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Johnny Shalos

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I have 8gb Ram (2x4gb) and when I install another exactly the same 8gb ram (total: 16gb - 4x4gb), i get blue screen (with different code every time) and my pc stuck and auto restart. I already try some thinks like update bios, memory diagnostic tool, some performance settings (clean junk files, virtual memory) and some bios memory settings (timming, voltage,frequency) but nothing of that works... I hope you have some solution about my problem.

My pc specs:
PC CASE: AEROCOOL STRIKE-X ADVANCE DEVIL RED
MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 RETAIL
CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHZ 6-CORE BOX
CPU COOLER: COOLERMASTER HYPER 103
RAM: MUSHKIN 997098 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600MHZ
GPU: HIS RADEON HD7870 2GB GDDR5
PSU: CORSAIR VS SERIES VS650 - 650W POWER SUPPLY
HDD1: SEAGATE ST1000DM003 1TB BARRACUDA 7200.14 SATA
HDD2: CORSAIR CSSD-F120GBLS FORCE LS SERIES 120GB SSD SATA3
 
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The slots are designed to have RAM installed in certain slots. The manual will tell you that.

As you can see the only fix for this is a 16GB RAM kit https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231560 installed in slots 1 and 3.
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Ne0Wolf7

Ne0Wolf7

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Are you saying you had one kit and bought the same one again to increase capacity? This doesn't always work.
RAM is sold in kits that are guarenteed to work together, but beyond that kit, everything is a gamble. Quad channel kits cost more than dual channel, and dual cost more than a single stick, becasue it takes much more testing and quality control to ensure that the sticks will work together. Sometimes when mixing, you'll get luckey, but mmore often than not, it wont work.
 
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geofelt

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Your second stick is not exactly the same.

Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, particularly AMD can be very sensitive to this.
All ram must be factory matched.

If you install the new sticks only, does it work? Memtest86+ is the gold standard for testing.

If the new sticks test out ok, go into the bios and increase the ram voltage a bit past the default number.
Then install the second set. Often it takes more than standard voltage to run 4 sticks vs. 2.
 
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Johnny Shalos

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When I install only the new Ram my pc working but the screen is black (no signal) BTW I forgot to say before I buy the new 8gb Ram my pc works only if I change the frequency of my old 8gb Ram to 1333mghz from 1600mghz and put them to slot 1-3. If i put them to 2-4 my pc autorestart and have blue screens problems.

@geofelt I vote you post with -1 by mistake, sorry I dont know how undoing this...
 
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aquielisunari

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The slots are designed to have RAM installed in certain slots. The manual will tell you that.

As you can see the only fix for this is a 16GB RAM kit https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231560 installed in slots 1 and 3.
 
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