- Dec 8, 2013
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Hey folks,
So I just built/upgraded my old system, and I've used the following parts:
CPU: AMD Phenom II Black X4 965
RAM: G.SKILL SNIPER DDR3-1600 F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR 2x4GB 1.5V
Board: Asus M5A97 R2.0
VGA: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHZ Edition
OS: WinXP SP3 32-bit (I know, I'm awful for still having it. I have Win 8 sitting on my desk, and I very much want to upgrade to it.
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I built it last night, and I can get it to turn on, but it doesn't boot. No beeps, nothing shows up on the monitor, all it does it power on. The DRAM_LED lights up, and after holding down the MemOK! switch and watching the DRAM_LED blink while it runs its tests, it returns to its continuous red glare.
When I was picking the parts a while back, I was using PC Part Picker and it was indicated that there were no conflicts with my build. However looking in the manual for the board, I see that under the DDR3-1600 MHz capability, my ram is not listed (F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 is, but that's 1.25V, and is not F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR).
I'd like to know what I've done wrong. Did I buy the wrong RAM? I'm pretty sure I can actually get F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 from a local vendor, but it's a bit pricey and I'd have to wait until Monday. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
So I just built/upgraded my old system, and I've used the following parts:
CPU: AMD Phenom II Black X4 965
RAM: G.SKILL SNIPER DDR3-1600 F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR 2x4GB 1.5V
Board: Asus M5A97 R2.0
VGA: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHZ Edition
OS: WinXP SP3 32-bit (I know, I'm awful for still having it. I have Win 8 sitting on my desk, and I very much want to upgrade to it.
)I built it last night, and I can get it to turn on, but it doesn't boot. No beeps, nothing shows up on the monitor, all it does it power on. The DRAM_LED lights up, and after holding down the MemOK! switch and watching the DRAM_LED blink while it runs its tests, it returns to its continuous red glare.
When I was picking the parts a while back, I was using PC Part Picker and it was indicated that there were no conflicts with my build. However looking in the manual for the board, I see that under the DDR3-1600 MHz capability, my ram is not listed (F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 is, but that's 1.25V, and is not F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR).
I'd like to know what I've done wrong. Did I buy the wrong RAM? I'm pretty sure I can actually get F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 from a local vendor, but it's a bit pricey and I'd have to wait until Monday. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
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