Memory Usage

[Daniel0898]

So i was looking at another thread on this forum and it was about uptime. 

 

So I casually checked mine for fun and in doing so i discovered that only 8gb (out of my 16gb kit) is being used!

 

It even says I have only used 2 out of 8 slots, even though I have 4 ram sticks installed in my computer.

 

I'm not sure what i did wrong. My ram sticks are placed evenly apart. (Like described in most LTT build videos), so I think they might just be put in wrong? I'm not sure

 

Any help is appreciated! Thank you in advanced!

 

 

Specs that might help:

 

Asus x99 pro/usb 3.1

 

i7 5820k not OC'd (Yet )

 

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16gb ram kit running at 2666MHz

[Matt420740]

Go to control panel / system. How much ram do you see avaliable there?

[k4p84]

is it recognised in the BIOS ?

 

have you populated the correct DIM slots as described in your manual ?

[Sportiva]

Dead Kit?

 

Was it at 16 before?

 

Try to cycle through all the sticks and find which ones don't work .

[Daniel0898]

Go to control panel / system. How much ram do you see avaliable there?

It says 8gb

[Daniel0898]

is it recognised in the BIOS ?

 

have you populated the correct DIM slots as described in your manual ?

I will check this out

[Daniel0898]

Dead Kit?

 

Was it at 16 before?

 

Try to cycle through all the sticks and find which ones don't work .

I have heard that there are very many configurations of ram that work. So i think i just have them wrong... But yeah i'll try it

[Si3Rra_7]

Since you're on X99 and mobos have 8 slots , did you make sure you followed the instructions in your motherboard manual on how to fill them with only 4 sticks ? Not all of them are the same .

[Daniel0898]

is it recognised in the BIOS ?

 

have you populated the correct DIM slots as described in your manual ?

Only 2 out of 4 are recognized in the bios. a1 and c1 are recognized, but b1 and d1 are not. So do i put the ram in a2 and c2?

[Daniel0898]

Since you're on X99 and mobos have 8 slots , did you make sure you followed the instructions in your motherboard manual on how to fill them with only 4 sticks ? Not all of them are the same .

I just checked, it says to put them in a1, b1,c1,and d1. Which is what I have going right now.

[Matt420740]

According to the manual you should have them in slots C1 / D1 and D1 / A1

Pull all the sticks and reinstall them to make sure they are properly seated.

[k4p84]

well without a full MB model number I can't check a manual out.

 

so with the sticks moved what is showing up in the BIOS

 

are there any DIMS disabled etc in the BIOS

[RossMadness]

I had a similar issue on my ASRock motherboard. RAM was recognized when put into slots A2 and B2 but not A1 and B1. I flashed the BIOS by getting the latest version from ASRock's website and it worked perfectly after that.

[Daniel0898]

well without a full MB model number I can't check a manual out.

 

so with the sticks moved what is showing up in the BIOS

 

are there any DIMS disabled etc in the BIOS

I can't check this out right now i am about to go to work. But i will let you know tonight what works