Asus Maximus Extreme - No dual channel ???

sirbaili · Jul 21, 2012, 02:18 PM

Hi.

I have Asus Maximus extreme X38 motherboard for about 4 yaers.

I have never experienced such kind of misfortune with this board:

Board will only boot with first and second slot populated with ram sticks(blue and white).
As soon as I insert ram into 3 or 4th slot - it's a no go.
board runs fine with 2 sticks in single channel.
No bios update or clearing Cmos helps.
Another question:
Is there any way to completely erase cmos data on this board.
I 've tried afudos /pc or /pcbn options while updating bios - no matter what I do OC profiles are kept intact.

Is there any solution to my situation

Thanks

basco · Jul 21, 2012, 02:46 PM

maybe try this if you have not already.
disconnect all power and take out bios batterie for over 20 min or longer.

Kreij · Jul 21, 2012, 03:46 PM

Did this just start recently? What are the whole system specs?

Frogger · Jul 21, 2012, 03:54 PM

tyr using afudos from this page it's the 'ES' http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...1&postcount=12

sirbaili · Jul 21, 2012, 04:15 PM

Thanks to all for your prompt reply.

system specs - CPU - Q9550 - GPU - HD 6950
Ram - I have G.Skill - SuperTalent - Mushkin - all in working condition.
I have not used Board for some time - May be an year or so - never experienced this kind of behaviour previously - no matter what size of memory I insert - 1GB or 2GB in slots 3 or 4 - No go.

thanks again

Jul 21, 2012, 02:18 PM	#1
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Jul 21, 2012, 02:46 PM	#2
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Jul 21, 2012, 04:15 PM	#5
sirbaili Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Israel Posts: 13 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts System Specs	maximus extreme - x38 - no dual channel Thanks to all for your prompt reply. system specs - CPU - Q9550 - GPU - HD 6950 Ram - I have G.Skill - SuperTalent - Mushkin - all in working condition. I have not used Board for some time - May be an year or so - never experienced this kind of behaviour previously - no matter what size of memory I insert - 1GB or 2GB in slots 3 or 4 - No go. thanks again

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