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I am new to the forums & have just bought my first AsRock motherboard (P67Extreme4)for a new system but am having problems with it.
System specs are
P\S Antec 750W high current
M\B AsRock P67Extreme4
RAM 16GB Kingston KHX1600C9D2K2 (4X4GB)
CPU Intel i7-2600K
Video Gainward Nvidia GTX570 Phantom
HD 1 x OCZ SSD on SATA2 port
2 x 500GB Seagate SATAIII in RAID0 on Intel ports
1 x 1TB Segate SATAIII on Marvell port
1 x SATA DVD Burner on SATA2 port
The main problem is the motherboard BIOS & Windows 7 64-bit (Booting off SSD ) only recognise 8GB RAM as being installed. I have tried swapping all RAM chips around & it is apparent from testing that the RAM chips are all OK. If I install any 2 chips in any pair of slots 8GB shows, all chips installed 8GB still shows.
There are also a couple of other less serious problems
1. The SATAIII ports based on the Marvell chipset do not show up in the BIOS listing, the BIOS only shows 4 X SATA2 & 2 X SATA3. Windows 7 Pro (64bit)shows the drive OK & it appears to function normally. The BIOS has been cleared\reset in case I managed to stuff up some settings but it didn't change anything. Is this normal operation or is there something wrong somewhere?
2. The USB3 port is flaky & keeps disconnecting the external hard drive I use for backups. It is a new hard drive case rated for USB3 & works OK in the USB2 ports. I have the latest AsRock supplied drivers but I have read this is an ongoing problem with what is relatively new technology.I can live with it until there is a fix if I can get the other problems fixed up.
Any help or suggestions welcome
TIA
Jimc
System specs are
P\S Antec 750W high current
M\B AsRock P67Extreme4
RAM 16GB Kingston KHX1600C9D2K2 (4X4GB)
CPU Intel i7-2600K
Video Gainward Nvidia GTX570 Phantom
HD 1 x OCZ SSD on SATA2 port
2 x 500GB Seagate SATAIII in RAID0 on Intel ports
1 x 1TB Segate SATAIII on Marvell port
1 x SATA DVD Burner on SATA2 port
The main problem is the motherboard BIOS & Windows 7 64-bit (Booting off SSD ) only recognise 8GB RAM as being installed. I have tried swapping all RAM chips around & it is apparent from testing that the RAM chips are all OK. If I install any 2 chips in any pair of slots 8GB shows, all chips installed 8GB still shows.
There are also a couple of other less serious problems
1. The SATAIII ports based on the Marvell chipset do not show up in the BIOS listing, the BIOS only shows 4 X SATA2 & 2 X SATA3. Windows 7 Pro (64bit)shows the drive OK & it appears to function normally. The BIOS has been cleared\reset in case I managed to stuff up some settings but it didn't change anything. Is this normal operation or is there something wrong somewhere?
2. The USB3 port is flaky & keeps disconnecting the external hard drive I use for backups. It is a new hard drive case rated for USB3 & works OK in the USB2 ports. I have the latest AsRock supplied drivers but I have read this is an ongoing problem with what is relatively new technology.I can live with it until there is a fix if I can get the other problems fixed up.
Any help or suggestions welcome
TIA
Jimc
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