Issues with ram, please help

okay so yesterday I bought 2 new 8gb sticks of ram to go on top of my already 2x8gb, they aren't matching but they are pairs of matching sticks, I have a motherboard with a limit of 128gb, and a limit of 3200mhz which all 4 sticks happen to be 3200mhz, but I can only get 2 ram sticks to work at one time, there is 0 issue with any stick or dimm slot, its just a matter of it limiting me to 2, what can I do about this? I've been fighting with it for over a day now.

guninvalid? more like stupidvali•11/14/25, 12:40 AM

which ram models do you have, and which motherboard are you working with?

guninvalid? more like stupidvali•11/14/25, 12:40 AM

also if you could put your cpu that would help!

fireOP•11/14/25, 12:44 AM

alright i’ll figure those things out now

fireOP•11/14/25, 12:50 AM

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: HP 8876
Ram 1: HP37D4U1S8MR-8XR (8gb 3200mhz)
Ram 2: TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 (8gb 3200mhz)

fireOP•11/14/25, 12:50 AM

ill get pictures for them now

fireOP•11/14/25, 12:51 AM

fireOP•11/14/25, 12:51 AM

fireOP•11/14/25, 12:51 AM

@guninvalid over coax alliance if you need more info just let me know, i’m stumpedrn so i’m not gonna be doing much

_null•11/14/25, 1:02 AM

What configurations of ram have you tried?

I think a few things could be happening, try swapping the pairs positions and also try just single pairs. Keep track if anything works and check the bios for actual clock speed.

You'll also want to scour your bios for settings, anything to do with ram and make sure you know what it does.

I think I might have to mention that it also might be the motherboard doesn't support 2 separate dual channels of mismatched memory, even though they share the same clock speed.

_null•11/14/25, 1:16 AM

Oh, also make sure you are pairing the correct slots

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:16 AM

wdym pairing the correct slots?

_null•11/14/25, 1:17 AM

I've had motherboards where they were side by side and ones where they were split

Silk Archer•11/14/25, 1:17 AM

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:17 AM

okay yeah i’m trying the side by side rn to see if it’s different

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:18 AM

side by side didn’t work either

Silk Archer•11/14/25, 1:18 AM

Same motherboard, same issue

SSilk Archer Click to see attachment

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:18 AM

i’ll try this now, thank you

_null•11/14/25, 1:19 AM

Oh thats interesting

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:20 AM

in my case it seems that it’s taking dimm 1 and 2, but not 3 and 4

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:20 AM

i’m doing this and the screen isn’t turning on

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:20 AM

so 3 and 4 are the problem

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:21 AM

and again, none of these sticks are faulty

_null•11/14/25, 1:21 AM

see that makes me wonder if you had four of the same sticks

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:21 AM

i’m not sure

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:21 AM

let me try one stick in dimm 1 and one in dimm 4

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:23 AM

okay so i’m 100% certain dimm 4 doesn’t work

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:23 AM

let me try 3

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:27 AM

dimm 3 works

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:27 AM

dimm 4 does not

Silk Archer•11/14/25, 1:30 AM

1 and 3 working sounds like some dual channel fuckery. Are they color coded?

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:30 AM

nope, all black

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:30 AM

1 and 2 work together too

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:30 AM

so 4 just hates me

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:31 AM

i’m gonna try putting one stick in 4 and then leaving it

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:31 AM

in 3*

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:32 AM

fuck is this bro

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:32 AM

now i have 24gb

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:33 AM

if 4 doesn’t work, idk man

Silk Archer•11/14/25, 1:34 AM

Getting closer

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:34 AM

okay fuck omen bc now i have 32gb

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:34 AM

holy shit

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:34 AM

thank you

Silk Archer•11/14/25, 1:34 AM

Dude said he had to put them in one at a time

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:34 AM

you’re goated

Silk Archer•11/14/25, 1:34 AM

Oh ayeeeee

Silk Archer•11/14/25, 1:35 AM

Good shit, never touch it again

fireOP•11/14/25, 1:35 AM

yeah lmao

Issues with ram, please help

Similar Threads

Similar Threads

Similar Threads