DDR3 4x4gb not working

[Snezzey]

Good morning everyone,

I have recently done a upgrade on my system and have run into problems.

My DDR3 (Quad lane - 4x4gb) Corsair CMZ16Gx3M4A2400C10 (of which I have 4 sticks from previous builds) is only displaying as 4gb per stick regardless of how they are installed single double, any slot. I have set them to the correct voltage in bios as per their specs as well as running with XMP on and off to no avail.

Running Windows 10 64bit

MSI z97 Gaming 5 (Recently flashed to latest build)
Intel core i7 4770K

Any help would be great, driving me crazy and i really just want to finish the build off.

Cheers!

 

[Tradesman1]

you have 4x4GB correct? So they will only show as 4GB per stick because each stick is in fact a 4GB stick. Get the free app CPU-Z and see what it shows as total in the memory tab - should be 16GB

 

[brispuss]

. . My DDR3 4x4gb Corsair CMZ16Gx3M4A2400C10 (of which I have 4 sticks from previous builds) is only displaying as 4gb per stick . .

The four memory modules are 4 GB capacity each, and the system reports that each module is "only" 4 GB? The system seems to be reporting correctly then, as each module is 4 GB as per label on each module.

Is there some other memory issue??

 

[Snezzey]

My appologies I have explained this badly. One stick is a quad lane DDR3 consisting for a 4x4gb config meaning each stick is worth in full 16gb. with 4 connected i would presume the total should amount to 64gb of ram?

CPU-Z is showing each stick as 4gb dual-lane for some reason, with a combined total of 16gb of ram with all 4 cards slotted.

 

[Tradesman1]

No, according to the model number it's a 16GB set of DRAM - each stick is 4GB (If these were 16GB sticks they would have cost a fortune (very few 16GB sticks available in DDR3 (non-ECC) and wouldn't run on your mobo which is a 32GB max in 4x8GB

 

[Rogue Leader]

Just to add to what Tradesman said, while there are 4 memory slots on the board, it is Dual Channel, not Quad channel. There is no quad channel DDR3, and on the consumer side the only Quad channel you can get is DDR4 in an X99 chipset motherboard.

 

[Snezzey]

No, according to the model number it's a 16GB set of DRAM - each stick is 4GB (If these were 16GB sticks they would have cost a fortune (very few 16GB sticks available in DDR3 (non-ECC) and wouldn't run on your mobo which is a 32GB max in 4x8GB

My absolute appologies I have completely misread basically everything at this point, long week and a pc build don't mix well. Thank you very much for the help. A final question would gaining a 32GB set work correctly as my mobo supports up to 32gb?

Cheers mate

 

[Tradesman1]

Should be fine yes - with a 4770K can often go straight to a 1866 or even 2133 set with no real changes depending on your 4770K, normally 2400 and faster will need a CPU OC