Problems with new RAM sticks in two different motherboards.

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Hi all,

I'm having 2 problems with 2 different motherboards and the new memory sticks I got for them.
In both cases the old memory stick was fine, but I wanted to get new, faster ones, and also get two sticks for dual channel memory for each motherboard.

1) DFI LanParty BI G41-T33B:
When I replace the old stick with the new ones the screen would stay black.
No Bipping sound from the motherboards, like it makes when it can't recognize/support a certiain memory stick. everything seems to be fine EXCEPT the screen would stay dark.

I tried placing just one of the sticks or the other but nothing helped and the problem remains:
with the old stick - everything is fine, new stick(s) - screen is black.

2) ASUS P5KPL-AM:
I replaced the old stick with two news. but only 2GB are rcognized. I checked the BIOS(it's not a windows issue, only 2GB are recognized in the BIOS). and in one of the BIOS Setup pages it says something like:"Installed Memory size: 2048 Usable Size: 2048" I'm not sure if it means there's room for 2GB more or that I filled the max capacity... I checked the motherboard model in asus' website and also the CPU-Z report and the capacity should be 4GB as far as I can tell.

Thx in advance, ZBBZ.
 
The first one is ECC memory, not sure the board even supports it.

The second, look in the bios and see if you have a memory remapping setting.
 
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Didn't really look around on the DFI board, they don't make desktop boards anymore, but I don't think it supports ECC memory.
 
The DFI board doesn't support ECC memory (which is what you purchased). ECC is normally only used in servers and workstations. You're best off returning them for non-ECC memory and you should be all set.

As for the ASUS board, that board supports a max of 4GB of RAM. It may be that you chose a really high speed RAM and it only supports one stick of that speed. It only supports up to 1066, and even at that speed it's only supported when overclocked.
 
Could it be under a name other than "remapping settings" ?

It's a PC in a friend's business, so I don't have access to it on a day to day basis, that's why I'm trying to prepare myself best for when I get there.
 
It would be called "Memory Remapping" but I don't know specifically where it would be found under.
 
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