PC Freezes after installing new RAM

Michael_125

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Nov 30, 2015
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I recently got two 8gig sticks adding onto my two 4gig sticks. I, after running multiple memory diags and moving the ram around, the only way that it works that I have found is just staying with the two 4gig sticks.

I've got an ASRock 970 Extreme4 motherboard
630Watt Power Supply
AMD FX-4300 CPU
and the sticks are two Kingston 4GB HyperX 1600 at 1.65V
the new ones are two ADATA 8GB XPG 1866 at 1.5V
I've noticed when I go into the boot menu, if all sticks are in they read at 1600.
Anyway, was wondering if I could still make all of the sticks work together somehow, or just use one pair or the other. Or will the new 8G sticks just not work with the other components.
 

popatim

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Incompatible speeds and voltages it seems.
I would not try using both rams together again. The 1.5/1.65 voltage difference is likely the main culprit. 1.5v is too low to run the kingston's and 1.65v may damage the adata's...

Remove power and install only the new dimms and into the correct slots as shown by your motherbds owners manual.
reset/ Clear your bios so that memory runs at defaults now.
Boot up and test if it now works.