dont know what is wrong

[Battling]

Been having issues with my new rig since i got it, at first i started to get memory errors on boot so i got a new pair of memory sticks and those errors stopped showing but it looks like i only have acces to half the memory  now some programs wont start at all, especially 64bit versions.  also windows wont update, keeps getting error 0x800700c1. im starting to lose my patience with this new rig, is it hardware or software that is at fault

[tkitch]

Do you have 2 RAM slots or 4?

 

You may have a bad slot.  Try one stick at a time?

[Battling]

1 minute ago, tkitch said:

Do you have 2 RAM slots or 4?

 

You may have a bad slot.  Try one stick at a time?

two, first thing i did was to run memtest86 and there were no issues whatsoever 

[tkitch]

Just now, Battling said:

two, first thing i did was to run memtest86 and there were no issues whatsoever 

test one stick at a time, and in each slot.  see what shows up in BIOS / Windows

[Battling]

27 minutes ago, tkitch said:

test one stick at a time, and in each slot.  see what shows up in BIOS / Windows

i did that with my old memory sticks while i was eaiting for the new kit to arrive to rule out the slots being bad as i got a bad memory kit from the get go

[RONOTHAN##]

I've seen this issue a couple times, and I still don't know what causes it or really how it's supposed to be fixed. What's worked for me previously is to only run one stick, see if still only detects half the memory, then keep swapping out the sticks and swapping slots until the full capacity of that one stick is discovered. Then keep adding sticks of memory until the full capacity is discovered. Also, you are running 64 bit Windows, correct? I've seen people run 32 bit and that cause this issue. 

[Battling]

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

I've seen this issue a couple times, and I still don't know what causes it or really how it's supposed to be fixed. What's worked for me previously is to only run one stick, see if still only detects half the memory, then keep swapping out the sticks and swapping slots until the full capacity of that one stick is discovered. Then keep adding sticks of memory until the full capacity is discovered. Also, you are running 64 bit Windows, correct? I've seen people run 32 bit and that cause this issue. 

im running 64bit, had no issues with my old setup but im getting more and more worried its the mb thats breaking down

[Battling]

but what im currently focusing on is why i cant update win10, it fails to even download updates atm

[Battling]

im just gonna contacts the places i bought the parts and return them, ive given up aboit this rig, will most likely just buy a prebuilt system