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I decided to boost my old pc. It had ddr2 800mhz Ram (2x1gb) sticks, so i got the same Ram but from a different manufacturer . If i put in all 4gb it doesn't work and it wont even enter the bios. If i put in 3 sticks (3gb) it works. WHY and how can i fix it. Motherboard asus p5b. RAM: 

TakeMS 2gb (2x1gb) DDR2 800mhz,
  Kingston 2gb (2x1gb) DDR2 800mhz  

Specs: AMD FX 6300 @ 4ghz, Asus R9 270 OC, 8gb Corsair xms3, Cooler Master GX 550w PSU, WD 500 blue, Gigabyte  GA-970A-DS3

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test 1 by 1 and see which RAM may have gone bad

 

test with just a pair and do memtest

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Have you tried if the TakeMS ram works by itself (2 sticks)? or 2 Sticks of MS and 1 stick of Kingston instead of 2 Kingston and 1 MS?

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