Hello all,
I have had trouble getting the MB to recognize all 3 DDR3 RAM sticks in the correct slots. Under BIOS MIT Current Status will show 4Gb in DIMM slots 1, 3, 5. But on the Enabled Slot line it shows 4Gb in slots 1 and 4 for a total of 8 Gb. Under windows, it will show 12 Gb (8 Gb usable).
I have read about this issue and that it can be due to bent CPU socket pins. I have removed the CPU and didn't find bent pins. But I wouldn't say I have a trained eye for this.
I have read that this can be due to BIOS settings that need to be tweaked to tune the voltage and timing settings. I haven't tried much of that tuning yet.
I have tried to get help from Gigabyte support. They have given me suggested steps for troubleshooting and I will detail those results below. Any words of wisdom on diagnosis or next steps I should try are appreciated.
System Specs:
- GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- OCZ Reaper Edition 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) OCZ3RPR1333C9LV12GK
- Intel Core i7-970 Gulftown 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor
Motherboard UD7 v2.0 - BIOS ver. FB
Currently running BIOS optimized defaults with only setting the Memory voltage to 1.64.
OCZ Memory ratings for these chips:
1.65v, 9 9 9 20
I will attach a picture that shows the MIT status values and illustrate the problem. Sorry that it is displaying upside down after upload.
It is showing that the memory is a little higher than 1333 and timing is 9,9,9,21 instead of 20.
Thanks for any assistance.
.chris
I have had trouble getting the MB to recognize all 3 DDR3 RAM sticks in the correct slots. Under BIOS MIT Current Status will show 4Gb in DIMM slots 1, 3, 5. But on the Enabled Slot line it shows 4Gb in slots 1 and 4 for a total of 8 Gb. Under windows, it will show 12 Gb (8 Gb usable).
I have read about this issue and that it can be due to bent CPU socket pins. I have removed the CPU and didn't find bent pins. But I wouldn't say I have a trained eye for this.
I have read that this can be due to BIOS settings that need to be tweaked to tune the voltage and timing settings. I haven't tried much of that tuning yet.
I have tried to get help from Gigabyte support. They have given me suggested steps for troubleshooting and I will detail those results below. Any words of wisdom on diagnosis or next steps I should try are appreciated.
System Specs:
- GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- OCZ Reaper Edition 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) OCZ3RPR1333C9LV12GK
- Intel Core i7-970 Gulftown 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor
Motherboard UD7 v2.0 - BIOS ver. FB
Currently running BIOS optimized defaults with only setting the Memory voltage to 1.64.
OCZ Memory ratings for these chips:
1.65v, 9 9 9 20
I will attach a picture that shows the MIT status values and illustrate the problem. Sorry that it is displaying upside down after upload.
It is showing that the memory is a little higher than 1333 and timing is 9,9,9,21 instead of 20.
Thanks for any assistance.
.chris
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