Hi- 8 giga ram won't load windows but 6 does?

rozroz · 02 Dec 2010

Phone Man said:

On the SPD tab does all you ram match? Swap out one of the ram sticks and run CPUZ again and see if the SPD matches on all four ram sticks.

Jim

i checked the slots tab on the SPD- all 3 have exact match

Phone Man · 02 Dec 2010

Can you swap out one of them to be sure the new one you put in also matches. It probably will but just want to make sure.

Jim

rozroz · 02 Dec 2010

the new one is already on board :)
one of the working ones is out.

Phone Man · 02 Dec 2010

If you put all four in what does the bios post show. Does it show all the ram?

Jim

rozroz · 02 Dec 2010

checked it earlier- bios shows 8 giga ...

Phone Man · 03 Dec 2010

I would suggest you download Memtest86+ as an ISO and burn it to a bootable CD and then boot from it and run the test on all 4 sticks. If that works then its not a hardware problem.

Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

Jim

rozroz · 03 Dec 2010

ok, i'll do it.
but suppose they come out fine, and it's not a bios thing,
what do i need to tweak in windows ?

Phone Man · 03 Dec 2010

I'll have to call for more help. At least that will prove the ram and motherboard slots are ok.

Jim

rozroz · 03 Dec 2010

you mean you calling for more help on the forum?
or me calling for a tech guy?

yowanvista · 03 Dec 2010

Go to Msconfig and uncheck Max memory(Start>Run>msconfig>Boot>Advanced Options)

You could also post a screenshot of the memory tab in Resource Monitor