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ASUS M5A97 evo 8gb (3.42 usable)

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Good day All

Urgent solution needed.

I have an small issue, tried to find the solution to problem on the web, but no luck.

I bought a new pc this weekend but on win 7 ultimate 64 bit it only show 8gb (3.42 usable), not sure what the issue can be, is it the board or mem or CPU, not really sure as i tried almost everything. Yes the msconfig max mem is unticked. The config is as follow. AMD phenom 2 1090T 3.2 Ghz 6 core, Asus M5A97 evo, crossair DDR 3 1333 mhz 8 Gb set (2x4gb) and a ATI 6850 1GB DDR 5 256 bit card. The bios on ASUS only showed 4gb, after an bois version update it stated to show 8gb mem, but still windows show 8gb (3.42 usable). Bios also shows the other 4gb is hardware reserved. Can anybody please help me get a solution to the problem, Not sure if it is a windows setting, bios, motherboard, cpu or if it is not the right mem. As the Asus M5A97 evo does support 32 gb mem and crossair DDR 3 1333 mhz. Tired all solutions I know. O yes the mem is in the 2 blue mem slots, tried other combinations too.

Thanks so much :cool:
 

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rams probably in the wrong slots.

install ram in the proper slots furthest from the cpu check the motherboard manual.
 

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rams probably in the wrong slots.

install ram in the proper slots furthest from the cpu check the motherboard manual.

Hi thanks for the fast reply, as stated in the post I tried all possible combinations for the mem. but had no luck, as per MB manual U are suppose to use the 2 blue slots but no luck, CPUID shows single channel and not duel channel for all possible combinations.
 

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then i suggest you start digging around in the bios,

as single channel says theres something seriously fucked in the bios


you need to shut off the psu flip the switch off, unplug it, pull the cmos battery and jump the cmos pins to fully clear the bios back to defaults, then re hook everything back up and then manually set up the ram in the bios etc.


everything you need should be found here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/M5A97_EVO/6.html
 

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Lol

then i suggest you start digging around in the bios,

as single channel says theres something seriously fucked in the bios


you need to shut off the psu flip the switch off, unplug it, pull the cmos battery and jump the cmos pins to fully clear the bios back to defaults, then re hook everything back up and then manually set up the ram in the bios etc.


everything you need should be found here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/M5A97_EVO/6.html

Lol, thanks will have a check in that post and let U know, thanks hey
 

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Can any one confirm that the mem and cpu and board combination is correct ? In theory the conbination should work and give me +- 8gb usable in windows and that the mem, cpu or motherboard is compatible with all. As per my knowledge it should all be fine. Hope it make sense, thanks :cool:
 
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single channel?
check your ram, does it have same spec?
what about try resetting bios, or load the default bios setting?
 

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single channel?
check your ram, does it have same spec?
what about try resetting bios, or load the default bios setting?

Hi, no matter how I fit the mem, it still show single channel in CPUID, it is a 8gb crosair set 2x4GB came as a set, it show 8gb in the bios, brand new board and update bios, before the update it only showed 4gb mem single channel
 
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Have you enabled memory remapping?
 

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AMD has some issues with RAM

try what i did for my DDR2 1066
use the slot on the extreme left and the one on the extreme right.

if this doesnt do the trick, then take each stick and place it individually and boot up. check if it shows 4GB after booting on both.


And i hope you are not using the IGP.
 

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Give it a fresh Windows installation if you haven't done so yet.
 

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AMD has some issues with RAM

try what i did for my DDR2 1066
use the slot on the extreme left and the one on the extreme right.

if this doesnt do the trick, then take each stick and place it individually and boot up. check if it shows 4GB after booting on both.


And i hope you are not using the IGP.

Hi not sure what U mean by IGP, I will also give above a shot, thanks
 

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i meant the Inbuilt Graphics Processor. do you use onboard for video?
 

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Nope

i meant the Inbuilt Graphics Processor. do you use onboard for video?

Nope, this board doesn't have an onboard vga, only 2xpci-e slots and one of them have the fx card in ATI 1GB DDR 5 256 bit 6850
 
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have you tried each ram slot?
does every slot read the ram right?
maybe its coz the slot that cant recognize ram :shadedshu
 

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have you tried each ram slot?
does every slot read the ram right?
maybe its coz the slot that cant recognize ram :shadedshu

Tried diff setups, didn't try each chip on it's own, will also give that a try , only tried slot blue\blue and black\black and black\blue and blue black, as for duel channel on the asus board it is recommended slot blue\blue. Thanks
 
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not man, i mean you plug 1 ram in slot 1 then check it thru bios
if it read right change it plug out from slot 1 and plug in to slot 2 and check it again
 

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not man, i mean you plug 1 ram in slot 1 then check it thru bios
if it read right change it plug out from slot 1 and plug in to slot 2 and check it again

Hi sure I did understand what U meant, haven't tried it that way, will deff do it, just gave U the setups I tried, thanks ;)
 
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windows show 8gb (3.42 usable). Bios also shows the other 4gb is hardware reserved
3,42 gig + 4 gig = 7,42 gig
it must be wrong :confused:
what about the bios update
 

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Tried diff setups, didn't try each chip on it's own, will also give that a try , only tried slot blue\blue and black\black and black\blue and blue black, as for duel channel on the asus board it is recommended slot blue\blue. Thanks

dual channel on BLUE BLUE?? hmmm...
are you sure? mine has each channel colored differently.
so mines BLUE-BLACK for dual channel.
 

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3,42 gig + 4 gig = 7,42 gig
it must be wrong :confused:

Well, in windows it shows 8GB (3.42 usable) in the BIOS it shows 8GB but also shows that a whole 4gb is hardware reserved. so that is why windows pickup the 8GB but only use a 4GB (3.42 GB usable) meaning that the other 4gb (3.42gb usable is hardware reserved) but why I ask.:ohwell:
 
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