Asrock X58 Extreme Motherboard

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   My brother in law had a media PC built at least 10 years ago. I think it was built on XP but had all the newer components including an i7 processor. It's since been upgraded to windows 7 and then windows 10. Both OS worked fine. Now he is asking me to upgrade the ram. So hopefully it's obvious the motherboard is an asrock x58. Originally the pc was built with 6gb of ram in 3 2gb sticks. I am trying to upgrade the ram to 16gb. I found a 16gb kit on amazon: DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 but it is not recognized by the computer and will not boot. I've tried putting the memory in different slots (there are 6) but but the pc doesn't boot. How can I find out if this memory is ok for this board? Or is the board just too old? 

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Jack10525 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 2020 Location: South FLA Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jack10525 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Asrock X58 Extreme Motherboard Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 3:33am
	My brother in law had a media PC built at least 10 years ago. I think it was built on XP but had all the newer components including an i7 processor. It's since been upgraded to windows 7 and then windows 10. Both OS worked fine. Now he is asking me to upgrade the ram. So hopefully it's obvious the motherboard is an asrock x58. Originally the pc was built with 6gb of ram in 3 2gb sticks. I am trying to upgrade the ram to 16gb. I found a 16gb kit on amazon: DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 but it is not recognized by the computer and will not boot. I've tried putting the memory in different slots (there are 6) but but the pc doesn't boot. How can I find out if this memory is ok for this board? Or is the board just too old?

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 27773	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 4:31am
	Have you cleared CMOS? Also bare in mind that 8gb single modules were all but unheard of when the x58 chipset came out. Your best bet is to pick up 3 4gb modules. You want 3 because x58 runs in triple channel mode so you need 3 RAM modules to utilize the extra bandwidth over dual channel. I would also make sure the new RAM is 1333, that will help ensure compatibility. Another option would be to pick up 3 more 2gb modules.


Jack10525 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 2020 Location: South FLA Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jack10525 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 5:47am
	Thank you sir. I was wondering about the 3 sticks of ram and wondered it that was needed. So you don't think this board can utilize 8gb sticks? I'll see if I can find 3 4gb sticks.

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 27773	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 7:42pm
	I highly doubt it, the latest BIOS could possibly help but 4gb was the largest capacity available at the time these boards were current. https://www.asrock.com/mb/memory/X58%20Extreme.pdf That is the official memory support list. I doubt it has been updated for quite some time however.