Z68 Extreme4 Not Happy with 32GB
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Topic: Z68 Extreme4 Not Happy with 32GB
Posted By: bitspiel
Subject: Z68 Extreme4 Not Happy with 32GB
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 4:59am
32GB is the max advertised memory size for the Z68 Extreme4.
I am trying to move from a 16GB footprint (via 4x4GB) to a 32GB footprint (via 4x8GB) using Crucial CT102464BD186D ram. Crucial asserts that ram in 100% compatible with the Z68 Extreme4 motherboard.
I can pick any two 8GB sticks and populate the same colored memory banks and the system boots, but if I use all four 8GB sticks simultaneously the system powers up, spins its wheels for about 5 seconds, powers off, and the powers up. There the process goes into an endless cycle.
I am running the latest BIOS. I have have cleared the BIOS memory.
I am looking for suggestions to get this system working at 32GB.
Thoughts anyone?
Note: my motherboard is NOT the GEN3 variant also I am running a 2600K cpu.
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Posted By: bitspiel
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2020 at 1:44pm
I have found a work around.
Cleared CMOS memory.
Populate only 16GB (i.e. two sticks) of memory.
System would then boot for me.
Once the system could boot, I entered into BIOS configuration and changed ONLY the DRAM Frequency from Auto to DDR3-1600.
Saved the changes and rebooted and then powered down.
Added the last 16GB (for now a total of 32GB) and the system booted.
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