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Memory upgrade, BIOS wont detect all of my RAM.

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Hello! So I got myself some new ram (Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB 1600MHZ) and when I tried to install it it only shows that I have 8GB in BIOS. What am I doing wrong?

 

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MOBO, Asus M5A97 PRO (supports up to 32GB of RAM)

CPU, AMD FX-8150

GPU, Gigabyte GTX 660ti

RAM, Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB 1600MHZ

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Try one stick of ram at a time. If it shows up that it has 8gb each time try each dim slot. If it's the dim slot RMA or return the mobo wherever you got it from.

 

 

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Make sure all DIMM slots are enabled, this is in the UEFI?BIOS. Then properly clear your CMOS according to your MOBO's instructions and then boot up.

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Make sure all DIMM slots are enabled, this is in the UEFI?BIOS. Then properly clear your CMOS according to your MOBO's instructions and then boot up.

 Im not 100% sure how I'm supposed to enable the DIMM slots, because I didn't find any "ENABLE ALL SLOTS" or anything like that in BIOS. But I could see that the slots were working so I guess they are all active?? Im going to try and clear the CMOS, brb for update.

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 Im not 100% sure how I'm supposed to enable the DIMM slots, because I didn't find any "ENABLE ALL SLOTS" or anything like that in BIOS. But I could see that the slots were working so I guess they are all active?? Im going to try and clear the CMOS, brb for update.

Okay.

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Make sure all DIMM slots are enabled, this is in the UEFI?BIOS. Then properly clear your CMOS according to your MOBO's instructions and then boot up.

I have never heard of ANY mobo, workstation, server, let alone consumer being able to disable any DIMM slots. 

 

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I have never heard of ANY mobo, workstation, server, let alone consumer being able to disable any DIMM slots. 

Okay.

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I have never heard of ANY mobo, workstation, server, let alone consumer being able to disable any DIMM slots. 

I've done the reset on CMOS now and it still only detects one of my 2 ram-sticks...

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I've done the reset on CMOS now and it still only detects one of my 2 ram-sticks...

I am pretty sure that one of your 2 ram-sticks is dead, try them in the mobo one at a time.

If your PC doesn't boot with one of the sticks, try it in a different slot to be sure.

 

If the PC still doesn't boot, you have faulty RAM, if it does boot (das buut), then you have a faulty mobo.

RMA either-way it goes.

 

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Case Bitfenix Ghost, Mobo Asus Maximus VIII Ranger, CPU i7 6700K @4.2 Ghz cooled by Arctic cooling Freezer i30, (barely). GPU Nvidia GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 @1519Mhz core, RAM 16Gb Crucial Ballistix CL16 @2400Mhz. SSD 128GB Sandisk Ultra Plus as my OS drive. HDD's  1TB  Seagate ST31000524AS its OEM, 3TB Seagate Barracuda, 2x 500GB WDC Blue (RAID 0)

If it isn't working absolutely perfectly, according to all your assumptions, it is broken.

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Okay.

Didn't mean to come across as a dick, just wanted to point it out.

Sorry.

 

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If it isn't working absolutely perfectly, according to all your assumptions, it is broken.

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I am pretty sure that one of your 2 ram-sticks is dead, try them in the mobo one at a time.

If your PC doesn't boot with one of the sticks, try it in a different slot to be sure.

 

If the PC still doesn't boot, you have faulty RAM, if it does boot (das buut), then you have a faulty mobo.

RMA either-way it goes.

I've tried both sticks one at the time and both works fine. My old RAM, 2 sticks of 4GB each worked in the same configuration that I've got my 2 sticks of 8GB in now...

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