Sorry for top post, stupid phone wont let me do anything else. The RAM are as dar as i can see identical, they are all Mushkin
Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote: >On 5/9/2012 11:43 AM, Seyyed Mohtadin Hashemi wrote: >> An update: >> >> I tried CentOS 6.1 (the only one i had at hand) and it gave the exact same >> result as Debian. >> >> I have in the meantime tried to use other RAM modules, and unfortunately >> they also did not give more than 3.5gb. Considering that i pulled the ram >> from a 24/7 stable system i assume that it is indeed the motherboard/BIOS >> that does not function properly. > >That is not a safe assumption given how picky socket G34 is with memory >channel configuration. > >> I will return the motherboard and see if i >> can get one that works. > >Before you return the board, would you mind posting the manufacturer, >part number, and specs of each of the 16 DIMMs you have installed? They >should all match. Are they all indeed the same part# from the same >vendor? Are they unbuffered or registered? Are they single, dual, or >quad rank modules? All of these things matter, greatly. > >Unfortunately, Asus doesn't provide the proper table in the manual for >this board that shows which combinations of speed, density, rank, and >un/buffered DIMMs work in socket G34. SuperMicro does, and frankly >they're the only vendor of AMD server boards I'd ever use because of >their attention to all the details. Socket G34 is fairly picky >regarding DIMM configurations, especially with high density (8/16GB) >modules, though not as picky with low density (1/2/4GB) modules. > >16 identical unbuffered, or registered, 4GB DDR3-1333 SR or DR DIMMs >*should* work, so long as you don't put both unbuffered and buffered >DIMMs in the same two slot channel. > >-- >Stan
