Help!!! RAM issue with Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4

[Smeagol]

I need some help. I just bought parts for a new rig. I got:

Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4
Athlon X2 5200+
2x1GB GSkill DDR2-800 RAM
GeForce 8600GTS
250 GB Sata HD
20X DVD-RW

My problem is that when I put the RAM in like the manual says in DIMMs 1 and 2 I get a continuous beeping that the manual associates with a DRAM problem. However when I place each stick in DIMM 1 individually the system starts up normally (well I get the no video beep, because I haven't installed my video card yet. Still waiting for it. I was just making sure I could get to that point.) Also when I place 1 stick in DIMM 1 and one in DIMM 3 the system starts up nomally. I'll have to really wait on the video card to verify, but I'm wondering if I have a DIMM problem as those are the only configurations that don't give me the continuous beeping. DIMMs 1 and 2 no go. DIMMs 3 and 4 no go. DIMM 1 and 3 good, DIMM 1 only good. DIMM 3 only good. I'm at a loss. I just hope I don't have to send my board back. Anyway thanks for any advice.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Some boards are touchy. You should manually set Vdimm and timing in BIOS to the mfr's specs for greater system stability.

 

[Smeagol]

Thanks for the reply. I went into the BIOS and tried manually adjusting the DDR2 voltage and also the timings as best I could, but still no dice. I can get it to post in single channel mode but not dual channel. I also ran Memtest86 and haven't found any errors. I'm really confused. Is my board dead? RAM dead?