F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Discussing RAM problems means looking for solutions to memory issues.

Discussing RAM problems means looking for solutions to memory issues.

Discussing RAM problems means looking for solutions to memory issues.

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dynamicduffy
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01-26-2016, 11:13 PM
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so here is what i got i have asus m4a89gtd-pro usb3 mother board yes i no its old but it dose what i want . when I built this unite i had 8gb of ram so recently i decided to up the ram to 16gb ,yes the board supports it , when i put the new ram in windows,cpuz and speccy sees it all but when i go in to bios it only sees half . tried clearing the cmos both by battery and the jumper but still the same. So i decided to put the old ram back in and even that is now showing in the bios as only half. the bios are as updated as it can go . Was thinking of just reflashing the bios to see what it would do . And yes i have reseated the ram and tried each stick one by one and they will show as supposed to . I just dont understand why the other programs see the ram but windows says that the 4gb are in reserve and bios dont see it at all . Any help would be appreciated thanks
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dynamicduffy
01-26-2016, 11:13 PM #1

so here is what i got i have asus m4a89gtd-pro usb3 mother board yes i no its old but it dose what i want . when I built this unite i had 8gb of ram so recently i decided to up the ram to 16gb ,yes the board supports it , when i put the new ram in windows,cpuz and speccy sees it all but when i go in to bios it only sees half . tried clearing the cmos both by battery and the jumper but still the same. So i decided to put the old ram back in and even that is now showing in the bios as only half. the bios are as updated as it can go . Was thinking of just reflashing the bios to see what it would do . And yes i have reseated the ram and tried each stick one by one and they will show as supposed to . I just dont understand why the other programs see the ram but windows says that the 4gb are in reserve and bios dont see it at all . Any help would be appreciated thanks

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egoo
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01-28-2016, 01:51 AM
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One of the RAM slots on the motherboard is faulty or the CPU memory controller is defective. Either could be the issue. The best way to confirm this is by swapping in a different CPU or motherboard. GL
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egoo
01-28-2016, 01:51 AM #2

One of the RAM slots on the motherboard is faulty or the CPU memory controller is defective. Either could be the issue. The best way to confirm this is by swapping in a different CPU or motherboard. GL

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FuzzyRawrs
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02-06-2016, 01:47 PM
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Sorry for the delay, but it seems the CPU pins were bent, so I upgraded it to examine the old one more closely. Now I’m facing another issue after replacing the CPU and upgrading the RAM—Windows hangs on the loading screen when I start. I checked online, but everyone mentions a fix involving the Windows logo with spinning dots. On my machine, I get the logo but no dots, so restarting works fine. This is Windows 10 Pro. I wasn’t aware of this until the upgrade, should I follow their advice or try something else? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks again.
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FuzzyRawrs
02-06-2016, 01:47 PM #3

Sorry for the delay, but it seems the CPU pins were bent, so I upgraded it to examine the old one more closely. Now I’m facing another issue after replacing the CPU and upgrading the RAM—Windows hangs on the loading screen when I start. I checked online, but everyone mentions a fix involving the Windows logo with spinning dots. On my machine, I get the logo but no dots, so restarting works fine. This is Windows 10 Pro. I wasn’t aware of this until the upgrade, should I follow their advice or try something else? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks again.

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