8 Replies Latest reply: Mar 12, 2011 5:39 AM by Chopperprop RSS

DP55KG Wont Boot With 4 Memory Slots Filled

Stephen Einson Community Member
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Two builds using the DP55KG and 4 x 2 Gig Crucial Ballistic Memory  chips ( *8 Gig total) fail initial installation of OEM Win 7 64 Bit.

At the start of the OS installation the system reboots.  The BIOS is the latest, and the Memory Profile has been set at default mode, 1333, 1.5 Volts.

Changing the BIOS Memory to the XMP Profile 1600 does not solve the problem, nor does reducing the Memory Profile to DDR3-1066

 

 

When reducing the memory to 2 x 2 Gig using only  DIMM 0 of Channel A & B filled, the system boots and allows installation of the OS.

Swapping memory combinations yield the same result; all memory "works" in DIMM 0, nothing works in DIMM 1.

 

It has been suggested that I install the OS using just 2 memory chips and then install the chip set drivers before adding the additional memory.

 

Because adding additional chips requires removing the video card, which spans the complete chassis, I was wondering if anybody had to install memory in this two phase approach.  I am putting together 6 six systems and would prefer not to pull the video card each time.

 

If the above is not the solution, does anybody have any thoughts on how to get the system running wit all four memory slots filled.

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System Config:

DP55KG

Corsair 650 Watt PS

WD 750 Black Caviar HD ( x 2)

Samsung DVDR (x 2)

Crucial Ballistic DDR 3 4 Chips ( 2 Gig)

eVGA 260 Video (not using SLI)

 

Thanks to all,

 

Message was edited by: Stephen Einson

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