OMG plz help! :)

[ja3h]

Hey all

Ok i'm at my wits end my core duo upgrade has been half finished for a while now. I really need to sort it out because its doing my head in!

Basically my gigabyte ds4 dislikes running in dual channel.

My spec:
Tagan 480w psu
core 2 duo 6400 - Arctic freezer
Gigabyte DS4
2gb Mushkin XP2 5300 DDR2
x1800xt
leadtek tv card
xfi extreme music
sata drives - 80/160/200
sata dvdrw
floppy

ok so when i have one memory stick in the system works fine with stock volts running through the ram. If i increase the voltage the system is more likely to crash. If i add the other stick of ram it will crash on start up whether it is with stock volts or @ the manufacturers recommended voltage.

I thought it was the ram so i ordered - Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) and it arrived today. But the problem still occurs. I'm only able to boot up with one stick of that memory in.

I'm just wondering what the problem is! It seems to be the motherboard right? Could it be a power issue?

I'm using the f5 bios atm.

cheers

[Clunk]

Is f5 the latest bios? if so, i would suggest sending the board back, its not a good sign.

[Blitzen]

You have made sure that all the slot work right?

If so, have you enabled dual channel in the BIOS?

If so, have you download CPU-Z to check whats going on?

[ja3h]

yeah i'm thinking of doing that, i just spent nearly 200 quid on ram which i thought would solve the prob though. I think i might buy a different motherboard and see how it goes. I don't know anyone else having the same issue. So i think the motherboard is to blame.

I dont think i can enable dual channel in the bios. But i've tried it in all slots. ><

even with the ram in yellow and red slots it still runs in dual channel =/