DDR3 RAM issue

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   Hello. I recently purchased a new ASRock 970M pro3 to replace my old one who had died. I installed with all previous components and got my windows 10 Pc up and running again. However, the BIOS only recognises half the amount of my DDR3 RAM. I have got 2x 8gb Vengeance DDR3 Ram (16gb in total) but it only reads 2x 4gb (8gb). Has anyone come across this before. This is the same RAM I was using before on the same motherboard model and the BIOS was reading 16gb.
Any advice would be appreciated. Pascal

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Pazza01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Apr 2020 Location: Hull Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pazza01 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: DDR3 RAM issue Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 5:54pm
	Hello. I recently purchased a new ASRock 970M pro3 to replace my old one who had died. I installed with all previous components and got my windows 10 Pc up and running again. However, the BIOS only recognises half the amount of my DDR3 RAM. I have got 2x 8gb Vengeance DDR3 Ram (16gb in total) but it only reads 2x 4gb (8gb). Has anyone come across this before. This is the same RAM I was using before on the same motherboard model and the BIOS was reading 16gb. Any advice would be appreciated. Pascal

datonyb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2017 Location: London U.K. Status: Offline Points: 3139	Post Options Post Reply Quote datonyb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 10:58pm
	are you 100% sure its reading two sticks and not one ? this missing half ram amount is usually 99% not reading one whole stick rather than misread both sticks
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Pazza01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Apr 2020 Location: Hull Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pazza01 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jun 2020 at 4:00am
	I will double check when I got home. I may be wrong but I think it was reading 2 sticks of RAM as tested one and it said 4gb instead of 8gb and then put the other one in and it read 8gb in total. But I will double check as what you said makes sense. Thanks Pascal