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Re: [opensuse] System Showing Only 4GB RAM
- From: Doug <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:08:37 -0500
- Message-id: <4F068FE5.2020708@optonline.net>
On 1/5/2012 11:57 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
unknowingly, it was not seated properly, and I theorized later that one of the pins was touching
a jack connection that it shouldn't have. The memory stick got hot as blazes, and that slot on
the MOBO would no longer accept memory. That is, the MOBO was damaged beyond repair.
So was the memory stick, of course. It was an expensive lesson: do not work in dim light, and
make _sure_ the memory stick is seated properly. (In your case, it may very well be too late, as
it was in mine.)
--doug
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On 01/06/2012 05:54 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:/snip/
On 06/01/12 14:06, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
On 01/06/2012 01:24 AM, Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday, January 05, 2012 05:38:39 PM Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
...
http://www.muktware.com/sites/default/files/images/manual/ubuntu1110/system
-specs.jpeg
It's only recently I noticed only 4GB RAM. The only physical change
that
I made was added a CoolMaster FAN.
That gives idea where to look.
Pull memory sticks out and back in.
Whenever you work something inside the computer and something fails,
first
thing is to check contacts and connectors by simply re-seat them
(pull out
completely and then push back in).
If that doesn't help pull memory sticks out and inspect visually
contacts and
sockets for dust, as it can happen that reseating pushed some dust in a
socket.
Seems like MB is the culprit. I tried resetting RAM and CPU but no
success then I removed 2 sticks leaving on 4GB on board but then the
system detected only one. I tried one and failed to detect RAM from 2
slot. I don't know if its a hardware issue or BIOS. Should I RMA? I
bought it in August?
Fortunately I had another MB P7P55D-E and tried it detected full 8GB RAM.
Check the manual for your motherboard and check into which slots the RAM
has to go to be fully recognised; also check whether the RAM used is
matched pairs or unmatched singles (also if they have 16 chips onboard
or more - eg, a mobo I am using will not accept sticks if they have more
than 16 chips on board).
I fairly recently had reason to pull a memory stick (to find out what its type was) and I put it back--
Yes, the RAMs were working fine. I was using the full 8GB of it, but something went wrong lately.
Swapnil
unknowingly, it was not seated properly, and I theorized later that one of the pins was touching
a jack connection that it shouldn't have. The memory stick got hot as blazes, and that slot on
the MOBO would no longer accept memory. That is, the MOBO was damaged beyond repair.
So was the memory stick, of course. It was an expensive lesson: do not work in dim light, and
make _sure_ the memory stick is seated properly. (In your case, it may very well be too late, as
it was in mine.)
--doug
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