I bought 8 gigabytes of G.SKILL Sniper 1886, Bios reads 8 (I think) windows only see 4 and uses 3.5

[Brett Barry]

I bought 8 gigabytes of ram from Newegg for my new Computer only half of it works on windows (4) "Specs A10 7850k Overclocked to a permanent 4.2, G.Skill Sniper 1886 8 gigabytes, Rosewill ARC M650 Watt PSU, Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 MATX, 1TB WD Blue." It's just been kinda frustrating, I tried a moving the one ram stick at a time to different slots still booted up and ran perfectly. I will update with photos of MemTest86 and a Bios mem screen. Any help would be tremendous, Thank You.

 

[Ijack]

Which version of Windows are you running? PResumably it is 64-bit.

 

[Brett Barry]

Which version of Windows are you running? PResumably it is 64-bit.

Windows 8.1 Pro 64, Sorry should of typed that to begin with.

 

[Tradesman1]

A single stick? Whats the Sniper model #? Did you check that Win isn't limiting it?

START > type MSCONFIG in search box > ENTER > BOOT > ADVANCED > make sure Max Mem isn't checked?

 

[Brett Barry]

A single stick? Whats the Sniper model #? Did you check that Win isn't limiting it?

START > type MSCONFIG in search box > ENTER > BOOT > ADVANCED > make sure Max Mem isn't checked?

What I meant to say is that I tried removing all the ram from the mobo and placed them one at time checking if it booted and making sure the different slots worked, All the sticks and slots worked but not together. The ram is the link I had posted.

 

[Tradesman1]

SO 2x4GB? try the voltage up about + 0.06 over spec

 

[Brett Barry]

SO 2x4GB? try the voltage up about + 0.06 over spec

I'm really sorry for me being away for so long, I shall try and post my results.

 

[gskill support]

Keep in mind some capacity may be reserved by the iGPU

 

[Brett Barry]

SO 2x4GB? try the voltage up about + 0.06 over spec

I have done that and no luck. But this may help