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

[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.

 

[Guest]

Just to clarify, you are running them in alternate (Same-colored) slots, correct?

EDIT: Also, you're using a 64-bit version of windows, right?

 

[Brett Barry]

Just to clarify, you are running them in alternate (Same-colored) slots, correct?

EDIT: Also, you're using a 64-bit version of windows, right?

64-bit OS. x64-based processor
Only have two ram slots

 

[captaincharisma]

then one of them must not be working or seated correctly. try testing them on their own. install one stick first and see if the computer will boot if it does try the other stick on its own

 

[Brett Barry]

then one of them must not be working or seated correctly. try testing them on their own. install one stick first and see if the computer will boot if it does try the other stick on its own

Have tried testing them on there own, pc has booted and ran fine. They just don't want to work together I guess.

 

[captaincharisma]

were you using both slots for your old ram too?

 

[Brett Barry]

were you using both slots for your old ram too?

The only ram I have purchased/owned is this ram set we are talking about

 

[captaincharisma]

in that case it could be one of two possibiilities. the ram might now be ully compatible with the motherboard and that a slight possibility or its a bad ram slot on the motherboard. but that is going to be hard to troubleshoot cause you would need another pair of ram modules to diagnose it.

 

[Brett Barry]

in that case it could be one of two possibiilities. the ram might now be ully compatible with the motherboard and that a slight possibility or its a bad ram slot on the motherboard. but that is going to be hard to troubleshoot cause you would need another pair of ram modules to diagnose it.

Hmm, Thank you for the help though 😀. I reckon I need to upgrade soon anyway. I might head to intel next build.