Hello,
Motherboard: Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
RAM: G.Skill 2GB DDR2-800 PC26400 5-5-5-15
OS: Windows 7 64bit
I recently attempted to upgrade my system from 4GB of RAM to 8GB. The current two sticks work just fine. They pass memtest. However, when I installed the two new sticks the system started freezing. I ran memtest on the new sticks, and they fail. Through trial and error I ended up testing the two good sticks in the slots where I had put the new RAM. They failed memtest in those slots, however, they pass in their original slots. The new sticks also pass memtest in the other slots. At this point I am thinking perhaps it is the mobo and not the RAM.
To test this theory I placed two Corsair 1GB DDR2-533 PC24200 sticks in the slots that are failing memtest, and there was no errors. I booted the system and it ran fine. This seems to support that the problem is not the mobo.
Futhermore I tested the two new sticks in a different system, and they pass memtest and run the system just fine.
For some reason my mobo does not seem to like having the G.Skill sticks in those two slots.
Perhaps I can get some input as to why? Is there a BIOS setting I am missing? (I have updated the bios to the most recent version) The mobo supposedly supports that much RAM. This is a mystery!
Thanks,
Jose
Motherboard: Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
RAM: G.Skill 2GB DDR2-800 PC26400 5-5-5-15
OS: Windows 7 64bit
I recently attempted to upgrade my system from 4GB of RAM to 8GB. The current two sticks work just fine. They pass memtest. However, when I installed the two new sticks the system started freezing. I ran memtest on the new sticks, and they fail. Through trial and error I ended up testing the two good sticks in the slots where I had put the new RAM. They failed memtest in those slots, however, they pass in their original slots. The new sticks also pass memtest in the other slots. At this point I am thinking perhaps it is the mobo and not the RAM.
To test this theory I placed two Corsair 1GB DDR2-533 PC24200 sticks in the slots that are failing memtest, and there was no errors. I booted the system and it ran fine. This seems to support that the problem is not the mobo.
Futhermore I tested the two new sticks in a different system, and they pass memtest and run the system just fine.
For some reason my mobo does not seem to like having the G.Skill sticks in those two slots.
Perhaps I can get some input as to why? Is there a BIOS setting I am missing? (I have updated the bios to the most recent version) The mobo supposedly supports that much RAM. This is a mystery!
Thanks,
Jose