16Gb installed RAM (4Gb usable)

[Solarstarshines]

Welcome does your ram show up in system bios as being installed full 16GB

it might be your settings in Bios have you tried defaulting the settings and checking the slots to see if it shows occupied it could be an error that you maybe need to fix also you could run mem test as well so see if the ram has quit on you

 

[Absalom76]

Also an excellent question, Solar. However I have also already done that and they are "installed" and all reading on my bios.

Names/Specs of the RAM and such as well

 

[Solarstarshines]

Also an excellent question, Solar. However I have also already done that and they are "installed" and all reading on my bios.

Names/Specs of the RAM and such as well

can you post a shot of your Resource monitor ?

 

[Absalom76]

I have also reset the bios by pulling the power cord out and the battery on my mobo for a few minutes (to clear the cmos and ram) even though you can do that on some mobos (motherboards) now

 

[Absalom76]

I have tried, however my "Paint" program won't do screenshots for some reason!
I realize this is an entirely different issue, but you needed an explanation...

 

[Absalom76]

hmmmmmmmmm.....
now that I think about it, I haven't done a completely
clean installation in some time!
could that be a plausible reason for things to not be workin' right?

 

[Absalom76]

Also an excellent question, Solar. However I have also already done that and they are "installed" and all reading on my bios.

Names/Specs of the RAM and such as well

can you post a shot of your Resource monitor ?

What specifically do you need from it so I can follow ur line of reasoning.
(oh, and i refer you back to a previous thread about the "paint" program

 

[Solarstarshines]

are you also running the latest bios and non overclocked cpu

I am reading this board has issues with ram some show 8 gb out of 16 and some show 4 out of 16

if you tried stock settings and the cpu isn't overclocked try a bios update at this point couldn't hurt

 

[Absalom76]

I will try that, but it may take a bit of time, just because I don't have a memory card at the moment.
I have a few things to work out, but will post in a few.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Ok just to let you know this board has a lot of known issues reading some reviews I think I would ask for a refund Newegg.com - ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

One thing I saw you mentioned on your first post you said you change voltages and the ram went up to 8 gb is it possible your ram is running below voltage ? g-skill is supposed to be 1.65 volts if it is 1.5 volts that could be very well the issue ram is under volted

 

[Absalom76]

Ok just to let you know this board has a lot of known issues reading some reviews I think I would ask for a refund Newegg.com - ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

One thing I saw you mentioned on your first post you said you change voltages and the ram went up to 8 gb is it possible your ram is running below voltage ? g-skill is supposed to be 1.65 volts if it is 1.5 volts that could be very well the issue ram is under volted

Very interesting that you said that....
What exactly in the ASRock bios would I check to be sure their 'voltage' was set right... there are a lot of different memory references in the bios

i think the one that i tweeked to that spec was the NB... whatever that exactly means hehehe

wait... that is cpu voltage...
nvm

 

[Solarstarshines]

Ok just to let you know this board has a lot of known issues reading some reviews I think I would ask for a refund Newegg.com - ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

One thing I saw you mentioned on your first post you said you change voltages and the ram went up to 8 gb is it possible your ram is running below voltage ? g-skill is supposed to be 1.65 volts if it is 1.5 volts that could be very well the issue ram is under volted

Very interesting that you said that....
What exactly in the ASRock bios would I check to be sure their 'voltage' was set right... there are a lot of different memory references in the bios

i think the one that i tweeked to that spec was the NB... whatever that exactly means hehehe

wait... that is cpu voltage...
nvm

You can check in the ram tabs if there on manual switch to auto or change the voltage yourself

 

[Absalom76]

Will do! I will let you know how it turns out.

Well, I set the DRAM to 1.65v and it didn't change the amount of 'usable' RAM

 

[Absalom76]

I decided to try flashing my bios to the newest version, and was hoping that would do the trick but now it says there is even less RAM that is 'usable'.
Specifically it says 8Gb installed (3.97 Gb usable)

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Look I might be well out of order here but Absalom mate try the G Skill forum site "Tradesman" is a whizz with RAM stuff and as you have G Skill RAM in maybe he can give you some suggestions.

Welcome to the G.SKILL TECH FORUM

 

[Absalom76]

Look I might be well out of order here but Absalom mate try the G Skill forum site "Tradesman" is a whizz with RAM stuff and as you have G Skill RAM in maybe he can give you some suggestions.

Welcome to the G.SKILL TECH FORUM

Much appreciated! I'll do some digging there! Thanks!
I'm sorta leaning toward the mobo having issues, but it wouldn't hurt to try!