Memory has only 2Gb usable

Then manual says the the first banks for using three dimms are the usual 2, 4 and 6 which on this board they are 1, 3, and 5. doens't start up if the dimms are not placed in this manner.

that is true tho i don't know why it says it there in the bios it says 6 channel.

Yeah i don't know why it says that. In the bios just to write down what i have it set to.

6-way channel
I don't remember if i posed it already, but I have flashed the bios for this mother board a couple weeks ago. I am backing up the system on a separate Hard drive that just came in.

System scan just finished and it says that windows resource protection didn't find any integrity Violations.

No, we are using slots 1, 3, and 5 on this mobo. We have just put in another 3 banks of ram for a grand total of 12Gbs, but now its using only 4Gbs and 8Gbs are now reserved for Hardware. So now we have to dimm banks that are running and having windows use it.

Did it show all available memory before you transported the system? If so, then we're wasting your time with software suggestions. One of two things happened. Either some of the memory came loose and needs to be reseated, or your system was damaged somehow, possibly through a static shock or something of that nature.

That is the weirdest part and most extreme opt. we are just trying all options before i order another mobo. I have transported rigs all over for lan parties i can't believe that this happened from transporting it home from collage. I will check out the MSconfig shortly on the rig and get back to u afterwards. thanks far all your inputs on this matter.