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I've got an Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard. Today I tried adding some new RAM to take it from 4GB to 8GB. The board is about 6 years' old. I've never used the black RAM slots before, only the yellow ones (2x2GB in slots 1 and 3).
My system only sees 6GB, not 8GB. I've tried various combinations of the RAM, get the same result.
To check the new RAM wasn't defective, I tried it in slot 1, a known good slot. All 4 sticks of RAM worked in slot 1, so the RAM wasn't faulty.
All 4 sticks work in every slot except slot 2 (the first black RAM slot). If I put any stick in slot 2 - old or new - the PC is dead, it won't even boot to the BIOS.
So it looks like I have a defective RAM slot.
Does anyone know of any way to fix this? The board is too old to RMA. I've tried an emery board down the defective slot, and I've tried squirting WD40 down it. No improvement.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get that bad slot working?
Thanks!
What Slots Do Ram Go In
The original RAM stick is in slot #2, 'position 4'. My question is, should my new stick (the second stick) go into slot #4 or #1 (as numbered, not as positioned) so as to have dual channel functionality (which I've heard is some 10% faster than single channel)? Looking up it he users manual which you can download from the page you linked @OP it tells you to put one into the SECOND slot and one in the FOURTH (from left to right). You'll find the guide yourself on page.19. RAM slot, socket, or a memory slot is a gap on your computer’s motherboard where you can insert your RAM. Depending on the motherboard type, there might be up to four memory sockets. If you have a high-tier motherboard, you can even have more. There are three most common types of RAM. The black slots would be one bank, and the blue slots would be the other bank. Each bank of RAM must have the same size and speed of RAM in both slots in a dual-channel configuration.