Running two sticks per channel is harder to drive. Are all 6 sticks 1.5v
memory, or are some of them DDR3L at 1.35v?
They are all 1.5... they are all identical Crucial's high end line
Are you overclocking at all (my recollection is that you do not,
but driving two DIMMs per channel becomes
harder when overclocking).
not yet... I am still getting setup and use to Win8, which I am not
all that thrilled with. I am planning on overclocking to 4Ghz but
turbo on the chip is 3.9 so it really isn't much of a gain.
Have you undervolted any of the processor's
rails?
no everything is set at auto... I have the Asus utility installed and
I can see on the read out that all six DIMMs show the same 1.5V
I am guessing it is a BIOS issue....but, of course, ASUS will blame
the RAM. I wrote support.
I will probably have to wait for a BIOS update, live with the 40 or
buy another 16 and fill all the slots. Thanks for the input...I will
let you know if Asus comes up with anything interesting. Thanks for the input.
m
I also recently updated to 4404 firmware, but haven't seen any ill effects.
I only run 4x8GB DIMMs at 2133 CL9 though....I couldn't get the speed I
wanted when trying to run 8x4GB.
-----Original Message-----
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:38 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Greg >>>P9X79WS
Greg...My board started out with 4 x 8 =32GB Crucial Ballistix 8GB
DDR3- 1866 CL10 of which Crucial guarantees compatibility with the P9X79WS
Last week there was a very good sale on these on Amazon Prime so I bought
two more DIMMS for a total of six = 48 GB. I want to run a huge RAM drive.
I have installed them in the exact slots as recommended in the Asus
manual. The board is running the latest October 10th 2013, 4040 firmware. I
see all six DIMMS installed and recognized in the BIOS...
but the BIOS only totals up 40 of the 48GB. Windows, likewise, sees only
40GB. I will contact ASUS about this but you don't have any thoughts on why
I am missing the 8GB...do you?
w
