RAM not showing up

[kittyducky06]

i have 5 2gb sticks of ram in a asus p55 delux with 6 sockets. i have an i7 965 with no OC but when i am in bios,windows, linux i only see 8 gb. i have swaped sticks and nomatter where the sticks are there is still only 8gb. but when i put a 6th stick in i get all 12gb. i dont want to have 6 sticks in because i need the 2gb stick for something else. and i dont want to buy more ram because it is a secondary meching build from parts from the dump. so i dont want to put in money

[Crunchy Dragon]

Try all your sticks in all your slots.

[kittyducky06]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Try all your sticks in all your slots.

i did and 12gb shows up but when i remove one it goes to 8gb

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, kittyducky06 said:

i did and 12gb shows up but when i remove one it goes to 8gb

I mean individually.

[kittyducky06]

7 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I mean individually.

i have and i get 2gb all the time

[Alex Atkin UK]

Is it perhaps getting upset because the first four run in dual-channel mode so the BIOS is rejecting the odd one out?

[kittyducky06]

1 minute ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Is it perhaps getting upset because the first four run in dual-channel mode so the BIOS is rejecting the odd one out?

posibaly is there a fix for this i would rather have capacity than speed so can i disable dual chanel

 

[Alex Atkin UK]

I don't know, I have never dealt with a 6 slot motherboard so have no experience with any quirks that might cause.  Its worth a try if the option is in the BIOS.

 

Obviously another option is to try and find a cheap used 2GB stick to populate the empty slot.

[kittyducky06]

11 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

I don't know, I have never dealt with a 6 slot motherboard so have no experience with any quirks that might cause.  Its worth a try if the option is in the BIOS.

 

Obviously another option is to try and find a cheap used 2GB stick to populate the empty slot.

like i stated in the post i realy dont want to spend money i only use the mechine 8 times a month and all the gaming i do is halo CE Unreal tournament 2004 and i geforce NOW some newer titles. but its a 965 and a 8800GT so its real not worth it

 

[Alex Atkin UK]

Fair enough, although in that case 8GB is unlikely to be much of a problem anyway.  Although I understand the frustration at having a stick you should be able to use but can't.

With any luck turning off dual-channel in the BIOS will sort it.

[kittyducky06]

Just now, Alex Atkin UK said:

Fair enough, although in that case 8GB is unlikely to be much of a problem anyway.

yea but i just feel bad have 2gb unusable

[Alex Atkin UK]

Totally understand that, I would too.

I used a spare board and RAM for my router but I had to remove a stick to get it to work.  Even though that means 4GB in a router (way overkill) I hate having that other 4GB just sat lying around doing nothing.

[Crunchy Dragon]

34 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

I hate having that other 4GB just sat lying around doing nothing.

I've got 7Gb of DDR3 sitting around that's all most likely dead.