Question Need help with BIOS memory settings.

[shakaxl007]

Hi everyone,

I'm following up on my previous thread about issues getting four 8GB RAM modules to work for a total of 32GB. The problem persists: I get 5 beeps and an immediate shutdown.

As a troubleshooting step, I tried reducing the frequency from 1600MHz to 1333MHz. I wanted to see if anyone can guide me on whether I'm doing this correctly, as my attempts haven't resolved the issue yet.

Here's the situation:

• BIOS Version: The last

• Current Status: The modules work fine in pairs (16GB), but not all four together (32GB).

I've included a main screenshot of my BIOS. There are sections for "Advanced Frequency Settings" and "Memory Settings", with a summary on the right showing the total memory capacity and bus speed.





What I tried:
I went into Advanced Frequency Settings and changed the multiplier to 13.33. I believe this was correct because the change was reflected in the operating system, confirming the frequency dropped to 1333MHz. However, this did not solve the problem.



There are many other options in these menus, and I'm not entirely sure what each one does. Does anyone have experience with these settings? What other adjustments should I try?









Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Shmee]

Well it looks like you tried decreasing DRAM frequency, and it didn't work. Most of those settings I doubt will help you. One thing you could try, is decreasing DDR voltage to 1.35V, which is the normal voltage for DDR3L. I don't recall if these are specifically DDR3 or DDR3L modules and what voltage they are rated for, but Skylake supports DDR3L, but I recall does not officially support higher voltage DDR3, due to memory controller limitations. I wonder if the DDR voltage being set to 1.5V is causing an error on the memory controller with all 4 sticks.

Only thing is, if one or more of these DDR3 kits are rated for 1.5V, they may not be stable at 1.35V. But then it may also be that 1.5V is causing an issue with your CPU's memory controller. If you can get all 4 DIMMs installed to boot with 1.35V, I would recommend running memtest86, to be sure there are no errors and the system is stable. If there are errors at 1.35V, or the system continues with the 5 beeps, then we might be out of ideas to try.