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GA-H61MA-D2V RAPID BEEPS WITH BOTH RAM SLOTS OCCUPIED

GA-H61MA-D2V RAPID BEEPS WITH BOTH RAM SLOTS OCCUPIED
« on: November 15, 2012, 12:55:49 am »
I have been building pc for the family for around 10 year now,
But This is the first Gigabyte mobo I have purchased,
I am building a pc for my grand son at the moment for xmas.
With both ram slots occupied the pc beeps rapidly then shuts down.
If I just place a stick of memory in DDR3 slot 2 the pc posts fine.
I am using corsair XMS 3 2X2GB DUAL CHAN MEM 1.65V
 I have tested both sticks in another pc and they test fine.
It seems as though DDR3 slot1 has a problem
The only thing I can think is the problem is can I enable dual chan mode I have looked everywhere in the Bios but cannot see this.
Or do you think its time to RMA the board thankyou.
the pc I am building is as fiollows

650w antech power supply
intel pent 840 CPU
ati 6850
Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D2V Mobo
Corsair XMS Dual channel memory 2x2gb  CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
« Last Edit: November 15, 2012, 12:57:53 am by microbar »

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Re: GA-H61MA-D2V RAPID BEEPS WITH BOTH RAM SLOTS OCCUPIED
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2012, 03:46:54 pm »
Hi and welcome.

The first thing that springs to mind is that the POST code means that there is a power problem. So double check your power cables especially the 12v EPS connector near the CPU. Without that it won't boot properly. If you checked all these and everything is ok then next check to see whether the memory is compatible with the motherboard. Did you check the memory manufacturer's (Corsair's)website for the information. Their QVL should be available here:

Corsair: http://www.corsair.com/learn_n_explore/

Also make sure that the modules came as a matched set rather than two separate sticks.

If all these things are alright then I would suggest using Memtest86+ and checking the RAM for problems. Follow these instructions to do so:

Memtest86+        http://www.memtest.org/

Insert one stick of memory in slot 1 and run Memtest on it for at least 10 complete loops/cycles and if there are no errors then swap it over with the next one and continue until you have checked all  modules.
 
If you have any errors the module is faulty.

If you have any faulty modules you will have to return the whole kit as they are matched.

Post back when you have done that with the results.
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