Bought this Ram: https://www.ebay.com/itm/283898381895
Here's my part list for the rest of the machine (without the ram. that's what I was using before this)
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/WaldoTheRanger/saved/qrK9WZ
highlights: fx 6100; Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P(REV5.0) motherboard
I'm running manjaro 19, with all the latest updates (so maybe actually 20 then? not sure how the "rolling updates work." does it change versions without re-installation?)
I just installed the ram, and was pleasantly surprised to see that it posted.
However, upon checking how much ram was available, it still said 8gbs.
I tried with only one stick of 8, and the bios registered that correctly.
Put both sticks in, and bios registered two sticks, but only a total of 8gbs.
I've tried stress testing (had 3 separate minecraft instances open at once) to make sure that it wasn't just a display error. it doesn't appear to be. I was using all 8 gigs and my swap was full, and there was no indication that real performance was better than that.
I am confused. I've been told by a little googling (or rather duckduckgoing) that the problems with high density memory would be that it wouldn't post, or I'd have frequent crashes.
It hasn't crashed yet, though it hasn't been long. I'll update this if it does.
I would think if anything it would have crashed during the stress test though.
Much appreciated if anyone can help. I'll post additional info as needed.
Recommendations for other places to post this would be awesome as well. I'll probably go to pcpartpicker forums in a bit as well, but I need to go shopping and set up my minecraft server.
