Hardware reserved Memory HELP!!

[Radiant1234]

I recently built my pc and everything was working fine . Until my pc started blue screening. I did some troubleshooting and found that memory said 8 out of my 16 was reserved.

After i did some research I found that this meant my memory could be bad. I did an experiment and moved them from slots 2-4 to 1-3 ( The unoptimized slots). Somehow it showed the fulll 16 gb.

Does this mean the Dim slot itself is bad?

[Windows7ge]

Try figuring out which slot 2 or 4 is the one that shows you a memory error. Boot with one stick in either slot. If it boots with both tests then try re-installing both sticks in 2&4 then see how it behaves. Could be as simple as a pin not making proper contact.

[Roswell]

15 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Try figuring out which slot 2 or 4 is the one that shows you a memory error. Boot with one stick in either slot. If it boots with both tests then try re-installing both sticks in 2&4 then see how it behaves. Could be as simple as a pin not making proper contact.

A lot of boards won't post if you put memory in secondary slots without filling the primary slots first.

[Windows7ge]

3 minutes ago, Vitamanic said:

A lot of boards won't post if you put memory in secondary slots without filling the primary slots first.

Won't be a problem for OP.

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 I did an experiment and moved them from slots 2-4 to 1-3 ( The unoptimized slots). Somehow it showed the fulll 16 gb.

 

[Roswell]

2 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Won't be a problem for OP.

 

No, it's working for them because they're filling primary and secondary in both scenarios. If you plop in only a single stick into a secondary slot (you suggested 4) it probably won't post.

[Windows7ge]

2 minutes ago, Vitamanic said:

No, it's working for them because they're filling primary and secondary in both scenarios. If you plop in only a single stick into a secondary slot (you suggested 4) it probably won't post.

OP can do the inverse then. Test both sticks independently in channel 1. The board should boot both times, if it doesn't, faulty stick, if it does, either the stick needed a re-mount or he has a faulty slot.