Hi
I posted a problem in another section which I'm continuing here as I think it has something to do with the memory (as before I thought it had something to do with power saving) for which I think my solution might have something to do with overclocking. If you feel I should post it in the 'motherboard & memory section' please tell me. And sorry I couldn't narrow down my problem...
The previous post is to be found at
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182186&goto=newpost
To resumé: I have a Sabertooth x79, Intel Core i7-3930k, Corsair Vengeance Quad Channel Memory 1866Mhz 4*4GB.
The problem is that when starting my pc (or coming back from hybernation) it often stops which has something to do with the memory (or motherboard or both) as the light next to the memory remains on indicating there's something wrong. If you look at my mobo the memory layout is as follows
A1 A2 B1 B2 CPU D2 D1 C2 C1
and the memory is (by Asus recommendation) installed in following slots
A1 B1 D1 C1
Now I found out that there is more than 1 problem, when I literally touch the memory in D1 my system falls out, so I guess there is a connection problem as sometimes only 12 gb is detected as well. So I moved all the memory to the left of my cpu (A1 A2 B1 B2) and again 16gb is detected, so I guess the memory is ok. But now I wonder, can we still talk about Quad Channel Memory? Or does layout not infect quad channel configuration (as long as you have 4 perfectly matched sticks)? Anway apart from that, my pc still blocks often. Asus indicates 2 problems: 1) compatibility issue as the memory is not on the Qualified Vender List which I think is bull 2) the memory is not compatible with the cpu and for this I quote ASUS as it is too much to resumé:
''The memory types that are supported by this CPU on stock settings are DDR3 1066/1333/1600Mhz, as you can see the 1866Mhz is not supported.
The only way to use memory with a higher number of Mhz such as 1866Mhz, is by overclocking the system.
However, we do not provide direct support for overclocking your PC and thus cannot help you with this"
So I set my bios (which is the latest version by the way) to memory profile 'XMP' instead of 'auto'. Still the same problem, but now at least it is telling me something: "overclocking failed" during start up. Than I set it to 'manual', and choose 1866 1600 1333, the same error message!
So I'm in desperate need of help, I know there's something wrong with the motherboard, but I think the problem is more likely to be some wrong settings? I still hope to find a way to work around (even if my memory would work as dual channel) instead of rma the motherboard and/or memory, too much work for me deconstructing my pc and no way I can miss my pc for the moment.
Thanks
I posted a problem in another section which I'm continuing here as I think it has something to do with the memory (as before I thought it had something to do with power saving) for which I think my solution might have something to do with overclocking. If you feel I should post it in the 'motherboard & memory section' please tell me. And sorry I couldn't narrow down my problem...
The previous post is to be found at
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182186&goto=newpost
To resumé: I have a Sabertooth x79, Intel Core i7-3930k, Corsair Vengeance Quad Channel Memory 1866Mhz 4*4GB.
The problem is that when starting my pc (or coming back from hybernation) it often stops which has something to do with the memory (or motherboard or both) as the light next to the memory remains on indicating there's something wrong. If you look at my mobo the memory layout is as follows
A1 A2 B1 B2 CPU D2 D1 C2 C1
and the memory is (by Asus recommendation) installed in following slots
A1 B1 D1 C1
Now I found out that there is more than 1 problem, when I literally touch the memory in D1 my system falls out, so I guess there is a connection problem as sometimes only 12 gb is detected as well. So I moved all the memory to the left of my cpu (A1 A2 B1 B2) and again 16gb is detected, so I guess the memory is ok. But now I wonder, can we still talk about Quad Channel Memory? Or does layout not infect quad channel configuration (as long as you have 4 perfectly matched sticks)? Anway apart from that, my pc still blocks often. Asus indicates 2 problems: 1) compatibility issue as the memory is not on the Qualified Vender List which I think is bull 2) the memory is not compatible with the cpu and for this I quote ASUS as it is too much to resumé:
''The memory types that are supported by this CPU on stock settings are DDR3 1066/1333/1600Mhz, as you can see the 1866Mhz is not supported.
The only way to use memory with a higher number of Mhz such as 1866Mhz, is by overclocking the system.
However, we do not provide direct support for overclocking your PC and thus cannot help you with this"
So I set my bios (which is the latest version by the way) to memory profile 'XMP' instead of 'auto'. Still the same problem, but now at least it is telling me something: "overclocking failed" during start up. Than I set it to 'manual', and choose 1866 1600 1333, the same error message!
So I'm in desperate need of help, I know there's something wrong with the motherboard, but I think the problem is more likely to be some wrong settings? I still hope to find a way to work around (even if my memory would work as dual channel) instead of rma the motherboard and/or memory, too much work for me deconstructing my pc and no way I can miss my pc for the moment.
Thanks