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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: recon68 on December 10, 2010, 08:42:11 pm

Title: GA-890GPA-UD3H
Post by: recon68 on December 10, 2010, 08:42:11 pm

Just purchased a brand new Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H motherboard with 4X2Gb Corsair 1600Mhz 1.65V Ver 2.3. When I place two of the DIMMS into memory slot 1 and 2 the system runs fine. Then when I place the other two DIMMS into slot 3 and 4, the systems beeps during post and NOTHING.
I've tried moving the dimms around but any dimms in slot 3 and 4 and the system beeps during post!

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? There is NO OVERCLOCKING SET ON THIS BUILD.

H E L P!

Title: Re: GA-890GPA-UD3H
Post by: geekyadz on December 10, 2010, 08:59:11 pm

The general advice is to underclock your RAM to 1300MhZ, not 1600Mhz

Title: Re: GA-890GPA-UD3H
Post by: Dark Mantis on December 10, 2010, 09:55:24 pm

Good advice from cchaos there.
Apart from the extra load on your memory controllers because of the full slots you are also putting your CPU at risk by running the memory at 1600Mhz.

Title: Re: GA-890GPA-UD3H
Post by: blackie on December 10, 2010, 10:55:13 pm

I have not looked up this CPU but in general you can not count on rated memory speeds when all 4 RAM positions are used. Deep in the specs for the AMD processors is a table showing how fast the RAM will run when 2 and 4 sticks are used. Usually you have to step down 1 speed level to get 4 sticks certified by AMD.

See:

http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=130043.0

Title: Re: GA-890GPA-UD3H
Post by: babdi on December 13, 2010, 05:39:49 am

Suggested to run at 1333. I had probs with Corsair 1600.Switched to Gskill.Runs at 1600 at 1.65 V,stock.

If you insisit on running at 1600,try Ganged mode

Title: Re: GA-890GPA-UD3H
Post by: absic on December 13, 2010, 10:20:13 am

Quote from: babdi on December 13, 2010, 05:39:49 am

If you insisit on running at 1600,try Ganged mode

I think Babdi means run your RAM in Unganged mode here not Ganged.

If you are still having problems getting your system to post could you post back with your full system specs and also how many Beeps are you getting when you insert the extra RAM?

Title: Re: GA-890GPA-UD3H
Post by: babdi on December 13, 2010, 11:48:21 am

Thanks Absic for the correction !. It was a typo  :P