Hi, everyone,
I recently assembled my new computer, and it worked perfectly. It has an ASUS P6T motherboard, an i7 920 processor, and 3x2GB sticks of G.Skill 1600mHz RAM
However, after using the computer for a few days, I noticed that the task manager only reported 4GB of ram. The BIOS also only reported 4GB. I thought that I might not have seated one of the sticks very well, so I took them all out, and put them all back in. After doing that, all 6GB of my ram was recognized. After a while, though, the amount of Ram went back to 4GB. I also noticed that the motherboard was detecting the RAM as 1066mHz instead of 1600, so I went into the BIOS and set the frequency and timings of the RAM, and then it was recognized as 6GB. But, again, after one or two reboots, it went back to 4GB. I wasn't sure what to do, so I set the frequency back to "Auto", which got it to recognize all 6GB. Again, after one or two reboots, it went back to 4GB. I tried some other things, and realized that if I change the frequency (I don't think it matters what I change it to), the RAM will be recognized, but it will go back to 4GB after one or two reboots.
I'm not sure what caused this problem, and I've looked all over without any success. Anyone know what's wrong here?
Thanks in advance!
-GG
I recently assembled my new computer, and it worked perfectly. It has an ASUS P6T motherboard, an i7 920 processor, and 3x2GB sticks of G.Skill 1600mHz RAM
However, after using the computer for a few days, I noticed that the task manager only reported 4GB of ram. The BIOS also only reported 4GB. I thought that I might not have seated one of the sticks very well, so I took them all out, and put them all back in. After doing that, all 6GB of my ram was recognized. After a while, though, the amount of Ram went back to 4GB. I also noticed that the motherboard was detecting the RAM as 1066mHz instead of 1600, so I went into the BIOS and set the frequency and timings of the RAM, and then it was recognized as 6GB. But, again, after one or two reboots, it went back to 4GB. I wasn't sure what to do, so I set the frequency back to "Auto", which got it to recognize all 6GB. Again, after one or two reboots, it went back to 4GB. I tried some other things, and realized that if I change the frequency (I don't think it matters what I change it to), the RAM will be recognized, but it will go back to 4GB after one or two reboots.
I'm not sure what caused this problem, and I've looked all over without any success. Anyone know what's wrong here?
Thanks in advance!
-GG