Ram issue

[Dleck6211]

My computer's going though the weirdest thing and I don't know how to solve it.

 

About a month ago I tried booting it up and the computer itself would turn on, but wouldn't send power to the monitor. Only notable thing is that the dram light would turn on. I used to have that problem before but after hitting the reset button a few times, it'd boot up normally, but no matter how many times I did it then, the light would stay on.

 

I figured the ram went bad (it was 8 GB 2x4 GB) and took a 2 GB stick from another computer and it ran without any issues.

 

Fast forward to today where I got 16 GB (2x8 GB) and the same issue as above happened again.

 

I've tried everything, I've tried running the sticks individually, I've tried clearing CMOS, and I've made sure the ram is compatible (which from what I've gathered, they are), and nothing's helping

 

So why does 2 GB of ram work perfectly on this computer, but anything higher than that causes the dram light to come on?

 

I'm on Windows 10, my motherboard is ASUS M5A97 R2.0, the two 4GB sticks are Kingston, the 2GB is Samsung, and the new two 8GB sticks are are Viper

 

EDIT: I should mention that a friend gave me this computer and it sat around doing nothing for a year, so I wonder if that has to do with anything.

[Domoretech]

has your bios been updated?

 

[Dleck6211]

2 minutes ago, Domoretech said:

has your bios been updated?

 

I don't know

[Domoretech]

i would try to update you bios and see what happens

 

[Domoretech]

and have you checked for bent or broken pins in the ram socket?

 

[Dleck6211]

9 minutes ago, Domoretech said:

and have you checked for bent or broken pins in the ram socket?

 

I have, and I ran the 2 GB I have in it now in every socket at least once, and it ran fine.

[Domoretech]

ok so im am thinking that this is your bios and maybe update it but put your 2x8 gig sticks and see if that works

 

[Dleck6211]

Just now, Domoretech said:

ok so im am thinking that this is your bios and maybe update it but put your 2x8 gig sticks and see if that works

 

I can't get the monitor to come on when I have the other sticks in there, so I can't access the BIOS

[Dleck6211]

sorry for the double post but an update.

 

I put one of the 8 GB sticks in the computer that I got the 2 GB stick from, and it runs fine

 

So now I'm even more confused

[Dleck6211]

sorry for the triple post, but updating BIOS did the trick.

[Domoretech]

nice