vengeance 8 gb ram with I5 core. says compatible but not working.

[Heinzeken57]

Ive been working on this all day. bout time to ask the experts here.

im running my rig at this moment, perfect no problems.

I have a P8P67 pro rev 3.1 board.

running Corsair 2 (4 gb sticks) ram (cmzz4gx3m1a1600c9b)

with my g840 2.80 ghz 3 mb cache lga1155 65w (bx80623g840)

The above works great. (BUT <-- big but thats angering me.)

When I put the Brand new i5-3570k 3.40 ghz 6 mb cache lga 1155 77w. (bx806371535700k)

in my computer the memok light kicks on solid......

oh ok simple fix push the button so it blinks a zillion times. nothing
reset cmos. nothing.
remove one stick of ram and run only 4 gigs in A2 dimm slot. nothing.

Im currently running both sticks in A2 and B2.

Obviously all i want to do is run my i5 so if i need to buy new ram so be it, what do i buy.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Tradesman1]

Do you have the latest BIOS for the mobo? Will at a minimum need the BIOS that updated the mobo to the code for the IB 3570K CPUs, if already have latest BIOS, try resetting the CMOS the Boot

 

[Heinzeken57]

I know this sounds dumb and what not. but how can i tell what version i have and whats the latest update. because i havent done anything with my bios.

 

[Tradesman1]

May need the older CPU, but try and Boot into BIOS should show version number on main page, can find BIOS versions here:

http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=P8P67+PRO+%28REV+3.1%29&os=30

 

[Heinzeken57]

Hey thanks man. this might be what i was looking for all along haha. I'll post resualts in a few hours.

 

[Tradesman1]

Will be in an out for a couple more hours or so - else tomorrow

 

[Heinzeken57]

Thank you very much buddly. exactly what the problem was. new member for life! lol.

 

[Tradesman1]

Will be looking to see you out here every day C U around

Tman