Sammy Posted August 22, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted August 22, 2018 Hi all you computer gurus. I am having to bump up my RAM from 16 to 32. So I bought an additional 8x2 kit identical to the one I have now. Result, everything still works fine with one kit installed (either kit) but not both together. Computer goes into a continual boot cycle. The memory support list for my mb lists it as confirmed working with 2x8 but not 4. Dont know yet if that means its certain that model wont work with four, or that they simply didnt check. Going to look at bios settings to see if there is anything obvious but I dont really want to go around tweaking all kinds of stuff if its simply not going to work very well as it is. GA-Z170X-gaming5 and Crucial Vengeance ddr4 8x2 (two kits) Awards
AngerIssues Posted August 22, 2018 Member ID: 23518 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 988 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 1043 Achievement Points: 7851 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 11/13/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2020 Posted August 22, 2018 okay i'll ask the stupid question, are you sure your mobo will hold 32GB? lol just asking Awards
Sammy Posted August 22, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted August 22, 2018 Nothing wrong with asking. Max 64. AngerIssues 1 Awards
BUDMAN Posted August 22, 2018 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 139 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7097 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4636 Achievement Points: 60350 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 47 minutes ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Android Posted August 22, 2018 Awards
Sammy Posted August 22, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted August 22, 2018 Worst comes to worst I will pony up the extra cash to get 2x16 that is specifically listed as supported. I was just hoping not to so I can maybe get a new ssd since my 256 is getting mighty crowded. Even with all the games offloaded to an hdd. Awards
L!ckALotAPus Posted August 22, 2018 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Posted August 22, 2018 go into bios and disable xmp?
Sammy Posted August 22, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted August 22, 2018 Already is. I dont mess around with too much to overclock etc to try and keep things stable as possible. I can return the memory I got and apply it to the bigger package. While I know my way around a computer pretty well, in the end I just want it to work without issues with everything I need so I can spend my time actually creating things instead of tweaking or figuring out problems. In the end if this is going to be too much of a headache I might just have to bite the bullet, as they say. Awards
Angelz Posted August 23, 2018 Member ID: 24295 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2311 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 2829 Achievement Points: 20239 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 03/27/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 2, 2021 Posted August 23, 2018 Sometimes buying kits separately even though it is identical, they do not match 100%. Buying 4x8 or 2x16 is the best way as they match 100% because they are tested before they are packaged together. BUDMAN and RobMc 2
Sammy Posted August 23, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted August 23, 2018 Gigabyte wasnt entirely helpful, except saying using two kits isnt validated. pc parts picker doesnt list using these two kits as compatible either but I figure they are simply going by the same manufacturer info I did. So, I suppose going to return these and get the 16x2gb kit. Dont know enough if that matters. Maxing out to 64 would be nice but too expensive right now. The parts picker lists this CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 but the compatibility pdf lists this CMK32GX4M4B3000C15 Awards
ReaPeR Posted August 23, 2018 Member ID: 3453 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 668 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 833 Achievement Points: 5126 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 05/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 30, 2021 Birthday: 04/22/1975 Posted August 23, 2018 make sure they running all same speed and sac setting make sure power not dropping when using extra sticks.see in bios memory power with 2 sticks and see if same when 4 sticks. RobMc 1 Awards
J3st3r Posted August 23, 2018 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5223 Content Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 5172 Achievement Points: 45911 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 24 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Posted August 23, 2018 Grab a M.2 drive while your upgrading a bit. You can them for less than an ssd if you shop around. Newegg has a bunch of 240gb drives for around $50 and some open box 500gb M.2 drives for $115. They are Literally 4x faster than an SSD. Average Sequential Read/Write Speeds 2,100 MBps / 1,500 MBps BUDMAN 1 Awards
BoomSlang Posted August 24, 2018 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 565 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 375 Achievement Points: 3842 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 16 hours ago Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed. Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR4 2133 MHz memory modules Support for ECC UDIMM1Rx8/2Rx8memorymodules (operate in non-ECCmode) Support for non-ECC UDIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory Did you update the BIOS? CMK32GX4M4B3000C15 this is @3000 not 2133 if running @ 3000 might need to turn up volts on the ram Two sticks of 2x16 are better than four 2x8 Edited August 24, 2018 by BoomSlang Awards
Sammy Posted August 25, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted August 25, 2018 I will have to tomorrow read up on where to increase voltages for ram. They are running at 2133. Awards
Krackennutz Posted August 25, 2018 Member ID: 22889 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 65 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 350 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 413 Achievement Points: 2835 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/14/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 16, 2024 Device: Windows Posted August 25, 2018 Unless of Course one of those new chips is knackered, try the new ones on there own then use speccy to read the info on pc see if chips putting out the rated ram, had one chip in mine 8gb reading 2 gb, also test your old 2 as well
fbi_open_up Posted August 30, 2018 Member ID: 3143 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 10 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 261 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 207 Achievement Points: 2585 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 27, 2024 Birthday: 08/14/1961 Posted August 30, 2018 you try taking the 2 working sticks and place the 2 new ones and see what happens. Awards
Sammy Posted August 31, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Author Posted August 31, 2018 The new ones work just fine. They just dont work all together in four slots. piglo 1 Awards
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