Biostar T550 SE - Dual channel won't boot

[Mongals]

1. Both sticks are good on their own.
2. Will boot with both sticks in single-channel, but once in dual-channel it won't.
3. Worked at first with a pair of Kingston sticks, then when I put in a set of Ballistix it wouldn't boot so I put the Kingston pair back in and it no longer worked even though it did originally.

I saw that a couple of people on Newegg had a similar problem with their boards, but I didn't see a solution. Do I need to RMA this? Or does anyone have experience in fixing this problem?

 

[Mongals]

TTT

 

[Nnyan]

I ran into this problem with the Gigabyte DS4 on three different rams I tried. Fortunately GB released their F7 bios update which fixed the error. Try updating the bios to the latest one.

 

[f4phantom2500]

are you sure you're putting them in the correct slots? on this board dual channel is slots 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 (the ones right next to each other).

 

[Marinski]

I have 2 sticks of Ballistix (PC 6400) and mine works fine. And Kingstons (value ram) pretty much work in everything.

 

[Mongals]

I have updated to the latest Bios but it still will not post with the two sticks in dual-channel. I was able to put the kingston ram in and that came up in dual-channel, but when I switched them for the crucial chips it wouldn't post. I do have the sticks in the proper slots for dual channel. I have played around with different settings, like voltage, and eliminated other possibilities so I am left believing that it is most likely something to do with my mobo.

 

[Marinski]

Do you have the jumper on 2.4v??

 

[Mongals]

The jumper was set for bios control. I did try moving the 2.4 voltage but that didn't work.

 

[Mongals]

The problem turned out to be a short, the mobo was making contact with the screw-anchor thingy and that was messing it all up.