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My motherboard: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=864&CategoryID=1&MenuID=20&LanID=0
The memory I have in my comp right now: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6078347
I bought my first stick of memory when I bought the mobo (November), and now I'm trying to install another stick of the exact same memory (the same one I linked you to). I bought the wrong memory earlier in the week and tried to install that (a Kingston ValueRAM http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Z70DVO/ref=oss_product ), and the computer refused to boot. So I am going to return that.
The thing is, the stick that I have in it now I have in the leftmost memory slot (the one closest to the processor socket). With the second stick of the Patriot memory stick, I tried to install it in the second slot. It could not read it, and it kept saying I had 2GB of RAM when I should've had 4GB. I tried to reseat it, and still nothing, and I looked all over the web to see what I could be doing wrong. I have a Phenom x4 64 bit processor, and I'm running the 64 bit Windows 7.
The reason why I know it's not the memory stick I just bought is because I tried the new stick in the first slot, and the system was able to read it properly when I went into the ms-whatever it was (I can't remember what exactly it was called, but it showed your system information) and it said the installed memory was 2GB with the new stick in there. I then put the new memory stick into the other slot, with it being the only stick I had in my comp, and turned it on. The comp came on, but the system refused to do anything. When I installed the other stick (after confirming both work correctly), the comp just didn't come on, which worried me because I usually know what that means: problem with the power supply.
What also worries me is that this is showing that it could be what I think this might be, though I'm unsure as to how it could be: that two memory sticks would count as overclocking the PSU or be too much for the PSU to handle (it's a 600W PSU, I believe). Not sure how just a memory stick could do that, but I have that thought.
So I changed the stick again so I only have one stick (in the first slot). Now the comp is turning on and working as it did before. But I'm under the impression that something is wrong with the second slot, as it's refusing to read anything, and the CMOS socket is so close to other important wires that I don't want to try that for risk of screwing something else up. I don't know if it's just me not doing something with the mobo to have it use both slots, or if I did something to screw things up. I kind of need this additional memory, so it's something I need help with. There is one update to the BIOS that more recent than the one I have now, but I don't know what I got to do to do that or if I even should.
Looking for any help of what might be going on.
The memory I have in my comp right now: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6078347
I bought my first stick of memory when I bought the mobo (November), and now I'm trying to install another stick of the exact same memory (the same one I linked you to). I bought the wrong memory earlier in the week and tried to install that (a Kingston ValueRAM http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Z70DVO/ref=oss_product ), and the computer refused to boot. So I am going to return that.
The thing is, the stick that I have in it now I have in the leftmost memory slot (the one closest to the processor socket). With the second stick of the Patriot memory stick, I tried to install it in the second slot. It could not read it, and it kept saying I had 2GB of RAM when I should've had 4GB. I tried to reseat it, and still nothing, and I looked all over the web to see what I could be doing wrong. I have a Phenom x4 64 bit processor, and I'm running the 64 bit Windows 7.
The reason why I know it's not the memory stick I just bought is because I tried the new stick in the first slot, and the system was able to read it properly when I went into the ms-whatever it was (I can't remember what exactly it was called, but it showed your system information) and it said the installed memory was 2GB with the new stick in there. I then put the new memory stick into the other slot, with it being the only stick I had in my comp, and turned it on. The comp came on, but the system refused to do anything. When I installed the other stick (after confirming both work correctly), the comp just didn't come on, which worried me because I usually know what that means: problem with the power supply.
What also worries me is that this is showing that it could be what I think this might be, though I'm unsure as to how it could be: that two memory sticks would count as overclocking the PSU or be too much for the PSU to handle (it's a 600W PSU, I believe). Not sure how just a memory stick could do that, but I have that thought.
So I changed the stick again so I only have one stick (in the first slot). Now the comp is turning on and working as it did before. But I'm under the impression that something is wrong with the second slot, as it's refusing to read anything, and the CMOS socket is so close to other important wires that I don't want to try that for risk of screwing something else up. I don't know if it's just me not doing something with the mobo to have it use both slots, or if I did something to screw things up. I kind of need this additional memory, so it's something I need help with. There is one update to the BIOS that more recent than the one I have now, but I don't know what I got to do to do that or if I even should.
Looking for any help of what might be going on.
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