I have an ASUS P5Q-E LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale Dual-Core 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W BX80570E8500 Processor. I've been running the following RAM for 5+ years now:
RED -- G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Timing 9-9-9-24
Cas Latency 9
Voltage 1.5V
I recently felt that I needed more RAM so I purchased the following:
BLUE -- G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-8GAB
DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Timing 9-9-9-24
Cas Latency 9
Voltage 1.5V
I tried the best I could to match everything, including the Timing and CAS latency. I installed all 4 sticks and for a while, everything seemed to work fine. However, the machine stopped recognizing the RAM. I set all the BIOS settings back to default, but now whenever I put the BLUE RAM in, I don't get the BIOS POST beep and the system just stays on the black pre-boot screen.
RED only: System works fine
RED and BLUE: No BIOS POST beep
BLUE only: No BIOS POST beep
I've already RMA'ed the RAM and installed the new sticks and unfortunately got the same results. I wonder if it has to do with voltage or the CPU or anything, but I don't want muck around without any insight, so does anyone have any advice?
Thanks
RED -- G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Timing 9-9-9-24
Cas Latency 9
Voltage 1.5V
I recently felt that I needed more RAM so I purchased the following:
BLUE -- G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-8GAB
DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Timing 9-9-9-24
Cas Latency 9
Voltage 1.5V
I tried the best I could to match everything, including the Timing and CAS latency. I installed all 4 sticks and for a while, everything seemed to work fine. However, the machine stopped recognizing the RAM. I set all the BIOS settings back to default, but now whenever I put the BLUE RAM in, I don't get the BIOS POST beep and the system just stays on the black pre-boot screen.
RED only: System works fine
RED and BLUE: No BIOS POST beep
BLUE only: No BIOS POST beep
I've already RMA'ed the RAM and installed the new sticks and unfortunately got the same results. I wonder if it has to do with voltage or the CPU or anything, but I don't want muck around without any insight, so does anyone have any advice?
Thanks
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