EVGA 4GB RAM Problem

Machin3

Machin3

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I have an EVGA 780i board and currently i have 2 gigs of ram. I bought to more and when i plugged them in they would not work. 2 gb work fine but i cant add 3 or 4 gigs. Any suggestions? Thanks:(
 
Did you make sure you got the right type of RAM for your board. Check your Mobo settings just to make sure it can take the type of RAM you have bought if not im sure the store will give you a refund. :)
 
Check the instructions with your motheroard I have an evga board and if your using x amount of ram and x amount of megabytes or gigs of it it must be in the right slots. Like for mine if im running tri channel it MUST be in channels 1 3 and 5. I cant just stick them in 1 2 and 3 and expect to boot.
 
u do know that if you are running it on a 32-bit os it will only say it is using 2-3gig if you want to use all 4gig u need a 64-bit os.
 
I bought to more and when i plugged them in they would not work. 2 gb work fine but i cant add 3 or 4 gigs.
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They would not work as in the system would not boot up?
 
i had a weird issue like this, i went out and bought 4GB of the exact same RAM i had, and my computer would lock up at the POST screen.

my board supported 4GB, and the exact model RAM worked in there before.

what i did was put in 2GB, reformatted and reinstalled OS, shut down, put 4GB in and then rebooted.... prob solved.

every once in a while, it'll reboot and not like the RAM, and i had to reboot with 1 stick @ 2GB, then shut down and add the other @ 2GB. don't ask me why, the DIMMs run individually just fine... it's only when they are both in.
 
Have you tried running 2GB in different slots than you'd normally use? The RAM might be ok but the slot is bad. I'd try running memtest on a single stick of RAM and move it through each slot if it passes the tests. If you get errors on one slot you know that it's bad.
 
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