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8gig ram showing as 4gig

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  • 12-03-2017 2:25pm
    #1
    KilOit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,995 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    i've had this issue a long time but just kept putting it off since it didn't really bother me too much.

    I have 2 sticks of 8gig ram to total 16gig of ram

    I troubleshooted it myself with using 1x8 gig ram in all slots and it showed it as only 4gigs of ram (tested both sticks)
    I have reset bios and updated to a handful of different bios updates to see if it would work on any of them.
    I reset the motherboard jumpers and also the cmos battery.

    My board is Asus p8z68-v lx
    Memory is Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (each stick says 2x4gb)

    Using windows 10 64bit

    I'm all out of ideas on what to do next :confused:


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    #2
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    KilOit wrote: »
    Memory is Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (each stick says 2x4gb)

    Are you sure you arent reading the kit size off the label and that they arent 4GB DIMMs?


    image_preview

    See the "kit" at the end. That indicates the label is for the full set, not just one stick.


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    #3
    KilOit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,995 ✭✭✭KilOit


    You are a genius and i'm a fool. you are right!:D
    Don't know how i got it into my head that i had 16bg ram, these are very old sticks


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