all you did was drop a new cpu in?
#Ram help
keen trellis
keen trellis
check to see if there is a bios update for the z690 board then
keen trellis
sounds like he did already
delicate briar
hmm
keen trellis
you mentioned the pc sees all 4 sticks but only utilizes 2, can you screenshot that
thanks mate you make things easy
i would suspect task manager is just dumb
you can test if the system is actually using more then 16gb of ram, or you can check hwinfo and see the timings
delicate briar
ye
keen trellis
if hwinfo is pulling timings checks on 4 slots, and showing temp readings, then its utilizing 4 slots
wait, 32gb isnt what you want?
you dont have 4x8?
you have 4x16?
oh ok, so task manager is right, i assumed you had 4x8 since it was ddr4 speeds
kill the pc, remove power, let it sit for 10 mins, unplug 4 dimms, reseat them
delicate briar
nooo
which ssd you had
nooo
that's sucks
they do die then
you think you're special or "reliabilie samsung" is bs
rain flume
Why would you raid samsung drives lol
Ok why would you raid drives that are plenty fast enough
Without it
topaz tartan
What Motherboard are you running?
keen trellis
Yup
Also we have the same mobo 🤣
Was only z690 board on Amazon at release when I got my 12700k
But I do like it
Yea I dunno either
But the gpu button is great
I did 2x 16 4000mhz cl18 ram so never saw that issue
Ive never used a side panel in years
Looks cleaner without glass
Ah makes sense
My YouTube PC is prob going to die from overheat now that it has a bigger GPU in it
But /shrug
Not sure, I'll see if 12700k is limited in that too
yup
thats odd
this is 12600k 🤔
memory channel must refer to dual memory channel
not how many slots
I hope you get it sorted, seems very borked
Split it to a new build?
You can play battle modernfield 2042 2 if you split your ram
Lol
oh odd, i used that and havnt had issues
topaz tartan
Channels =/= number of DIMMs
There’s something weird going on but it doesn’t appear to be the CPU limiting the DIMMs
Also it looks like only slots 2 & 3 are properly populated?
Which would mean memory is running single channel only
glass tinsel
two channels does NOT mean it can only use two ram modules
topaz tartan
What happens if you run only 2 modules in slots 0 & 2?
glass tinsel
Something weird going on with that ram though. I'd remove two modules and test them individually in pairs.
topaz tartan
@glass tinsel it’s like we’re the same dude lol
If you can validate that all 4 DIMMs are good by running them a pair at a time, I’d recommend trying to run all 4 with XMP off
See if they work properly w/ no overclock
What do you think @glass tinsel?
Then try 2 of them in slots 0 & 2, then the same 2 in slots 1 & 3 then the other two in slots 0 & 2 then that same 2nd pair in slots 1 & 3
Let us know if any of them don’t show up
glass tinsel
Yep, try with just two, then the other two.
I'm not sure how they'll behave, but I kinda want to know why 32 + 32 is not 64 in this case.
But let's just start by checking that 32 is 32 first.
..if that makes sense.
topaz tartan
It’s probably causing issues with the other in that pair of slots
Replace that 2x16GB kit
& by replace I mean RMA
JUST TO BE SURE though
Did you test both kits in all 4 slots?
glass tinsel
That's a good point, test the slots as well.
topaz tartan
My B450 Pro4-F has a dead slot
It’s quite common
Oh good
Then we know it’s just the one bad kit to RMA
RAM seldom just dies
It’s almost definitely your new kit
glass tinsel
I sort of wonder if task manager has trouble recognizing dual rank modules though, I mean it that's something so basic it shouldn't, but..
Oh, so you identified a bad module in the mix? I was just catching up and noticed that.
sounds like you found the culprit then
it's weird that cpu-z detects it at all, but windows thinks nope I'm not going to use that