I bought new memory and now the PC won't boot

rickurd · 11-27-2008, 04:03 AM

I recently bought 4GB of DDR2 800 memory.
for some reason to get the PC to boot I have to take out the 2nd stick and put it back in.
Memtest x86 found no errors and Windows memory dignostics found no errors.
any ideas what is causing this wierd error?

Nemesis_1 · 11-27-2008, 04:30 AM

Lo!
Some mobo's can only handle 2 gig's of ram check u'r manual and make sure that is not the problem.

rickurd · 11-27-2008, 04:38 AM

The max mem of my board is 16GB

FYI once i put the 2nd stick back in the PC runs with 4GB no problem

Nemesis_1 · 11-30-2008, 11:35 PM

Wow, I'm stumped.
I'll do some research and get back to you!

dai · 11-30-2008, 11:57 PM

check the voltage range for the ram and see if you have room to lift it

11-27-2008, 04:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
rickurd Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Derby, England Posts: 70 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit My System	I bought new memory and now the PC won't boot I recently bought 4GB of DDR2 800 memory. for some reason to get the PC to boot I have to take out the 2nd stick and put it back in. Memtest x86 found no errors and Windows memory dignostics found no errors. any ideas what is causing this wierd error? __________________ Whoever said AMD cannot compete. New Phenom II Owns the i7

11-27-2008, 04:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nemesis_1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pretoria,South Africa Posts: 33 OS: Win Xp	Re: I bought new memory and now the PC won't boot Lo! Some mobo's can only handle 2 gig's of ram check u'r manual and make sure that is not the problem.

11-27-2008, 04:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
rickurd Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Derby, England Posts: 70 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit My System	The max mem of my board is 16GB FYI once i put the 2nd stick back in the PC runs with 4GB no problem __________________ Whoever said AMD cannot compete. New Phenom II Owns the i7 Last edited by dai; 11-30-2008 at 11:53 PM.

11-30-2008, 11:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nemesis_1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pretoria,South Africa Posts: 33 OS: Win Xp	Re: I bought new memory and now the PC won't boot Wow, I'm stumped. I'll do some research and get back to you!

11-30-2008, 11:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: I bought new memory and now the PC won't boot check the voltage range for the ram and see if you have room to lift it __________________