RAM issues - Giga-byte GA-K8VT890-9 motherboard.

[mudfrog]

Hello people!

I need your help with this one.
I think I know the answer already but would like any advice you might have.
I've just put together a new machine and installed the Giga-byte GA-K8VT890-9 motherboard http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-K8VT890-9.htm

Now when I got all the parts I initially purchased a stick of 512mb Kingston ram http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=49296

Then my very kind boss said I could purchase 1gig of ram so I went and bought a Kingston kit of 512mb X2.

Now the board supports Dual Channel memory. And I can't run 3 sticks of ram as it says in the manual. So I thought I would go and purchase another stick of the 512mb Kingston ram from Ebuyer. The same item that I bought to start with.

Get the item this morning nip home from work as I had to let the plumber in to start the central heating install and thought I would put all the sticks in.
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

Oh dear that doesn't sound good.

Basically do I need to get another kit of 1gig to pair it up.
The stick works fine on its own so its not faulty.

Any other advice? Can I get this config up and running?

If not then it looks like there will be 2 sticks up for grabs. lol

Thanks in advance.

Rich

 

[Me__2001]

how many sticks do you have ? 4 ?

does it work with two sticks ?

 

[mudfrog]

Yeah I got 4 all together. Kingston 1gb kit with 2 512mb sticks and 2 other Kingston 512mb sticks bought separately from Ebuyer quick find code: 49294.

 

[mudfrog]

Oh and the kit works fine together.

And the 512mb stick works fine on it own. But if used with the other single stick it doesn't.

 

[muckshifter]

Yep, looks like a 'missmatch' of memory.

 

[mudfrog]

Oh well I thought as much.

Anyone interested in X2 Kingston 512mb DDR PC3200 400mhz.
Used for about 30 seconds each. £65 inc delivery!

I know I should put them in the For Sale section but not enough posts yet. lol

If interested pm me or send me an email @ deleted by Mucks for security ... Cheers,

Rich

 

[muckshifter]

Rich, don't post real email address ... let people PM you, it is secure from "bots" that harvest emails from forums.

Those of us the do use 'throw-away' emails addies.


Sorry about the RAM.

 

[mudfrog]

Opps sorry mucks! Stupid old me. lol

Ah you win some you lose some. As Nirvana said once "Nevermind"

Thanks anyway.

Rich

 

[Dolben]

Same thing different problem

Hello all, im haveing a little problem with my memory not being seen by my motherboard. Im am currently useing

Windows XP SP2

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939 (Venice) -CPU

Gigabyte K8VT890-9 Socket 939 -Motherboard

XFX GeForce 7900 GT 256MB PCIe w/Dual DVI -Video Card

Corsair Dual Channel 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400Mhz Memory (X4)​

My motherboard has 4 available RAM slots.I am only able to use 2 however because there seems to be some problem. I have 4 IDENTICAL sticks of memory, and currently have 2 of them in DDR slots 1 and 2. I tried to install the other 2 in slots 3 and 4 but it idnt see 4G or total ram at all. It only saw 2.8G and i cant see why.

I then put in only 3 sticks in slots 1, 2 and 3 but then the system didnt boot at all. I tested all the sticks of memory and they all work great which leads me to belive this is a motherboard problem. I cant seem to find it so I though i would look for help here. If someone could help me out and save me from getting a new motherboard/ selling my memory i would REALLY apreciate it.

Thanks,

Dolben​

 

[muckshifter]

Dolben,

Using someone else's thread ... no mater how similar the problem ... will not give you the coverage of the whole forum.

Always start your own thread.