DDR4 3200 GSKILL Trident Z issues

[James_523]

Asus pro gaming z170 chipset
i6700k skylake cpu
4x 8gb 3200gskill trident z : optimized for skylake chipset
Quadro m4000
Psu 700w gold (i used 450 for a while and it was actually fine, running roughly 418-428w while overclocking cpu at 4.8gHz )
Coolermaster silencio case

So.... for my super-tedious and OCD- sharing community members...
I need help optimizing my system for use in my lovely collection of Autodesk software.

I have had my system running fine with only one stick of ram. (8gb)

The entire time i was thinking ... "why cant it boot with all 4 of my lovely gskills( 32gb)?"

And so i replaced the motherboard.
And the replaced that new one, when it would never boot at all with any of the ram sticks.

Now i have a brand new board with only ONE ram stick in it..... the slot furthest from the cpu....

What can i try without replacing the motherboard? I am quite sure that every stick works correctly, in my 4th slot furthest from the cpu, and also with other motherboards at the cpu repair shop.

Should i check bios settings for voltage? They are low voltage @ 1.35V

Should i literally replace the RAM with another model? Maybe the ram and motherboard do not have a good relationship???

Should i just bring the entire thing in to another shop for review? I have already bought a new motherboard, and also paid for the system to be "assembled" twice. ... with no luck at all!!! Im the only one whos got it to boot, as if i have WILLED it to boot on my command, mid-frustration. ...

 

[kanewolf]

Was the RAM a matched set or 4 separate non-matched DIMMs ?

 

[James_523]

All 4 are identical and came in a 32gb box 4x 8gb

 

[kanewolf]

OK, matched RAM. Have you reset your BIOS to clear any overclocking?

 

[The_Staplergun]

You said every stick by itself works in the B1 Dimm slot.

What about any other slots at all?

Is this a fresh new build you just made?

Did you install the cpu yourself?

 

[James_523]

My bios says optimal speed for my 3200mhz ddr4 ram is only 2133 mhz

I have reset my bios and all hardware is back to their regular, atuo frequencies

 

[James_523]

Any two, of the four ddr4 3200mhz gskill trident z ram sticks, work in the two slots that are furthest from the CPU.... at a frequency of 2133mhz and when i set the voltage for 1.35 and the ddr spwed to 3200 mhz,,, it does not boot and it says to press the F1 key, becauss the overclocking settings must be reset.

 

[James_523]

I had built this myself
It has been sitting around because the motherboard that ASUS had replaced, did not work with ANY of my RAM.

As of now,
it is working fine, but only at half of my ram potential 16gb-->32gb, and at a low frequency, 2133mhz-->3200mhz

 

[The_Staplergun]

Are you setting XMP or just inputting frequency?

If only two slots are working you got a bad board. It's odd that you'd get a bad board. You need to check out the cpu socket and verify the pins are all straight.

 

[James_523]

Wtf what is the likelyhood of me having 3 BAD motherboards in a row????

 

[James_523]

Its myst be not compatible eith this motherboard???

 

[The_Staplergun]

Rare and crappy. I'd suggest taking a look at your other components at that point. You need to check out and see if your cpu is still flat or if it's bent. You need to check the pins in the CPU socket and make sure they're not bent. None of them.

All four ram sticks are good though? You went through all of them in those right two slots?

 

[James_523]

two of the four ram sticks, work together. And the other two will only work solo, with one inside the furthest slot from the cpu. So it has to be the motherboard, that cannot put the ram at the correct frequency, and also all 4 together???

 

[kanewolf]

two of the four ram sticks, work together. And the other two will only work solo, with one inside the furthest slot from the cpu. So it has to be the motherboard, that cannot put the ram at the correct frequency, and also all 4 together???

The common HW through all this, besides the RAM is the CPU. It has the memory controller.

 

[James_523]

I will be paying someone to fiddle with the bios xmp settings and maybe the board will allow all 4 cards to operate at 3200mhz...

Also my cpu and the cpu slot on the mobo are absolutely clean.

 

[James_523]

I may also call ASUS to walk me through the XMP settings for my moherboard... usually nobody has any tutorial videos for how to set XMP on MY motherboards BIOS Platform... pro gaming z170

 

[kanewolf]

I will be paying someone to fiddle with the bios xmp settings and maybe the board will allow all 4 cards to operate at 3200mhz...

Also my cpu and the cpu slot on the mobo are absolutely clean.

The CPU could have an internal problem with the memory controller....