RAM not all showing up

B4Real wrote: Yes I have updated all my Intel drivers.  My memory all shows up in CPU-Z so it's not missing but it does not show up anywhere else (bios,system) when I go into my BIOS I don't even have the XMP option, I have tried both the BIOS 2.10 and BIOS 2.19 XMP does not show up in either BIOS, is there anywhere I can get the old BIOS from and use that, I know that one works because my memory used to all show up.

I hope you did update the INF and IME driver, because if not, that might be the problem... IF you are lucky.

Once you applied the Sandy to Ivy Bridge compatible BIOS update, BIOS version 2.10, you cannot, CANNOT go back to an earlier version. If you try to, things will not get better, they will get worse. That is why all the previous BIOS versions are no longer listed.

A Windows BIOS update version? If one were available, I would not give it to my worst enemy. If any method is prone to failure, that is the one.

Missing XMP profile option in the DRAM Configuration screen? That's a symptom of the 2.10 BIOS update not being done correctly, missing options in the BIOS. You must leave the USB flash drive in the PC until it completely boots into Windows after the 2.10 BIOS update. The IME firmware, part of the BIOS file, was updated after the BIOS itself, at least with this first instance of Intel's cross generation processors working with one chipset (Sandy and Ivy Bridge, P67 and Z68 chipsets.) That method has been discarded, and the IME firmware update is done first, not last. OMG, how I hate these Intel multi-processor UEFI/BIOS updates, they have gotten better now, but your board's chipset was the first to do this, and if not done perfectly, the results were not pretty.

Or you may have a corrupted BIOS image. That Instant Flash no longer works seems to work is another clue about that possibly being the case.

Did you try clearing the BIOS by removing the battery, and moving the jumper to the clear position? If you have the original battery in the board, that should be replaced.

If that does not work, I would suggest getting a new BIOS chip with version 2.10 or an earlier version on it, if possible. As long as you are using a Sandy Bridge processor, you could use a pre-2.10 BIOS version, since 2.10 does nothing for a non-Ivy Bridge processor system.

You can get a new BIOS chip from ASRock, or from eBay.