Windows 7 won't boot after adding more RAM

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

Hi.

I recently bought a 2x4GB DDR3 1866mhz HyperX Fury kit to match my other HyperX Fury 2x4GB kit. Both kitsare the same product.

My problem is emerged when I tried booting up windows after adding the new RAM to the RAM I had already. Windows just will not boot. Either my computer restarts, displays an error message or takes me to the startup repair, which hasn't done anything for me.

I have tried numerous things along with memtest but I can't seem to get anything to work.

The new RAM is being detected fine, I don't think it's that that is causing it.

Any light that can be shed on this situation would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

Did you test the new set by itself to see if it worked? More than likely, there is an issue with not using a designated kit. Identical RAM manufactured on different days may not work together because it could have different modules (i.e., one set has Micron and the other has Samsung). Doesn't make sense with the timing and voltages being the same, but it happens.

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

Thanks for the reply. I just tried both sets of RAM on their own but unfortunately they both do the same thing; restart when windows boots or goes to system repair which results in no fix.

I don't really know what to do any more.

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

Ok, you have a different problem. Using just one set of RAM, go into Bios and select "Load Optimized Defaults". Reboot and see if that gets you back to starting Windows.

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

Wasn't able to find any option along the lines of "Load Optimized Defaults". Instead I reset the bios and booted to Windows. Unfortunately it resulted in the same problems, it just rebooted the machine.

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

Go through this check list and see what you come up with:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

Don't think I can anything... I really have no idea what the problem could be.

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

What version of Windows do you have? Can you boot into Safe mode?

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

Currently running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Whenever I attempt to boot into safe mode a blue error screen pops up for a split second and then my machine restarts.

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

Can you boot up on your recovery disk and restore Windows?

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

Yup. I can perform a system restore but but there have been no restore points created.

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

If you have a recovery partition, you can try this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

Sorry for the late reply. Still no luck, could it be a faulty motherboard?

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

Can you go into the Bios and check voltages for the +12, 5 and 3.3? At this point its either the PSU, motherboard, or the CPU. If we can eliminate the PSU, it's probably the motherboard, as CPU's rarely fail.

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

Apologies, I am gonna have to ask what you mean by that?

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

Can you boot into your BIOS and tell me what voltage readings you see. They can be found under PC Health or System Status or something similarly named.

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

I have no idea why, but my motherboards bios does not display any voltage readings in its system status. Nor can I find any anywhere else...

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

If you have onboard graphics, take your GPU out and try booting again.

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

Unfortunately no on-board graphics either. If it helps though, it does show the standard windows loading screen before restarting itself. I don't know if that proves the graphics are working or not though...

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

If you have your Windows Install disk, I would go ahead and see if I could reinstall Windows. Do you have access to another computer to use to test your video card and CPU and try that PSU in your system?

Ben Buchanan · Nov 28, 2015

BadActor :

No, not at this point in time. Yeah, reinstalling Windows was kind of a last ditch thing. Looking like it may become a reality...

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

I was trying to rule everything else out first, sorry.

BadActor · Nov 28, 2015

That's whats difficult about problems like yours, is that so many things can cause Windows not to boot.

Tradesman1 · Nov 28, 2015

Have you reset the CMOS and tried with a single stick? Also what mobo, CPU, GPU, PSU and the actual model of the two sets of DRAM?

Ben Buchanan · Nov 29, 2015

BadActor :

No no, don't worry about it. Thank you for your help! I greatly appreciate it.

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