8 GB WONT POST, 4GB WILL PLEASE HELP!!!!!

My Setup is As Follows:

All Parts are brand new

Ecs Technologies P45T-A Motherboard : Newegg.com
2.33 Mhz Core 2 Quad : Factory sealed on Ebay
All Componants 800mhz unbuffered dimm ddr2 (4 x 2gb) 8 gb of Ram total : Newegg.com
NVidia GeForce 512mb 8500gt : Newegg.com
700 Watt RocketFish Power Supply : New on Ebay
Apeiva Xplorer Case: Newegg.com

My motherboard supports up to 16gb of RAM and 800mhz

Problem is as Stated: ECS doesn't answer there phone ever and I have called 7 times. LAW SUIT is being processed LoL. But the problem is that I can run my system fine with 2 x 2 gb (4 gb) of ram in any of the four ram slots. However, when i go to insert the remaining 2 sticks of 2 x 2 gb (4gb) it will not post . No video signal/ Keyboard. Capslock does not come on. So 4 gb will work, but i didnt spend money to get this board to run it at 4gb . I got this board to eventually goto 16gb with crossfire. I do alot of video editing and movie making. I also play COD World at war . I need a High End System .. I have looked everywhere on the internet and have found no luck.

What I have Done so Far:

Loaded 1 stick of RAM and then ran the system ... worked
Loaded 2 sticks of RAM and ran the system .... worked
Used the remaining slots to load ALL 8GB OF RAM ... wont post/ NO VIDEO SIGNAL/NO KEYBOARD
I have tryed loading with same channel and dual channel ... wont post with 8 gb but will with 4 gb
Cmos has been cleared and still have this issue

I THINK IT IS BIOS CONFIGURATION THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED .... I am i dying need of help ....

I am not ... but I had this problem before where no video was working with ram in any slots ... then RMA"ed the motherboard back to newegg.com and got a new one thinking that it would solve the problem .. but it wasnt the board there was ram issues similar to what i am getting now ... heres the link to my RAM : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820159020

Elitegroup provide some information: http://download.ecsusa.com/dlfilee [...] v1_QVL.pdf

Unfortunately their list is extremely limited and, unlike Asus, they don't even specify if 4 modules will work or not. I wouldn't automatically blame Elitegroup for your issue. If 8 GB of G.Skill PI Black (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231209&Tpk=g.skill%20pi%20black%20800) or other high quality modules didn't work in it, then Elitegroup could probably be blamed.

Most sites reviewing motherboards only use 2 DIMMs because several motherboards just don't work reliably with all 4 slots being used. They also use high quality modules.

In theory it can support 16GB (4 x 4GB), but you'll have to wait until such modules are available and fully tested. I have no problems running 8GB on my motherboards, but I buy memory that I know will work.

I now have 8GB of http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231148 (on the Asus QVL for the P5Q Deluxe with 4 modules) in the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P and 8GB of http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231209 in the P5Q Deluxe. Both kits work in either motherboard at 4-4-4-12 and 1.8V (even though G.Skill recommends 2.0V for one kit).

We already know that running 8GB on a P45 chipset is not an issue. Actually lots of people are running 8GB (4 x 2GB) without issues, but selecting a kit that is known to work well goes a long way towards success.

Your gonna need to boot with 4g and increase the ram voltage to like 2.1-2.2 to get it to boot with 8g.

1.8v aint gonna cut it for 8G of ram.

Cas Latency 5
Timing 5-5-5
Voltage 1.8V

these are the settings for my ram at 800 mhz ... could it be that i am running ram at 1.90v when its default its to run at 1.8v ?

Try setting the BIOS to run the memory at 533Mhz DDR rather than 800Mhz DDR.

Roadrunner, I have two P45 based systems and they both run at 1.8V with 4-4-4-12 timings (which is expected with the PI Black) and I'm not the only one running that memory at 1.8V without problems. I haven't tried 8GB in my P5W DH Deluxe, but it runs 4GB at the same timings and voltage without failures.

Can't adjust the timings on ECS, the BIOS is crap and you have to leave it to auto. Read the review:

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2001.html

I'd suggest getting rid of the board and buying an ASRock P45XE if you need Crossfire support, simply because it has better BIOS. Read the review:

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2110.html

The Jetway BI-500 has even better memory support when it comes to speed, but the problem is that it's not a true Crossfire board. If you DON'T want Crossfire, the BI-500 is a champ, and it's in the same review as the P45XE

heres the situation .... i have already done an rma on this board and i am stuck with the ram i have because i am using ram heatsinks and it destroy the ram if i take the heatsinks of..... i want the system i have to work.... theres gotta be a way to configure the bios to make my system work ... they would not tell me that the board runs 16gb if it was not able to use all four slots at 4 x 4gb ... so if will run 4 x 4 gb it should just as easily run 4 x 2gb ... any ram make and model as long as it meets the exspectations. so everything i have should work fine . the bios just needs to be configured for i to work .

Intel xd bit : enable/disabled
Intel Esit : Enable/disable
Memory Remap Feature : Enable/ Disable
HPET: enable/disable
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CIK: enable/Disable
Spread Spectrum : enable/disable
DRAM Frequency: AUTO /800 / 667
Configure DRAM timing by SPD : AUTO/ manual setting
Memory Volatage : 1.90v default

all these settings can be configured for each user individual needs... So i should be able to get this working ... does anybody actually have this board and encountered this error ? or have another board and ran into this problem ? if so what did you do to fix it ?

D00D, read what I said, you can't simply loosen the timings on that board. If you set RAM timings manually and reboot, it won't POST no matter how loose the timings are set. The ONLY way to make it boot is to leave the RAM timings at "Auto".

Do you own or used to own that motherboard or are you referring to the review by Tom's using BIOS 080015 dated 07/22/2008? I checked a few review sites and none of them mentioned that issue, but the OP will find out soon enough after making sure that the BIOS is the latest version.

They don't say much about what the latest version fixes, but if the issue reported by Tom's and Crashman was brought up to their attention, let's hope they corrected it.

some one should write a new set of bios for this board solving my problem...

ECS is worse then MSI - i wouldnt trust anything high end with such a poor brand motherboard.

Best chance is to try setting everything manually - timings slack, 1:1 ram ratio and 1.9+ v on the ram and raise the chipset a little.

Test each stick by its self to make sure all 4 sticks work alone.

You probably have already done this by now....so get rid of the ECS board.

ECS boards are the boards that Frys gives away when they have processor/motherboard combo sales. You know, when you can buy the combo for the price of the processor alone? ECS boards are simply the very bottom of the barrel, if you need that much memory, you are doing something that requires a higher end rig, and a much, much better motherboard than anything from ECS.

I could understand you ending up with an ECS board if you went to Frys and got one of their cheap combos, but I cannot believe that anyone would buy one of their motherboards on purpose. Bad, bad choice.

OP: I hate to break it to you but this is wishful thinking. When you populate all 4 slots of a mobo, it becomes quite picky about the kind of ram you use. Even some really good mobos are quite picky, let alone the ECS. It has nothing to do with whether they are 2gb sticks or 4gb sticks. You bought the cheapest mobo on the planet and are trying to use it with no name ram. You simply can't expect the lowest quality components to always work together. It's not going to work. You're lucky it worked with 2 sticks. I don't understand why you'd pay for such low quality stuff AND buy things like ram sinks. If you really can't spend any more money and you can't return things, I would sell 2 of the sticks on ebay and just stick with 4gbs.

ok well regardless RAM should be plug and play .... simple as that you insert the RAM it work no Problems .... Second are you one of those hardcore AMD guys who always has something bad to say about intel ? Bottom line is THAT IF 4 GIGS OF RAM WORK IT ALL SHOULD !!!! And YES I AM USING VISTA 64 BIT ULITMATE WITH WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER. NEXT QUESTION ... If i have to scrapt my ram, would i be better of going with ddr3 at 1333 ? or would that make it even harder to get all the ram slots to work?

Not all ram is created equal, regardless of what you would like to think. Have you ever heard the phrase "you get what you pay for" now you have experienced it first hand.

Until you pull your head out of your ass and actually take some advice from the pros, and out it to use your stuck with 4g.

If you have ran memtest86 on "all" your ram for atleast 8 hours and it passes, the next step to get it to work is try 2.2v and up the northbridge voltage as well.

So far you have put ram in and taken it out over and over with the same results.

Try something otherthan hoping someone has a magic wand.

First you pick some no name ram, and now you ask about DDR3. Seriously, read the dam manual and get something theat is supported.

Your ram isnt on the QVL at all, and there is only 5 2G sticks that are, that should be the first clue that the mobo is crap.

Seriously, put in 1 stick of ram go into BIOS change the memory frequency to 533Mhz DDR save the settings and turn off the computer then put the remaining 3 sticks into the system. I use 8GB ram on my own computer and none of the motherboards I have used over the years will run 8GB at the rated memory speed. The problem is the Northbridge cannot cope with 8GB of ram at high speeds and this causes the system to crash before getting to post screen.

Basically...if you are operating a 32 bit system, whether WinXP or Vista, you cannot access more than 4 Meg of memory. If you move up to 64 bits, then the memory capacity is almost limitless.

However...there are work arounds. Please read this Window's Secrets column
http://windowssecrets.com/2008/12/ [...] bit-system

You'll have to tweak a bit to get some use out of the extra 4Megs of memory.

For a little more information on "memory ceiling", please read this.
http://windowssecrets.com/2009/01/ [...] y-ceiling#

Hope that helps a bit.

And, yes, if you try these G.SKILL 4GB DIMMs,
try under-clocking them at DDR2-667 MHz
instead of DDR2-800: this won't hurt and
could help a LOT.

With an FSB of 1333 MHz, a 1 : 1 FSB : DRAM ratio
is achieved with DDR2-667:

667 / 2 = 333 MHz ("DDR" = double-data rate)
1333 / 4 = 333 MHz (FSB = quad-pumped on Intel chipsets)


MRFS

also clearly i can put 2 x 4gb or 2 x 8 gb but the mother board has four slots .. and the higher the gb in ram in one stick the higher the price

Your problem is a compatibility issue with your motherboard / bios / memory. If you install more than 4GB, it could be that you require ECC memory. I think that it is difficult to build computers with cheap motherboard and cheap RAM for the performance you desire. If you wnat one cheap. just buy one from Dell. But it sounds like you are trying this at home. My advice is bag the motherboard and RAM. I recommend Tyan mobos and Corsair or Kingston ECC RAM or = for >4 GB.

This is the actual board:

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 01-26.html