-A8N-SLI Deluxe- RAM PROBLEM!

NiKKa · 11-06-2009, 02:06 PM

Alright, this is a pretty old motherboard like 3 years old. but probably one of the best motherboards i've ever had.

When I first built my computer I was fine with 1GB of ram on XP. I have never been a fan of vista but I decided I might as well get familiar with vista/win 7 etc... so I installed vista, but it is slow, and i am guessing it is because my ram. I had corsair valueselect 2x512mb dual channeled. I bought another set of 2x512 of OCZ platium. when i put these sticks in the other set of dual channel slots i get memory error problem and can not POST.

So i am going to list the things i have tried.

First i thought maybe i had bad ram? so i took out the corsair and put OCZ in its places, and it boots fine. so the rams not the problem. i kept the ocz in and put the corsair in, still get memory problem and can not POST. so i try 3 sticks of ram, and it boots fine but all as single channel, i also tried every combination of 3 sticks in diff slots and they all boot fine.

it looks like i am having problems passing POST with 4 sticks.

I have googled around and found that most people have had this problem with not being able to read for sticks OR will read 4 sticks but not the full capacity of the ram.

I tried some of the solutions they had, but did not work for me.
so anyone with this or had this motherboard have this problem?

I have updated to latest BIOS as well.

Thanks.

**Tyree** · 11-06-2009, 02:33 PM

Mixing RAM brands/speeds, as well as filling all the RAM slots, can cause the issues you having.
My best suggestion would be to return the two 512 sticks of OCZ and get a matched pair of 2x1GB.

11-06-2009, 02:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
NiKKa Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 34 OS: XP, VISTA, WIN 7	-A8N-SLI Deluxe- RAM PROBLEM! Alright, this is a pretty old motherboard like 3 years old. but probably one of the best motherboards i've ever had. When I first built my computer I was fine with 1GB of ram on XP. I have never been a fan of vista but I decided I might as well get familiar with vista/win 7 etc... so I installed vista, but it is slow, and i am guessing it is because my ram. I had corsair valueselect 2x512mb dual channeled. I bought another set of 2x512 of OCZ platium. when i put these sticks in the other set of dual channel slots i get memory error problem and can not POST. So i am going to list the things i have tried. First i thought maybe i had bad ram? so i took out the corsair and put OCZ in its places, and it boots fine. so the rams not the problem. i kept the ocz in and put the corsair in, still get memory problem and can not POST. so i try 3 sticks of ram, and it boots fine but all as single channel, i also tried every combination of 3 sticks in diff slots and they all boot fine. it looks like i am having problems passing POST with 4 sticks. I have googled around and found that most people have had this problem with not being able to read for sticks OR will read 4 sticks but not the full capacity of the ram. I tried some of the solutions they had, but did not work for me. so anyone with this or had this motherboard have this problem? I have updated to latest BIOS as well. Thanks.

11-06-2009, 02:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,410 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: -A8N-SLI Deluxe- RAM PROBLEM! Mixing RAM brands/speeds, as well as filling all the RAM slots, can cause the issues you having. My best suggestion would be to return the two 512 sticks of OCZ and get a matched pair of 2x1GB. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.