- Apr 15, 2014
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Four-year-old budget rig, recently started upgrading in bits.
Pentium E5400 Wolfdale CPU
Gigabyte G41MT-D3 mobo
Previously I had installed 2 x 2GB sticks of Kingston DDR3 1333mhz RAM.
http://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search/Default.aspx?DisPartId=KVR1333D3N9K2/4G
This mobo only supports RAM speed up to 1066mhz and has been happily downclocking for four years.
Recently bought 2 x 4GB Kingston DDR3 1333mhz .
http://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search/?partid=kvr13n9s8k2/8
Now when I try to boot with the new RAM, I get a continuous beeping which, according to Gigabyte, is a "power error".
No problem at all with the old RAM; I put it back in, pc boots infallibly.
ETA: After trawling the internet for some days, I stumbled upon this: http://www.overclock.net/t/113885/info-what-is-the-difference-between-low-density-and-high-density-ram
This is an old post from 2006, but is the only mention I have found of density. My new RAM does appear to be so-called 'high density.' Still a relevant concern in RAM, the density?
(Mobo only has two RAM slots; runs dual-channel; is supposed to be able to support up to 4GB in each slot.)
Any thoughts at all or avenues for testing will br gratefuuly accepted.
Pentium E5400 Wolfdale CPU
Gigabyte G41MT-D3 mobo
Previously I had installed 2 x 2GB sticks of Kingston DDR3 1333mhz RAM.
http://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search/Default.aspx?DisPartId=KVR1333D3N9K2/4G
This mobo only supports RAM speed up to 1066mhz and has been happily downclocking for four years.
Recently bought 2 x 4GB Kingston DDR3 1333mhz .
http://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search/?partid=kvr13n9s8k2/8
Now when I try to boot with the new RAM, I get a continuous beeping which, according to Gigabyte, is a "power error".
No problem at all with the old RAM; I put it back in, pc boots infallibly.
ETA: After trawling the internet for some days, I stumbled upon this: http://www.overclock.net/t/113885/info-what-is-the-difference-between-low-density-and-high-density-ram
This is an old post from 2006, but is the only mention I have found of density. My new RAM does appear to be so-called 'high density.' Still a relevant concern in RAM, the density?
(Mobo only has two RAM slots; runs dual-channel; is supposed to be able to support up to 4GB in each slot.)
Any thoughts at all or avenues for testing will br gratefuuly accepted.
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