Cant add more RAM

[redxmoonx]

I cant seem to add more ram to the computer. i have 2x4gb sticks in but i add another 2 the computer turns on, but nothing shows on the screen. It will reboot. couple of times and then i have to turn it off manually(pressing the PW button). 

and before when i tried moving things around. in order to get it to boot up with the 2x4gb i had to reset the cmos.

 

My specs are a gigabyte z97x sli

i5 4690k

ram is 2 team zeus red 4gb

i have a msi gtx 970 on it

[shypin]

did you add the same model

[EIijah]

I cant seem to add more ram to the computer. i have 2x4gb sticks in but i add another 2 the computer turns on, but nothing shows on the screen. It will reboot. couple of times and then i have to turn it off manually(pressing the PW button). 

and before when i tried moving things around. in order to get it to boot up with the 2x4gb i had to reset the cmos.

 

My specs are a gigabyte z97x sli

i5 4690k

ram is 2 team zeus red 4gb

i have a msi gtx 970 on it

Is all the RAM compatible with the motherboard? Check the website of the board to make sure

[redxmoonx]

did you add the same model

yes. is 4 sticks of 4gb  team zeus red

im using 2 at the moment

[redxmoonx]

Is all the RAM compatible with the motherboard? Check the website of the board to make sure

as far i could check it is. even partpicker.com gave me no issues

[shypin]

yes. is 4 sticks of 4gb  team zeus red

im using 2 at the moment

did you try resetign cmos

xmp could be causing the problem

[MegabassNote]

I cant seem to add more ram to the computer. i have 2x4gb sticks in but i add another 2 the computer turns on, but nothing shows on the screen. It will reboot. couple of times and then i have to turn it off manually(pressing the PW button). 

and before when i tried moving things around. in order to get it to boot up with the 2x4gb i had to reset the cmos.

 

My specs are a gigabyte z97x sli

i5 4690k

ram is 2 team zeus red 4gb

i have a msi gtx 970 on i

 

Sounds like you might have a bad board, its supposed to support up to 32 Gigs and up to 3000Mhz overclocked. Can't tell you why its not working honestly, unless you have an overclock applied that might be messing it up.

 

did you add the same model

 

You can mix and match as long as their not on the same channel and their not overclock.

[redxmoonx]

did you try resetign cmos

xmp could be causing the problem

if i add remove ANY stick, i have to reset the cmos. so say i add a 3rd. i have to reset it. but it wont work at all. if i got back to 2 i have to reset it again and it'll work.

but anything more than 2 it wont boot no matter how many times i do it.

[shypin]

You can mix and match as long as their not on the same channel and their not overclock.

i thought you needed same clock and timings

[MegabassNote]

i thought you needed same clock and timings

 

If you're trying to overclock the memory you do, if not as long as you don't mix models on the same channel and they are capable of running at the same frequencies, the timings don't matter, you're fine, I've got two different kits in my rig and have for a while with no side effects other then them not overclocking.

[shypin]

If you're trying to overclock the memory you do, if not as long as you don't mix models on the same channel, you're fine, I've got two different kits in my rig and have for a while with no side effects other then them not overclocking.

i dont think its about overclocking

most motherboard will underclock the faster modules

[shypin]

if i add remove ANY stick, i have to reset the cmos. so say i add a 3rd. i have to reset it. but it wont work at all. if i got back to 2 i have to reset it again and it'll work.

but anything more than 2 it wont boot no matter how many times i do it.

thats kind of interesting

i guess you'll just have to get 2x8gb sticks

[redxmoonx]

Sounds like you might have a bad board, its supposed to support up to 32 Gigs and up to 3000Mhz overclocked. Can't tell you why its not working honestly, unless you have an overclock applied that might be messing it up.

 

 

You can mix and match as long as their not on the same channel and their not overclock.

i think it might be the board too, but i have no issues whatsoever other than that... 2 of the sticks are brand new too. they were send because i thought the other 2 was the problem.

 

another thing is i cant have them different slots(like you go 1,3 2,4. like they have to be right next to each other so 1,2 3,4

[MegabassNote]

i dont think its about overclocking

most motherboard will underclock the faster modules

 

I'm referring to trying to overclock mismatched memory, I'm away of the ability to underclock memory.

[redxmoonx]

thats kind of interesting

i guess you'll just have to get 2x8gb sticks

it was really weird because it happened straight out the box when i was building the pc. 

[MegabassNote]

i think it might be the board too, but i have no issues whatsoever other than that... 2 of the sticks are brand new too. they were send because i thought the other 2 was the problem.

 

another thing is i cant have them different slots(like you go 1,3 2,4. like they have to be right next to each other so 1,2 3,4

 

Only thing I think is make sure their in the correct slots. Model A in slot 1 and 3, and Model B in Slot 2 and 4. The slots should also be color coded to find which ones are on the same channel. So if you had Black and Blue memory slot, Black would be for one channel and Blue would be for the other. Hope that made sense, I don't always explain things well sometimes.  :unsure:

 

--EDIT--

 

Now that I reread your reply, I see you tried that so nevermind lol

[redxmoonx]

Only thing I think is make sure their in the correct slots. Model A in slot 1 and 3, and Model B in Slot 2 and 4. The slots should also be color coded to find which ones are on the same channel. So if you had Black and Blue memory slot, Black would be for one channel and Blue would be for the other. Hope that made sense, I don't always explain things well sometimes.  :unsure:

 

--EDIT--

 

Now that I reread your reply, I see you tried that so nevermind lol

lol yea.. idk.. is there like a tool to diagnose this? tell me whats wrong?

[MegabassNote]

lol yea.. idk.. is there like a tool to diagnose this? tell me whats wrong?

 

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of one. If you can find a manual online or get support through gigabyte, they might be able to assist you better. Depending on how old your motherboard is, it might be under manufacturer warranty still.

 

Sorry I couldn't be of more help to you. 

[redxmoonx]

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of one. If you can find a manual online or get support through gigabyte, they might be able to assist you better. Depending on how old your motherboard is, it might be under manufacturer warranty still.

 

Sorry I couldn't be of more help to you. 

 

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of one. If you can find a manual online or get support through gigabyte, they might be able to assist you better. Depending on how old your motherboard is, it might be under manufacturer warranty still.

 

Sorry I couldn't be of more help to you. 

its fairly new. but thanks anyways