https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:37:28 +0000 Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:29:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=40803 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=126340&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#126340 Author: CliffyK
Subject: 40803
Posted: 14 Jun 2024 at 8:29am

Got the "new" CPU, and all is well--I'm back in the dual-channel memory game with my full 32 GB up and running!

Moral of the story is be sure to take a long hard look at those tiny little CPU pins!

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:29:13 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=126340&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#126340 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=124547&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#124547 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 40803
Posted: 07 Jun 2024 at 1:19am

Ah, sorry to hear it. The CPU should still be useable even with a single memory
channel until you can get a replacement anyway. Good luck ]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2024 01:19:35 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=124547&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#124547 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=124546&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#124546 Author: CliffyK
Subject: 40803
Posted: 07 Jun 2024 at 12:19am

Thank you for the suggestion, however I have Parkinson's making my replacing a CPU pin unlikely to succeed...]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:19:46 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=124546&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#124546 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=124545&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#124545 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 40803
Posted: 06 Jun 2024 at 10:50pm

You can check youtube for pin repair tutorials/videos if you like, a fun little
side project given the CPU is basically useless anyway. ]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2024 22:50:15 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=124545&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#124545 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=124541&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#124541 Author: CliffyK
Subject: 40803
Posted: 06 Jun 2024 at 10:01pm

Well, I got the "new-to-me" CPU from eBay--DOA, missing two pins; good vendor though, sent it back for refund...

Got another on order, again coming in on Tuesday--I will be sure to report back with an update... ]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2024 22:01:44 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=124541&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#124541 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123983&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123983 Author: CliffyK
Subject: 40803
Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 9:33am

I found an AMD3 pin-out, on that socket it's a "Memory Channel B" clock signal--so that makes sense...]]> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:33:34 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123983&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123983 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123982&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123982 Author: CliffyK
Subject: 40803
Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 9:26am

I have tried to find a "pin-out" diagram for the AMD3+ socket, with no luck--I did find there are 938 pins, so it was pretty close to a "1 in a 1000" chance I'd get the dual-channel pin...]]> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:26:32 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123982&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123982 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123981&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123981 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 40803
Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 7:38am

That would do it for sure. Sometimes you can get away with a missing pin, not all
are used for anything critical but more often than not, it causes issues.]]> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 07:38:00 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123981&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123981 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123980&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123980 Author: CliffyK
Subject: 40803
Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 7:26am

Thank you for your reply! After trying every possible combination of modules (including "one-at-a-time", I'm pretty sure I have found the problem, am going to wait 'til I'm 100% sure to followup.

After the great memory swap I pulled the CPU and found it was missing a pin on the outer row 45° "opposite" the "triangle"--looking at my old mobo I found the pin stuck in the socket where it had been living happily for 12 years prior to my disturbing it. Odd that the CPU almost fell out when I removed it and that it would be a pin that did not disable the CPU entirely--it works fine other than no dual-channel memory mode.

Got a "new-to-me" CPU from a trusted vendor on eBay coming in on Tuesday, hopefully that will solve the mystery.

I will come back here and mark the post as Solved if I'm good.

Again thank you for your reply!

-cliff-


]]> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 07:26:34 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123980&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123980 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123979&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123979 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 40803
Posted: 02 Jun 2024 at 7:04am

Try each stick on it's own, typically that issue happens when you have a bad module. ]]> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 07:04:08 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=40803&PID=123979&title=help-understanding-dual-channel-memory#123979