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My current set up is below

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I bought this computer build from a 3rd party, they self built it. I reinstalled windows.

At the time I did not know about Home edition not recognizing all 24 GB ram. So when I finally got it working it said, 16 GB usable, 24 GB installed.

I bought the upgrade to professional and it went from 16 GB to 24 GB installed.

Now I have restarted the computer and it does not recognize the 24 GB RAM, it does not even say it's installed, just that 16 GB RAM is installed.

Fixes I've tried:

  • Boot Menu and making sure Memory is unticked and at 0,
  • BIOS does not recognize it,
  • Re-seating the RAM to no avail.

How do I get all 24 GB of RAM recognised and working?

DavidPostill
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Shan
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First off, you fixed the first issue of upgrading Windows 7 to the Professional version. Windows 7 Home only supports up 16GB on x64 hardware. Windows 7 Professional, on x64 hardware supports up to 192GB of RAM.

Secondly, I googled your motherboard. My first assumption, was that your MSI MS-7666 did not support 24GB of RAM. However, it does. The manual shows that it supports 6 DDR3 DIMMs of the following type: DDR3 2133*(OC)/ 1800*(OC) /1600*(OC)/ 1333/ 1066 / 800DRAM, with a max of 24GB.

At that point, I assumed you were having a hardware issue. Either you had bad memory, or a bad memory controller. However, something nagged at me and then I googled your processor.

Your Intel® Core™ i7-990X Processor Extreme Edition supports 24GB of RAM, however that is only if the memory is DDR3 1066.

My feeling is not all your RAM is DDR3 1066. Take all your memory out and hopefully, the stickers tell you the type and speed. If not, you might have to google the part numbers. If any of them are not DDR3 1066, they will not let your machine support 24GB of RAM.

Keltari
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