2nd mem stick doesnt work

ZeroWing · 03-24-2008, 04:18 AM

I just finished building my comp and everything works fine with only 1GB stick in it. When I put the 2nd 1GB stick in I dont get any visual, is there something I have to do in BIOS in order to get the 2nd stick to work?

Heres my mobo and ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220144
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136044

PC eye · 03-24-2008, 04:36 AM

Sounds like a bad dimm in the kit you ordered. You may want to contact the vendor about returning the pair for a replacement kit since you received one defective.

StrangleHold · 03-24-2008, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZeroWing

I just finished building my comp and everything works fine with only 1GB stick in it. When I put the 2nd 1GB stick in I dont get any visual, is there something I have to do in BIOS in order to get the 2nd stick to work?

Heres my mobo and ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220144
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136044

Have you tried the 1 stick thats not working by itself to make sure the stick of ram is bad. Dont send the ram back till you know its bad, theres a posibility the board could have a bad slot. Like I said try the stick that you think is not working by itself first.

diroga · 03-24-2008, 02:47 PM

clear the BIOS then add the ram, see if that helps. you can run http://www.memtest.org/ to test the stability of the ram

ZeroWing · 03-24-2008, 07:56 PM

Yea I tried the other stick and it doesnt seem to work. I remember putting both in and getting picture but that was while I was having problems with computer. I will try to request RMA and get a new pair but im thinking about another set of RAM.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122

Im getting a little ticked off with newegg since I had to wait a week already to get my mobo back because they sent me a bad one. Now Im having RAM trouble and on top of that my PSU has gone out 3x so far in 1 weekend and ive had to smack the top of my comp case (gently

)
to get it to turn on again ><.

StrangleHold · 03-24-2008, 08:56 PM

That G Skill you picked out is 2gb set of 4bg total. As far as your P/S is your computer just shutting down or is this from a cold start.

PC eye · 03-24-2008, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZeroWing

Yea I tried the other stick and it doesnt seem to work. I remember putting both in and getting picture but that was while I was having problems with computer. I will try to request RMA and get a new pair but im thinking about another set of RAM.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122

Im getting a little ticked off with newegg since I had to wait a week already to get my mobo back because they sent me a bad one. Now Im having RAM trouble and on top of that my PSU has gone out 3x so far in 1 weekend and ive had to smack the top of my comp case (gently

)
to get it to turn on again ><.

Some other alternatives are seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2508081&name=4

OCZ, Corsair, Kingston, Crucial are all top name brands seeing a lower price even. If you are seeing the system starting after striking the top of the case that suggests a loose connection maybe even loose contact inside the mian power plug of something isn't plugged in fully.

03-24-2008, 04:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
ZeroWing Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 53	2nd mem stick doesnt work I just finished building my comp and everything works fine with only 1GB stick in it. When I put the 2nd 1GB stick in I dont get any visual, is there something I have to do in BIOS in order to get the 2nd stick to work? Heres my mobo and ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220144 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136044 __________________ CATS: How are you gentlemen !! All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction. Captain: What you say !!

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diroga Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: WA,USA Posts: 845	clear the BIOS then add the ram, see if that helps. you can run http://www.memtest.org/ to test the stability of the ram __________________ All removed by apj101 as related to hacking which is against forum rules apj101 didn't read them ...

03-24-2008, 07:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
ZeroWing Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 53	Yea I tried the other stick and it doesnt seem to work. I remember putting both in and getting picture but that was while I was having problems with computer. I will try to request RMA and get a new pair but im thinking about another set of RAM. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122 Im getting a little ticked off with newegg since I had to wait a week already to get my mobo back because they sent me a bad one. Now Im having RAM trouble and on top of that my PSU has gone out 3x so far in 1 weekend and ive had to smack the top of my comp case (gently ) to get it to turn on again ><. __________________ CATS: How are you gentlemen !! All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction. Captain: What you say !! Last edited by ZeroWing; 03-24-2008 at 07:59 PM.

03-24-2008, 08:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 6,839	That G Skill you picked out is 2gb set of 4bg total. As far as your P/S is your computer just shutting down or is this from a cold start. __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 2gb PNY 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful.

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