BIOS Reset Help

Did you check for damage to the DIMM sockets from forcing something/incorrect installation? Look for any desbris that got onto the socket contacts when changing the DIMM's? Did you try cleaning the DIMM contacts? If it is a memory problem clearing the CMOS settings won't help. The computer is telling you the DIMM's aren't seated correctly/poor contact or the DIMM's are bad.

Rick

Rick

I would clean up all the contacts first.

greg

Also, check those plastic latches ... they can break. One of the reasons that I hate to work on computers.

I've had,on Gigabyte boards, both end latches snapped on the memory tabs and the middle pins still not making contact. The solution was removing the motherboard, laying it on a flat surface, and pushing the memory modules into the sockets with pressure on the middle of the module. (Don't snap in one side and then the other.) Hope this works for you. Chuck

I broke my plastic latches. The memory still works. Without the latches vibration could loosen them so keep an eye on them. Also if you have a ram fan it will probably put too much stress on the DIMM without latches. Don't use the fan and take those head sinks off the DIMM.

The specific slots used can be an issue. If the number one slot is empty you'll get an error. For example. if there are 4 slots, 2 DIMM's would use slots 1 and 3. They may be color coded.

I was building a computer a while back and ran into this - hadn't heard of it before.

Mark Z.