Possible memory bad memory slots ga z77m-d3h

[jamrockz]

Last night I helped out a friend to see if his cpu wasnt working by testing it in my own. Afterwards I reinserted my memory in the proper dual channels but it would start up giving me memory beeps. dual channel mode is used with slots 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 (colored for convenience). My system boots up when memory is in slots 3 and 1 with using one memory stick or using both in those channels but when i put any of the memory sticks in slots 2 or 4 i get memory beeps. Is there any way to fix this issue and will i be alright using both memory in single channel mode if i can't?

[Gloup_Gloup]

Hi jamrockz,

Welcome to forum,

What is your Revision of your motherboard?

See here, he have many revisions...
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4329#ov

GA-Z77M-D3H (rev. 1.0)

GA-Z77M-D3H (rev. 1.1)

See page 3 in your manual, for how to check...

Otherwise...

Before insall friend's Cpu... have you check if a pins are okay, not bent, altered...
or the socket... on friend's computer...

Before this ''situation explain by you'''....
Have you used all memory on the motherboard, without problems?
Have you tried on other motherboard?

Please describe with more details, your hardware...
PSU, SSD, hard disk, graphics card, CPU, ....

[jamrockz]

I'm using my own cpu unfortunately i haven't checked the pins of my CPU but I've tried each stick in all 4 slot and they don't work ONLY in the 2 slots closest to the CPU (slots ddr3_4, ddr3_2)

[dmdilks]

Have tried to clear the cmos and pull the battery.

[Gloup_Gloup]

Hi  jamrockz, 

Have tried to put one memory stick.

Just try one by one. In each slot (Bank Ram). And Reboot.

This is very basic like action. But you have a possibility for verify each slot.
Or view if the ram is not good.

[jamrockz]

First its revision 1.1 but I have solved the problem and gloup_gloup was correct that it was the socket pins (2 were not lined up correctly like the others)

I was able to lined them back up with a pin and everything is now running like it was dual channel and all.

Thank you for all the suggestion.

PS can a mod tag this as solved please.

[Gloup_Gloup]

First its revision 1.1 but I have solved the problem and gloup_gloup was correct that it was the socket pins (2 were not lined up correctly like the others)

I was able to lined them back up with a pin and everything is now running like it was dual channel and all.

Thank you for all the suggestion.

PS can a mod tag this as solved please.

Thank you, very much....

So If you put in the initial message (First post) Solved in title bar message....