealers worldwide. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Yours sincerely Dipl.-Inf. Thorsten Wronski ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With this said I got back in touch with Gigabyte and got back the following respond.. Question: thank you. I am also looking forward to test the 16gb module from intelligentmemory.com . they said the its un-buffered and unregistered ram. will the bios allow that magnitude of memory? this was the respones from their agent when i ask. "Yes, these Intelligent Memory 16GB modules are unbuffered and unregistered. The first ones on the market with this capacity. But you need to look carefully on which machine you try to use them, because most Intel based systems have a software-limitation in their BIOS which does not allow the use of any module larger than 8GB. This is a very frustrating situation. Intel is aware of it, but does not want to change it unless customers ask for it. And when Intel says "customers", they mean HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc." 4/27/2014 4:47 PM Answer: It should auto detect the memory by default unless you wish on tweaking the memory, as long as 64 bit OS is being used it should not be an issue utilizing the full capacity under the OS. 4/29/2014 5:10 AM So this conclude my research for now. These are one of my many researches but I figure it may be of use to tech community so I did my first post here about it. Even though I didnt mention, the build I am doing is F2A88XN-WiFi A10 APU GTX 780 2x 1Tb SSHD 1x 250gb SSD Silverstone Slim Blu-Ray Silverstone Raven Z rvz01 AIO Liquid cooler for APU

Hi all, I recently received my order for a new budget build and I have a pair of 2GB DDR3 1600MHz GSkill sticks as well as the 4 GB stick which arrived via FedEx tonight. My question is, will it be alright to mix 'n match a 4 gig stick with 2x 2 gig sticks? The photos are pretty blurry but you should be able to make out the model #s and timings. They -LOOK- compatible, but I just have to be sure. Motherboard in question is the MSI Z97M-G43. Thanks for any help! -Steve

Hey guys, I've been using Kingston HyperX blue RAM for quite a few builds now (approx. the last 3 years). I also got 2x 4GB DIMMs for my last build in july. The issue is that these are 1600MHz but only run at 1333 otherwise it keeps crashing etc, and the BIOS automatically chooses 1333MHz. I should mention that these modules were not a kit. I got one of them earlier the year as an upgrade for my former build and the other one with rest of the parts, but I checked model numbers and they were the same. It was the same article from the same merchant so it should have been the same. Now I had a look at my SPDs via CPU-Z: As you can see they actually are not the same. For my next upgrade I had planned to buy these, should work since it's the other channel. Any thoughts about my exisitng RAM? Kind regards, Trek

I had a build made up for me recently at the local computer shop. Been going with these guys for a while, I highly respect them. However, I got my build home and noticed the dual memory sticks (corsair vengeance) were in slots a1 and b1 (asus z87 plus). The motherboard manual clearly recommends a2 and b2. I asked the builders about it, and they were absolutely sure that a1 and b1 would give the best results. I have no problem opening up the case and swapping them over, but the computer runs fine, and I don't want to end up running back and paying another fee because I didn't listen. What would you do?

I have this currently: http://www.centrecom.com.au/corsair-ddr3-8gb-2x-vengeance-4gb-1600mhz-cl9-cmz8gx3m2a1600c9 I am looking to upgrade to 16gb and need lower profile modules to fit under my cooler such as: http://www.centrecom.com.au/corsair-8gb-2x4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-cl9-low-profile-vengeance-black-cml8gx3m2a1600c9 If I have a dual channel kit and add another, will that create any issues? Are these dimms close enough/the same, will compatibility be an issue? thanks

So I was wondering. My system so far has 16GB (8GB x2) 1333MHz Corsair Value Select and I've been wondering if Is it possible to get, perhaps a second pair of DIMMs, but a Vengeance (8GB x2) 1866MHz. I know it is not recommended, but I'm planning to get 32GB 1866MHz in the future, but till that moment comes, the best I can do is get this two DIMMs. I used to have a Corsair Vengeance 4GB 1600MHz but when attempted to put these three DIMMs together on my Z77X UD5H my system didn't even turn on. I assumed it was because of the different memories, for when I remove the 4GB one It worked flawlessly. And on my previous build, with a P8P67 Deluxe all the exact three memories worked fine. I guess it was because of the MemOK function of Asus. Well my question is if my system could work with 2 different channel memories installed. 16GB 1333MHz (8GB x2) and 16GB 1866MHz (8GB x2). And how about if I want to use 3 memories instead of 4, cause in the manual only says in which slot to put them when you have 1, 2 or 4 DIMMs.