Did I Make a RAM Mistake?

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I just attempted to build my first PC last night (I typically get help from a friend who has since moved away). Last night when I went to turn it on there was no video, and the video card fan wouldn't run. I read up a little and did some trouble shooting, and it appears to be my RAM. I tried to take out all but one stick of RAM, and it booted. However, I believe I may have a compatibility issue? I purchased the ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero motherboard, which has four RAM slots, two different colors. I also purchased HyperX Fury 16 GB 2400MHz DDR4 Kit of 4 RAM.

If I understand correctly, I cannot put all four sticks of ram into one mother board because of the different "channels"? And that is why my PC didn't boot with four RAM sticks installed?
 
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geofelt
I think you made a mistake in buying a 4 stick kit.
Z270 runs dual channel only so a 2 x 16gb kit would have been equally good and cheaper.
But... it should have worked.
Run memtest86+ on each stick individually to verify that each stick works.
You should be able to complete a full pass with NO errors.
If you have a failure, you should rma the kit.
All 4 sticks need to be matched as to speed, voltage, latency and underlying manufacturing components.
That is why ram needs to be from a single matched kit.

If each stick tests out properly, you can try 2 sticks and test.

4 sticks are harder for a motherboard to manage.
You may be able to help this by increasing the ram voltage in the bios a bit.
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Please post your full specs, including CPU, GPU, and PSU.

That's incorrect, you should be able to use the four of them without a problem, even less problem if they were bought in a kit.
Maybe there's some problem with one of the sticks, or another parts is causing the incompatibility.

First, try to boot with just one of them, each at a time. Try to pin point the malfunctioning piece.

Post results,
 
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Addition to manddy's answer: memtest86+ is the perfect tool to test your RAM sticks. As already said, plug in one stick at a time and run the memtest on each of them to find out which stick is causing the issue.

Do 2-3 runs on each stick if you want to be sure they're (not) faulty.
 
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I think you made a mistake in buying a 4 stick kit.
Z270 runs dual channel only so a 2 x 16gb kit would have been equally good and cheaper.
But... it should have worked.
Run memtest86+ on each stick individually to verify that each stick works.
You should be able to complete a full pass with NO errors.
If you have a failure, you should rma the kit.
All 4 sticks need to be matched as to speed, voltage, latency and underlying manufacturing components.
That is why ram needs to be from a single matched kit.

If each stick tests out properly, you can try 2 sticks and test.

4 sticks are harder for a motherboard to manage.
You may be able to help this by increasing the ram voltage in the bios a bit.
 
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Full Specs

CPU: i5-7600 Quad Core 3.5 Ghz
RAM: HyperX Fury 16 GB 2400MHz DDR4 Kit of 4
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximum IX Hero
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650
GPU: GeForce GTX 1070
 
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I will try running the memtest86+ tonight.

I made another mistake that sounds like an easy fix. I used an old HDD and an old version of windows. I assume that I could try to save the old version, but it sounds like the easiest option is to just upgrade. It's about time I did that anyways (although I'm going to have to budget quite a bit this month).

I checked out the return policy for the RAM, and I can return it if it's broken, but if it has been used there is a 20% restocking fee, which means that if it's going to give me the same performance I will keep it.
 
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