Help! DDR3 Gskill RipjawsX problem

[Martinblitz]

Greetings! I recently bought 2 GSkill RipjawX 8x1 GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9-9-9-24 1.50 Volt to update my system. But I had a problem. I updated my Mother Bios and put em in other slots but my computer didn't identify em. Before I had a couple of OCZ DDR3 2x2 GB 666mhz, and when I put all the ram together (OCZ and GSkill) they work but with the original latency (666mhz) of the OCZ, also my OS in System specs only recognize the original OCZ 4GB. How can I do so my computer recognize my new couple of GSkill? I really need help! Thanks and sorry for my english. 😳

My OS with the Piriform Speccy program (that recognize all the memory but with low latency)

Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.00GHz 30 °C
Yorkfield 45nm Technology
RAM
20,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24) (My windows only recognize the OCZ 4GB)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. Rampage Extreme (LGA 775-X48) 28 °C
Graphics
DELL 2408WFP (1920x1200@60Hz)
3072MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner) 33 °C
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA Device (SATA) 35 °C
Optical Drives
SONY DVD RW AD-7200S ATA Device
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
Audio
Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)

RAM
Memory slots
Total memory slots 4
Used memory slots 4
Free memory slots 0
Memory
Type DDR3
Size 20480 MBytes
Channels # Dual
DRAM Frequency 666,6 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 9 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 9 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 2T
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 55 %
Total Physical 4,00 GB
Available Physical 1,80 GB
Total Virtual 8,00 GB
Available Virtual 5,39 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 4
Slot #1
Slot #2
Slot #3
Slot #4

 

[VirtualLarry]

Your problem, is that you need to upgrade your CPU / mobo to a G3258 and a combo mobo, in order to use your RAM.

No, but seriously, this is a dated 775 X48 rig. They (AFAIK) will not take 8GB DDR3 DIMMs (4GB max DIMM size), and they certainly won't let them run at DDR3-1600. You'll be lucky to get DDR3-1066 or 1333 running.

Have you tried removing the 4GB OCZ DIMMs, and putting just the two 8GB DIMMs in?

There may be an overall memory limit for the chipset too, although I don't know what that is for the X48. It may be 8GB, it may be 16GB.

Good luck!

 

[denis280]

Have you tried removing the 4GB OCZ DIMMs, and putting just the two 8GB DIMMs in

+1 and if you run your system with the ocz in.the system will run auto to 667.

 

[VirtualLarry]

20,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24) (My windows only recognize the OCZ 4GB)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. Rampage Extreme (LGA 775-X48) 28 °C

That might actually be a good sign, if Speccy is reporting 20GB of RAM.

I would double-check, that in Control Panel, System, System, that it shows that you have a 64-bit OS installed, and then bring up MSCONFIG.EXE, and make sure that "Limit Maximum memory to:" is UNCHECKED.

 

[lucklessgorath]

RAMPAGE EXTREME - Specifications
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_EXTREME/specifications/

Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066/800 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
*Overclock speed
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- For the X.M.P. support, CPUs with FSB 1333 or above are recommended.
- When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.

I glanced at the available BIOS updates and it doesn't list anything that would suggest that the max memory size had increased. I'd have to believe that the board only supports 4 x 2GB for a total of 8GB.

The OCZ memory is DDR3-1333. It's being reported as 666 because that is the real mhz. DDR means double data rate, so 666x2 = 1333.