PC beeps after installing new RAM

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Recently I bought 4gb DDR3 RAM 1600 for the PC which had two slots filled with 1gb DDR3 1333 ram each. When I put it in (in both slots alone and with another stick) all my PC did was beep. So I thought the problem was it was 1600. So i swapped it for a 1333 4GB DDR3 RAM stick and the same thing is happening to that one, so I'm all out of ideas. Could this be a motherboard issue? Seems weird that I am not allowed to upgrade my RAM.
 
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EDIT: Are you 100% sure it's in deep enough?

If that doesn't work, reset the CMOS.
 
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Helghast said:
Recently I bought 4gb DDR3 RAM 1600 for the PC which had two slots filled with 1gb DDR3 1333 ram each. When I put it in (in both slots alone and with another stick) all my PC did was beep. So I thought the problem was it was 1600. So i swapped it out for a 1333 stick and the same thing is happening now I'm all out of ideas. COuld this be a motherboard issue? Seems weird that I am not allowed to upgrade my RAM.
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Might be the slot.

Does it work with the old RAM still ?

Try taking out the CMOS battery as well.
 
Best thing I can suggest is to reset the BIOS by removing and reinserting the battery.

Please provide your motherboard model number, and also describe the beeps (one long beep, or a sequence of short ones, etc). This will help in analysing the cause of the problem.
 
Ho3n3r said:
EDIT: Are you 100% sure it's in deep enough?

If that doesn't work, reset the CMOS.
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Yup.
How do i do that?
Nerfherder said:
Might be the slot.

Does it work with the old RAM still ?

Try taking out the CMOS battery as well.
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Both slots work with the old RAM whether it's 1 of them or both.
sitnet said:
Best thing I can suggest is to reset the BIOS by removing and reinserting the battery.

Please provide your motherboard model number, and also describe the beeps (one long beep, or a sequence of short ones, etc). This will help in analysing the cause of the problem.
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Which battery?

Gigabyte G41MT-S2. Sequence of long beeps that stops after a short while for a second then carries on, rinse repeat.
 
Helghast said:
Gigabyte G41MT-S2. Sequence of long beeps that stops after a short while for a second then carries on, rinse repeat.
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Count the beeps and go google the sequence, the board is telling whats wrong. The battery you just pull out and plug back in.
 
Helghast said:
Yup.
How do i do that?

Both slots work with the old RAM whether it's 1 of them or both.
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Remove the battery on the motherboard for 10 minutes, then put it back.

And you said it happens now with the old ram as well:

Helghast said:
So i swapped it out for a 1333 stick and the same thing is happening now I'm all out of ideas.
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So which is it? If it works with your old RAM, either the new RAM is faulty, or it's not compatible with your motherboard.
 
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It could be the density of the chips on those RAM sticks. Old motherboard-based memory controllers like on the socket 775 motherboards could be incompatible with the denser modern DDR3 memory chips on those sticks.
 
Ho3n3r said:
Remove the battery on the motherboard for 10 minutes, then put it back.

And you said it happens now with the old ram as well:



So which is it? If it works with your old RAM, either the new RAM is faulty, or it's not compatible with your motherboard.
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Edited. I swaped the 4b 1600 for a 1333 one and the same problem occurs. My old ram sticks work fine.
 
You're not being clear. Is the new RAM one stick or two? How many slots does your motherboard have?

A common problem is people upgrading a dual channel setup with one ram stick which doesn't work or the motherboard simply ignores it. It's also easy to mix up the wrong slots. Double sticks have to be installed on the same channel in two serial slots or in two channels on the same serial path.

If the configuration isn't the problem it's likely though rare your motherboard simply doesn't support the RAM modules used.
 
Swa said:
You're not being clear. Is the new RAM one stick or two? How many slots does your motherboard have?

A common problem is people upgrading a dual channel setup with one ram stick which doesn't work or the motherboard simply ignores it. It's also easy to mix up the wrong slots. Double sticks have to be installed on the same channel in two serial slots or in two channels on the same serial path.

If the configuration isn't the problem it's likely though rare your motherboard simply doesn't support the RAM modules used.
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took the words out my mouth....+1

Try to get a spare 4gb Module from a buddy or somewhere (not always that easy) just to test with to rule out the Module itself.
Could be you got a dud chip, happens often because these things are so sensitive to static etc..
 
Also, how many slots do you have? I know this was an issue with the older boards mainly though, but sometimes the RAM will only work in the first slot out of 4 (usually marked 0 on the board) the newer ones tend to be more flexible and you can just about dump it in any slot and mostly only have 2 slots. The boards with the older config usually had two white slots and two blue slots so you should know that way
 
Helghast said:
Ah flip it's not there. Damn so I have to swap my RAM again? Might be tricky since this one was specifically ordered for me
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:(

Yeah - looks like you have to go down that route.

In the old days motherboards and RAM were a lot less finicky.

When you say "specifically ordered" did you provide the supplier with you motherboard make and model number? If you did, he needs to show you that the RAM supplied is guaranteed to be compatible - if you told him what RAM to procure, then you're going to have to rely on his goodwill / return policy.

The motherboard manual will usually tell you exactly what type of RAM is compatible.
 
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