need advice on ddr2 ram on my new system

[bbf460]

😕 I have corsair XMS2 twin2x4096-6400c5 installed on a msi K9A2 Platinum MS-7376 (v1.x) mb & it is only showing 2 gigs of ram 1 gig on ech stick? This is my 2nd board 1st was bad also found 1 bad stick of mem exchanged mem & processor phenom 9600 I showed 4 gigs before 2 ech but now only show 2g 1g ech The bad stick was on this mb could the mb be bad? or is it drvrs sftware ? I tryed each stick seperatly & each showed 1g? I am running xp pro 32 bit egeforce 8600 gts superclocked also what should I be setting the bios at for my ram? I have voltage set to 2.0 timeing at auto un ganged mode & it showed my full 4g ram before at currant settings.

 

[DSF]

Off the top of my head I would check and see if your board has an entry in the BIOS called Memory Remap or something similar. You might need to turn that on.

So on this exact board you had it working with 4GB earlier?

 

[Yellowbeard]

Are you saying your system has shown 4gb in the bios or shown 4gb in the OS? Also, in the OS, where are you viewing your available memory?

 

[bbf460]

yes before I found abad stick with the tec at microcenter

 

[bbf460]

Both I am am using msi infoview and I also dmi browser, good memory installed all show same I aalso ran memtest on syst & 0 errors mem veiw shows same iswitched 1 stk to slot 2 for 2 channel operation shows same Ithink its the mb this is why I told micro center at the time that I would like to exchange mb also when we did the pross & mem

 

[bbf460]

Originally posted by: DSF
Off the top of my head I would check and see if your board has an entry in the BIOS called Memory Remap or something similar. You might need to turn that on.

So on this exact board you had it working with 4GB earlier?

yes before I found abad stick with the tec at microcenter

 

[bbf460]

Originally posted by: Yellowbeard
Are you saying your system has shown 4gb in the bios or shown 4gb in the OS? Also, in the OS, where are you viewing your available memory?

Both I am am using msi infoview and I also dmi browser, good memory installed all show same I aalso ran memtest on syst & 0 errors mem veiw shows same iswitched 1 stk to slot 2 for 2 channel operation shows same Ithink its the mb this is why I told micro center at the time that I would like to exchange mb also when we did the pross & mem

 

[bbf460]

Originally posted by: DSF
Off the top of my head I would check and see if your board has an entry in the BIOS called Memory Remap or something similar. You might need to turn that on.

So on this exact board you had it working with 4GB earlier?

nothing like that in bios & no i excanged pross first still had post probs then exchanged mb after showing tec at micro cent got home put it back together it posted & booted up to os once and locked up after about 5 mn tryed to reboot would not post let sit for 30 mn would boot and lock up & no post again went back to micro showed tec with machine put together weput in new pross and still had probs found bad mem stick exchanged & would boot up but I did not notice the ram prob till I was back home

 

[bbf460]

Originally posted by: Yellowbeard
Are you saying your system has shown 4gb in the bios or shown 4gb in the OS? Also, in the OS, where are you viewing your available memory?

well I feel kind of dumb but it was not my doing jerry at micro pulled the wrong mem set when he changed them out or wrong packaging ? but neither one of us looked at the side of the new mem they were 1g sticks I now have #3 mb & #3 mem sets in my machine but THANKS A MILLION FOR YOUR HELP MIKE LOL PHIL

 

[Yellowbeard]

Originally posted by: bbf460

Originally posted by: Yellowbeard
Are you saying your system has shown 4gb in the bios or shown 4gb in the OS? Also, in the OS, where are you viewing your available memory?

well I feel kind of dumb but it was not my doing jerry at micro pulled the wrong mem set when he changed them out or wrong packaging ? but neither one of us looked at the side of the new mem they were 1g sticks I now have #3 mb & #3 mem sets in my machine but THANKS A MILLION FOR YOUR HELP MIKE LOL PHIL

Wow, I am glad you caught that error. Have fun with the new memory!