All - I'm baffled. I have the HP Elitedesk 800 G2 tower PC, with i7 6700. It came with 2 Kingston 8GB sticks of 2133 RAM which worked fine.. I bought my Dad the Elitedesk 800 G2 SFF and swapped the Kingston into that as he needed something ASAP. The SFF came with 2 Hynix 4GB sticks which I installed in my tower and they worked fine. Then when I tried to upgrade my tower back to 16GB, I went with 2 8GB G.Skill Aegis sticks using the NewEgg memory finder, and the fun began. That memory wouldn't work at all. I got an error, 2E1, memory size error. Then, after I tried to put the Hynix modules back in, it booted but would only recognize the 4GB in DIMM 1. I swapped the sticks and it didn't matter; it only saw DIMM 1. The RAM size error is still hanging around in BIOS, and although it says I can hit enter to correct it, that doesn't work.
Then I used Crucial's memory finder and bought 2 8GB 2400 sticks, and again it will only see DIMM 1. CPU-Z does show the speed there as 2400. The BIOS seems to give no functionality to change anything regarding the RAM settings. Any data I found online basically left me with only the option to swap the Mobo. For $20 I bought an OEM board, and with the Crucial sticks, it gave 3 nasty beeps then 2, and wouldn't boot. I played around and if I left the Crucial 8GB stick in DIMM 3 only, it booted and recognized it. With a Crucial stick in DIMM 1, no joy. Huh? I'm lost, Is the BIOS or mobo just junk from the factory? I find it very odd that at least the 2nd board won't see both Hynix sticks. Both boards are using the most recent BIOS. Mobo is called Spitfire Rev A.
Then I used Crucial's memory finder and bought 2 8GB 2400 sticks, and again it will only see DIMM 1. CPU-Z does show the speed there as 2400. The BIOS seems to give no functionality to change anything regarding the RAM settings. Any data I found online basically left me with only the option to swap the Mobo. For $20 I bought an OEM board, and with the Crucial sticks, it gave 3 nasty beeps then 2, and wouldn't boot. I played around and if I left the Crucial 8GB stick in DIMM 3 only, it booted and recognized it. With a Crucial stick in DIMM 1, no joy. Huh? I'm lost, Is the BIOS or mobo just junk from the factory? I find it very odd that at least the 2nd board won't see both Hynix sticks. Both boards are using the most recent BIOS. Mobo is called Spitfire Rev A.
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