Upgraded Ram and it wont bootup windows 8

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

so i had 2 sticks of 2gb already in my computer which are geil 2gb pc3-12800. and after i got some new ram https://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemID=609120&CategoryID=491
. it wont boot up, i dont understand the ones i bought run exactly the same, i messed around with the bios and did some changes but nothing. they both run at the same speed 1333mhz. i have had a check also with my motherboard and it does support 8bg of ram. and before you ask i have tried different ram and it does the same thing.

one last thing my old one runs on 1.6v and the new one runs on 1.5v, and yes i have changed the voltage in bios

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

What make and model mobo?

Did you read the motherboard manual?

Are they in the right slots?

And only use the exact same sticks in each slot. Don't mix ram on the one motherboard. It doesn't often work.

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

i have a gigabyte H55m-S2h, and yes they are in the right slots

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

And you only used the same ram sticks?

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

no i used a kingston one that runs exactly the same but it was only 1 stick, and it didnt boot either. i have some piece of crap kingston that works aswell but its only 2gb

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

So? Just put the geil you bought into it and nothing else. See how that goes.

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

i have put it in just before both of the sticks they came in 1 kit and all it does is go to windows logo and crashes and restarts. it did it again with only 1 stick and it does the same thing

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

Have you gone though your mobo manual to see what slots to use and how to set it up in bios?

The ram - http://www.geil.com.tw/products/showSpec/id/202 should work in your

motherboard - http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3310#sp

what cpu you got?

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

im running on intel i3 530 2.93GHz

according to what the gigabyte says the ram is compatible. its weird

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

Try giving the DIMM slots a good clean.

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

Did you enable XMP in bios?

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

how do i do that. also do i do this with the new ram or old?

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

Only use the new ram..

The mobo manual will tell you where in bios you can enable xmp.

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

alright i will give it a go. see how it works

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

i had a look thoughout the entire bios, i couldnt find anything so do with xmp.

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

The mobo spec says "Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules"

Just boot into bios and look.

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

i promise i looked everywhere i could not find it. this is a link to how it looks like
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w3L3jybmlG4/T5wyzYVZ05I/AAAAAAAABUM/jUp9ppm2cZA/s1600/start+page.jpg

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

OK. I'm downloading the manual (12.5mb!)

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

What a bloody waste of time - 4 pages with photos in English then repeated 10 times in every other language. I hope you got something better with the motherboard itself.

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

i could not find anything. could it just be because my motherboard is old?

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

The motherboard also provide a list of ram they know works - http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3310# - Memory Support List.

Maybe see if you can swap the Geil for one of these that are known to work OK. I still think the Geil should work. But I can't see everything there is in bios that needs setting. There must be something for Memory.

Neonz99 · Jun 30, 2014

well it looks like it doesnt work ii might just have to upgrade to a new montherboard any tips on what i should get

one last question could it be because of windows 8, cause the motherboard says it doesn't support it?

i7Baby · Jun 30, 2014

You'll have trouble finding a replacement motherboard.

If it was working with the old ram, then just put it back that way again. If it still works then it's not a motherboard problem. It's the ram.

Then swap the Geil ram for one of the rams on the Memory Support List

Neonz99 · Jul 1, 2014

thanks for your help im just going to build a new computer, its old anyway and not going to bother buying crap for it

Upgraded Ram and it wont bootup windows 8

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