Moltenlava

ty_ger07

acenightblade

The Volts are at 1.65. Im afraid to go any higher since its been said that it could cause damage to the memory or motherboard.

No, that would most likely cause damage to the CPU or memory but not the motherboard.  Odds are the CPU would be damaged first.

Why do I see no BIOS template posted?  Please post up your BIOS template.  Often these sorts of problems can be resolved by adjusting votlages; primarily CPU VTT.

Another thing you need to check is the CPU socket and CPU installation.  Often these problems can be resolved simply by removing the CPU and reinstalling it.  If one of the pins in the socket just isn't conacting the pad on the CPU correctly, it can cause one of your memory slots to not function properly.

Also, if you have your CPU cooler screwed down too tight, it can also cause issues with contact between the socket and the CPU.  This is because if the cooler is screwed down too tight, it causes the motherboard to warp a bit and then all the pins may not make contact with the CPU any more.


Just some suggestions.  All of these things have worked for others in the past for the same issue. 

I think we need to start the troubleshooting process over though and not go on such a wild goose chase as this thread is headed.  You really need to post a BIOS template to start working with.

what are you on about everything you just suggested hes already been suggested and hes already tried it bar one, the securing the CPU cooler too tight.

k i will leave it to the man, going to be funny if he just works his way back to either a faulty DIMM slot or Faulty Memory Controller.

 
He may work back to a faulty memory controller or faulty DIMM slot, but who knows.  At least we can get some organised evidence and advice instead of just throwing things at the problem.
 
How many times have you seen this same issue resolve itself simply by removing and reinstalling the CPU?  I have seen it many times.  He hasn't tried that yet either.  He hasn't inspected the CPU socket for damage either.  Etc.

Mother Board ( EVGA X58 SLI LE )                                                       
Drivers ( 1025 )
Bios ( 43 Beta )                                                                                                     
 CPU ( I7 920 D0)                
CPU Cooler ( Cooler Master V10 )
Memory ( OCZ Gold Series 6GB(2GBx3) 1600Mhz)
PSU ( Thermaltake 850w )
GPU (  BFG GTX285 OC Edition )
Drivers ( 196.21 )                                                                                                  
Operating System ( Windows 7 64 Ultimate )


Frequency Control
CPU Clock Ratio ( 20X )                                                                                         
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ( 120 )                                                                      
MCH Strap ( Auto )
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) ( Auto )                                                
CPU Clock Skew ( 0 ps )
Spread Spectrum ( Disabled )
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) ( 100 )

Memory Feature        
Memory Speed ( Standard )
Memory Control Setting ( Enabled )
Memory Frequency ( Auto  )                                                                
Channel Interleave Setting ( 6 Way )
Rank Interleave Setting ( 4 Way )
Memory Low Gap ( Auto )
tCL Setting ( 8 )
tRCD Setting ( 8 )
tRP Setting ( 8 )
tRAS Setting ( 24 )
tRFC Setting ( Auto  )
Command Rate ( Auto)


Voltage Control
EVGA VDroop Control ( With VDroop )
CPU VCore ( Auto )                                                                                                
CPU VTT Voltage ( Auto )
CPU PLL VCore ( Auto )
DIMM Voltage ( 1.65 )
DIMM DQ Vref ( +0mV )
QPI PLL VCore ( 1.425 )
IOH VCore ( Auto )
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage ( Auto )
ICH VCore ( Auto )


CPU Feature
Intel SpeedStep ( Disabled )
Turbo Mode Function ( Enabled )
CxE Function ( Disabled )
Execute Disable Bit ( Enabled )
Virtualization Technology ( Disabled )
Intel HT Technology ( Enabled )
Active Processor Cores ( All )
QPI Control Settings ( Enabled )
QPI Link Fast Mode ( Enabled )
QPI Frequency Selection ( Auto )
OC Recovery ( Disabled )
Turbo Performance ( Enabled ) 

PnP/PCI     PCI Express
Maximum Payload Size ( 128 )
 
Power Management Setup
ACPI Suspend Type ( S1(POS) )   
HPET Support ( Enabled )     
HPET Mode ( 32-Bit ) 

Mother Board ( EVGA X58 SLI LE )                                                       
Drivers ( 1025 )
Bios ( 43 Beta )                                                                                                     
 CPU ( I7 920 D0)                
CPU Cooler ( Cooler Master V10 )
Memory ( OCZ Gold Series 6GB(2GBx3) 1600Mhz)
PSU ( Thermaltake 850w )
GPU (  BFG GTX285 OC Edition )
Drivers ( 196.21 )                                                                                                  
Operating System ( Windows 7 64 Ultimate )


Frequency Control
CPU Clock Ratio ( 20X )                                                                                         
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ( 120 )                                                                      
MCH Strap ( Auto )
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) ( Auto )                                                
CPU Clock Skew ( 0 ps )
Spread Spectrum ( Disabled )
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) ( 100 )

Memory Feature        
Memory Speed ( Standard )
Memory Control Setting ( Enabled )
Memory Frequency ( Auto  )                                                                
Channel Interleave Setting ( 6 Way )
Rank Interleave Setting ( 4 Way )
Memory Low Gap ( Auto )
tCL Setting ( 8 )
tRCD Setting ( 8 )
tRP Setting ( 8 )
tRAS Setting ( 24 )
tRFC Setting ( Auto  )
Command Rate ( Auto)


Voltage Control
EVGA VDroop Control ( With VDroop )
CPU VCore ( Auto )                                                                                                
CPU VTT Voltage ( Auto )
CPU PLL VCore ( Auto )
DIMM Voltage ( 1.65 )
DIMM DQ Vref ( +0mV )
QPI PLL VCore ( 1.425 )
IOH VCore ( Auto )
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage ( Auto )
ICH VCore ( Auto )


CPU Feature
Intel SpeedStep ( Disabled )
Turbo Mode Function ( Enabled )
CxE Function ( Disabled )
Execute Disable Bit ( Enabled )
Virtualization Technology ( Disabled )
Intel HT Technology ( Enabled )
Active Processor Cores ( All )
QPI Control Settings ( Enabled )
QPI Link Fast Mode ( Enabled )
QPI Frequency Selection ( Auto )
OC Recovery ( Disabled )
Turbo Performance ( Enabled ) 

PnP/PCI     PCI Express
Maximum Payload Size ( 128 )
 
Power Management Setup
ACPI Suspend Type ( S1(POS) )   
HPET Support ( Enabled )     
HPET Mode ( 32-Bit )

"CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ( 120 ) "
Is that a typo?  I don't believe CPU host frequency is allowed to go below 133MHz; at least not with my board and my CPU.  I would definately leave that at 133MHz if not alread there.

Assuming CPU Host Frequency is set at 133MHz:
"Memory Frequency ( Auto  ) "
Change that to ( 2:12, 1600MHz).

"CPU VTT Voltage ( Auto ) "
Try upping that to +150mv.

"QPI PLL VCore ( 1.425 )"
Try lowering that to 1.2v.  1.425v is awfully high.

"IOH VCore ( Auto )"
Try raising that to 1.2v.
 
 
 
 
That's where I would start.

From there, I would remove the CPU cooler and the CPU and inspect the CPU socket pins for damage.  Also look at the back of the CPU for debris, signs of corrosion or arcing, and that all the contact point on the back of the CPU have little dimple marks on them on each pad.  If some pads don't have dimple marks on them or the dimple marks are on the very edge of the pad on the back of the CPU, this means that pad is not making good/proper contact with the CPU socket pin.
 
Example:

 
A bad motherboard DIMM slot is possible, but not as likely as bad contact between the CPU and the CPU socket or a defective CPU memory controller hub.

Either go back to your previos bios or install 44 bios. 43 may be your problem.

Moltenlava

ShockTheMonky

Either go back to your previos bios or install 44 bios. 43 may be your problem.

Is 44 any better than 43? might be an idea for him to flash to one of the earlier BIOS's? S22D works fine?

Some have found a little better memory support with 44. I myself would go back tho to what I know  works.

I had that same issue on beta Bios 43. I'd suggest going to bios 44, or bump back to S22D.

Moltenlava

firerx

I had that same issue on beta Bios 43. I'd suggest going to bios 44, or bump back to S22D.

I was going to flash to 44 but i read there are still issues with memory and no one could confirm if "Turbo performance" is still over-volting the CPU vCore by 0.1v, i did make EVGA aware of that issue but i don know if they took any notice of it.  these CPU's are designed to use a +2 bin on 1 or 2 cores with the stock voltage so i dont see where there is a need for a 0.1v overvolt when using Turbo mode as all it does is make the +2 bin activate more.

They were aware of that issue with 43 Beta. So obviously they paid it no mind.

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I had the same issue with Windows 7 64 bit showing 6 GB RAM (3.9 usable) in BIOS 44 on my X58 SLI LE and found a solution for my situation.

Short version: I have BIOS 44. Under Power management there is a "new" entry called "HTEP Support" and "HTEP Mode". HTEP Support was set to Enabled by default and HTEP Mode was set to 32 bit. Changed HTEP Mode to 64 bit and that fixed my problem.

Long version:
I built this computer about a month ago (My first build :D) When I first got it up and running it showed all 6 GB of RAM. Shortly thereafter I flashed to the most recent available BIOS. I didnt bother checking the RAM at the time, but within a couple days I found I had a bad stick of RAM I had to RMA. Flash forward 2 weeks later and I get everything up and running again and realize I havent actually checked to see how much RAM windows registers. (I guess I was just happy I wasnt getting memory errors and crashes every hour or so like before)

So today I check to see and find out Windows recognizes 6GB (3GB usable). After scouring the internets and trying much of what was suggested here, I decided to reset CMOS and set up my bios to get my RAM running at the proper settings. I had the manual that came with my Mobo just to read through all the different options to see if I was missing something.

Once I get to Power management and look over the setting there, I see something called HTEP Support & HTEP Mode that arent listed in the manual. I figure this must be something introduced in the newer version of the bios. By default HTEP Support was set to Enabled and HTEP mode was set to 32 bit, and the second option was 64 bit. I changed it to 64 bit, crossed my fingers, set up my ram timings, said a prayer, saved and exited the bios and booted windows. I have task manager set to load at boot up, and immediately saw total 6135 total physical memory instead of the 4077 (or whatever) it was runnign at before. Confirmed it on the system page and again with the resource moniter to be certian.

Hope this helped someone!

Usually this problem is caused by 1 of 3 things. 1 is MSConfig has been set with mem use amount at some point. This can be found under Boot/Advanced Options.

The second is caused from the cpu seating. You can tell this is the problem by looking in the bios under Standard Settings. You'll find it showing 4gig instead of 6gig. Also having the heat sink tightened to tight can cause same affect.

Third is memory speed/timings/voltage settings along with vtt. If speed and or timings are to high or to tight this can show up as dropped memory. Also vtt being set to low to properly drive imc for memory can exhibit same way.

Have you tested your memory yet?

replaced my OCZ gold with corsair dominator and i finally have all my 6 gigs.

chuntergb

replaced my OCZ gold with corsair dominator and i finally have all my 6 gigs.

Niiiiiice.

So it WAS the ram then....

Interesting findings.... can't wait for my corsair to get here to test it out.