is my RAM DOA?

[Saiyan]

z97 Gaming 5 motherboard with currently 1 stick of hyperX 1866 8gb ram running. Bought a new stick another 1866 8gb and put it in all the DIMM slots, including swapping it for the one I already have in there and anytime I plug in the new stick my PC black screens and won't post at all. Dead RAM stick?

[Fasauceome]

Is it the same ram?

[Saiyan]

3 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Is it the same ram?

Yep hyper x ddr3 1866 8gb.

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, Saiyan said:

Yep hyper x ddr3 1866 8gb.

Timings the same too?

[Saiyan]

13 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Timings the same too?

Just checked all the specs. speed voltage latency and capacity are all the same. just updated bios and that didn't fix it. the new stick won't work as a stand alone either like my current stick. it will just black screen and get stuck in a boot loop on the motherboard. 

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Saiyan said:

Just checked all the specs. speed voltage latency and capacity are all the same. just updated bios and that didn't fix it. the new stick won't work as a stand alone either like my current stick. it will just black screen and get stuck in a boot loop on the motherboard. 

Have you tried single channel both dimms together

[Saiyan]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Have you tried single channel both dimms together

I don't get what you mean? I have a single stick currently in and whenever the new stick it added it black screens.

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, Saiyan said:

I don't get what you mean? I have a single stick currently in and whenever the new stick it added it black screens.

You can have both dimms in at the same time but in single channels (next to each other instead of spaced by one slot)

[Saiyan]

12 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

You can have both dimms in at the same time but in single channels (next to each other instead of spaced by one slot)

Oh, yeah. I've tried spaced by 1 or 2 and not spaced. My old stick of RAM works fine alone in every slot, so they aren't the problem. My new stick won't work in any configuration, meaning alone or with the old slot plugged in too. Would it be correct at this point to assume the stick of ram is bad?

[Fasauceome]

1 hour ago, Saiyan said:

Oh, yeah. I've tried spaced by 1 or 2 and not spaced. My old stick of RAM works fine alone in every slot, so they aren't the problem. My new stick won't work in any configuration, meaning alone or with the old slot plugged in too. Would it be correct at this point to assume the stick of ram is bad?

Oh yes if that's the case it's probably no good.