Upgraded RAM and Graphics card, now wont boot

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

Hello, today i upgraded my ram from 4gb to 16 (2x8) and a new graphics card. But it wont boot. I have 2 HDDs - it keeps getting me the recognized reboot select proper boot device insert boot media message. I tried so far unplugging one HDD and run it only with the windows one, didnt work. Unpluging either of them and running booting through the DVD drive with the boot dvd. Changing the boot options and setting the eSata/Pata Controller between disabled, IDE (default) and AHCI and so far only disabled gave me boot but like with booting through the DVD it just goes BSOD with the BAD_POOL_CALLER error. Any help will be usefull

Sapphire Thunder · Sep 18, 2015

Hmm...try booting with the old RAM. If it works with that, the new RAM is defective.

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

still goes into BSoD even with the old ram, trying to launch the repair thing, the Startup Repair is working so far

Sapphire Thunder · Sep 18, 2015

The 2nd choice is that WIndows installation has gone bad, yea.

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

I hope so. The new Ram should be compatible with my MB and Bios indentified it.

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

The repairs were not succesfull. still goes BSOD, will run it a second time to try.
EDIT: the second failed also
EDIT2: Old ram allows me at least to install a new win from the dvd

Sapphire Thunder · Sep 18, 2015

If possible, you should test the RAM out in some other pc.

Another thing is that the motherboard or HDD went bad.

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

Well, a clean install of windows went good. But i tried the new ram again and the same problem. I have 2x2 dual channel slots maybe ill try puting one stick in one channel and the other in the second one. Is it maybe possible that my motherboard does not support the Ram ? It says it should support up to 16gb of DDR3 1600mhz ram ... so i have 2x8GB DDR3 1600 Mhz and the QVL of the MB states even higher frequencies

capt_taco · Sep 18, 2015

Which specific make and model of RAM and graphics card? And in the meantime it would help to know the rest of your system specs. Could be a lot of things going on, especially depending on the relative age of the other components, size of the power supply, etc.

I would find it pretty unlikely that it's the hard drive or motherboard - it's not often that you change two components and then a completely different component just happens to go bad at exactly the same time. The odds against that are astronomical, unless you physically damaged something while putting the new parts in or forgot to hook something up while putting it back together. But you probably would've noticed either of those. The main suspect is always whatever you just changed.

Sapphire Thunder · Sep 18, 2015

Well, that depends what MB you have and which manufacturer's RAM.

capt_taco · Sep 18, 2015

Kamil2310a :

Aha ... which motherboard is it? If it says it supports up to 16GB total and has four slots, there's a good chance each individual slot only supports 4GB.

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

^ i3 530 2,93ghz
Asus p7p55D LE motherboard
old ram : kingston XMP 2x2GB 1600Mhz CL9 Hyperx (1,65V)
new ram: Kingston hyperx 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9 (1,5V) voltage in bios is set on auto
old gfx: Asus ENGTS250
new gfx: 750ti gtx
hdd: Caviar Black 500gb 7200 / Caviar Blue 500gb 5400

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

now as i dusted off the papers it says 1,2,4 gigs rams ... damn

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

k seems like that is the problem. Althrough i ran the memok button and the test reported no error in the rams... seriously make up your mind MB ...

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

for anyone reading i am reading that the 2011 bios update added memory compatibility a thus were able to do it ... wish me luck
according to this http://superuser.com/questions/803480/is-it-possible-to-install-8gb-sticks-in-a-p7p55d-deluxe-motherboard

Kamil2310a · Sep 18, 2015

no luck

Kamil2310a · Sep 23, 2015

Ok if anyone is still reading this, i bought a new pair of 2x4GB the same brand Kingston Hyperx Fury 1600mhz 1,5V (HX316C10FK2/8) and it still doesnt work ... tried setting manually everything in BIOS, without any effect, run memtest on my old ram perfectly, but both new just freeze the test at 14% and windows memtest at 15%

Vic 40 · Sep 23, 2015

I don't think that the hyperX fury is compatible with that chipset so pick another 2x4gb set that uses XMP for setting up higher speeds,but really just use a decent 1333mhz set which would give the best compatibility.

Tried to take out the ram,do a clear cmos and stick the ram back,see if that helps with the other problems.

Steven Jiang · Sep 24, 2015

Wowe your system is behaving... advanced weirdly... since the RAMs are new it shouldn't be an issue. I think that there's something fishy with your MB or the CPU. Does the RAM work fine on other PCs?

Steven Jiang · Sep 24, 2015

Vic 40 :

This may work.

Kamil2310a · Sep 24, 2015

Ill try that during the weekend cant afford to loose time because of work but ill keep you informed if it worked or not

thanks guys

Vic 40 · Sep 24, 2015

Okay,let us know.

Steven Jiang · Sep 24, 2015

Sapphire Thunder :

He just got some new RAMs so it can't be defective...

Steven Jiang · Sep 24, 2015

Kamil2310a :

He got some new RAMs so it can't be defective.

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