DDR3 RAM issue
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Topic: DDR3 RAM issue
Posted By: Pazza01
Subject: DDR3 RAM issue
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 5:54pm
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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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Posted By: datonyb
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 10:58pm
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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 ------------- [url=https://valid.x86.fr/jpg250]  [/url]3800X, powercolor reddevil vega64, gskill tridentz3866, taichix370, evga750watt gold |
Posted By: Pazza01
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2020 at 4:00am
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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 |