Widows won't use all of my RAM???

Layback Bear said:

My way of thinking is little different than many others. If I have problem (A) and a bios update address that problem (A) then I update the bios. If a bios update doesn't address problem (A) I look for other methods to repair problem (A). Most bios updated are to address a problem some people are having with their/there system. I keep hand written notes in my motherboard manual of the bios I have used and what was the effect. I'm about 3 updates behind but I'm not having a problem so I won't change them just because their/there is a new update.

Fair enough, but since he's having problems with the RAM, and it would seem motherboards are having more issues with RAM and trying to resolve them these days, it seems like a good idea to me.

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Either way, since they're under warranty, might as well switch them out and see if their replacement works. Good luck.

Layback Bear said:

Are you sure that ram meets your motherboard specs? You might want to double check that.

It looks like the specs match up just fine also all my ram is the same, and I'm using 2 2GB sticks right now with no problems

motherboard (just not a refurbished one)
RAM and I had six DIMM's of them.

Something else to consider,

Asus X58 + 6/12GB memory overclocking - detecting less memory than installed - i4memory.com - different look at memory

It's been a while I have had my computer fixed for a long time now but I figured I would let you know that I had one stick of ram that was faulty and my motherboard had a bad RAM slot. I replaced the motherboard and everything works fine now.