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12Gb suddenly shows as 8Gb!
First my specs:
i7 920 @ 4.0GHz
3R Systems Prima Boss II 120mm CPU cooler
Asus Rampage 2 Extreme
12Gb GSkill DDR3 12800
Palit 4870X2 Revolution in CF
150Gb WD Raptor
300Gb WD VelociRaptor
1000Gb * 2 WD Caviar Black
1000W NC Top
Heroichi Cougar Big Tower
Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64
Hi There,
I recently upgraded MB, RAM and CPU two months ago (new). After clean install of Win7 everything was working just great!
This afternoon, CPU meter in sidebar, system performance info (in control panel) and BIOS shows 8Gb! Funnily enough CPUz still shows 12Gb.
Removing 3 channels of memory and rebooting resulted in....NOTHING. No beeps, no BIOS posts-just a black screen with a "locked" message on the BIOS LED.
Trying 1 stick, 2 sticks, 3 sticks (in combo) resulted in the same result-NOTHING. 4 sticks worked but showed up as 4Gb, 5 sticks 6Gb ad 6 sticks 8Gb. Clearing CMOS faired the same results.
I have OCd the CPU to 4.0GHz WITHOUT altering voltages (all settings on auto)
What could be the problem? Bad sticks?
Thanks in advance!