Hello, I have a massive problem and I can't find an answer anywhere else so I decided to register to that forum and see if anyone would be able to help me.
Let me describe my issue.
I had a AMD Athlon 200GE on motherboard MSI A320-M-PRO with memory rams Corsair Venegance LPX 2x8GB 2666Mhz. Everything was working fine memory rams fully discoverable and operating on correct speeds, in PC properties it said that I have 16GB (15GB+ usable), XMP Profile were working correctly, basically everything good and smooth.
I purchased second hand Ryzen 5 1400 from eBay. On arrival and opening the cpu I noticed that 2-3 pins were slightly bent but I managed to straighten them and I inserted the cpu in the slot, applied paste etc. Booted the PC to Windows and then I realised that in PC properties it says 16GB (7.93 usable). Then I checked in the task manager and it said that 8GB is (hardware reserved).In the BIOS it says I got only 8GB operating on 2133Mhz.
I tried to read about it then I start doing things which I read about which could possibly fix my problem. I'm going to list of what I've done so far.
-BIOS update to latest beta version.
-adjusting settings for VRAM.
-installed chipset drivers.
-checked for updates (optional as well)
-swapped slots, tried one stick then another.
-tried gskill 4400Mhz 2x8GB rams as they worked on my Athlon before but downgraded to 2666Mhz automatically.
-reinstalled Windows
-took out CMOS battery.
-I'm running MemTest86 (it discovered only 8gb) and so far no errors but still not finished.
My question is. Does anyone know why is it happening? Is it my motherboard not "handling" CPU and rams somehow? Or is it CPU's fault? Or is it RAM not compatible for that cpu? According to research online it all should run fine.
I'm wondering now what should I do, should I buy new motherboard like b450 msi or gigabyte, or buy new cpu like ryzen 3 or buy new rams or maybe sell my whole pc and get myself a laptop or even better tablet 😱😂
Please good people, can you help me with my problem and direct me what to do or what to buy?
Thanks
Let me describe my issue.
I had a AMD Athlon 200GE on motherboard MSI A320-M-PRO with memory rams Corsair Venegance LPX 2x8GB 2666Mhz. Everything was working fine memory rams fully discoverable and operating on correct speeds, in PC properties it said that I have 16GB (15GB+ usable), XMP Profile were working correctly, basically everything good and smooth.
I purchased second hand Ryzen 5 1400 from eBay. On arrival and opening the cpu I noticed that 2-3 pins were slightly bent but I managed to straighten them and I inserted the cpu in the slot, applied paste etc. Booted the PC to Windows and then I realised that in PC properties it says 16GB (7.93 usable). Then I checked in the task manager and it said that 8GB is (hardware reserved).In the BIOS it says I got only 8GB operating on 2133Mhz.
I tried to read about it then I start doing things which I read about which could possibly fix my problem. I'm going to list of what I've done so far.
-BIOS update to latest beta version.
-adjusting settings for VRAM.
-installed chipset drivers.
-checked for updates (optional as well)
-swapped slots, tried one stick then another.
-tried gskill 4400Mhz 2x8GB rams as they worked on my Athlon before but downgraded to 2666Mhz automatically.
-reinstalled Windows
-took out CMOS battery.
-I'm running MemTest86 (it discovered only 8gb) and so far no errors but still not finished.
My question is. Does anyone know why is it happening? Is it my motherboard not "handling" CPU and rams somehow? Or is it CPU's fault? Or is it RAM not compatible for that cpu? According to research online it all should run fine.
I'm wondering now what should I do, should I buy new motherboard like b450 msi or gigabyte, or buy new cpu like ryzen 3 or buy new rams or maybe sell my whole pc and get myself a laptop or even better tablet 😱😂
Please good people, can you help me with my problem and direct me what to do or what to buy?
Thanks