Computer not booting after ram upgrade.

[EddWolf78]

I recently decided to upgrade my home server computer to 8GBs of ram from 4GBs. The ram it has installed is DDr3 Corsair XMS3 clocked at 1333Mhz with two sticks of 2GB. 

The ram I have bought for the system is DDr3 Mushkin-enhanced PC3-10666 ram clocked at 1333Mhz of which there is four 2GB sticks for a total of 8GB.

The problem I am having is that when I install the new 8GBs of ram into the motherboard, the system will not boot. Instead the screen stays on idle and the computer has its CPU fan revved up slightly, it continues to do this until it is switched off. When I reinstall the old 4GB ram kit, it boots absolutely fine with no faults.

I have tired only installing two of the new sticks into their correct dims and I still get the same result of the system not booting or showing little life besides the CPU fan.

If anyone has any suggestions or knows what the cause of this is, I'd be very happy.

The specs of my system are as follows:
Intel i5 2500k (not overclocked)
Intel DH67BL motherboard
XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz corsair ram (4GB 2x2GB) - to be (8GB 4x2GB)
OCZ 600w PSU (Overkill for situation, I know)
Boot drive - Crucial M4 SSD 128GB
Storage drives - N/A
GPU - N/A
Windows Version - Windows 7 home premium.

I also found that my motherboard can support up to 32GB of ram with my CPU also supporting a maximum of 32GB DDR3 1066/1333.
My motherboard memory compatibility:

System memory features
The board has four DIMM sockets and supports the following memory features:

1.5 V DDR3 SDRAM DIMMs with gold plated contacts, with the option to raise the voltage to support higher performance DDR3 SDRAM DIMMs.

Support for 1.35V Low Voltage DDR3 (new JEDEC specification)

Two independent memory channels with interleaved mode support

Unbuffered, single-sided or double-sided DIMMs with the following restriction: Double-sided DIMMs with x16 organization are not supported.

32 GB maximum total system memory (with 4 GB memory technology).

Minimum recommended total system memory: 512 MB

Non-ECC DIMMs

Serial presence detect

DDR3 1333 MHz and DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM DIMMs.


Thank you and regards to all,
Eddie

[ThomasD]

Might be a bad stick of RAM.  First remove all the new sticks, then re-install the old RAM (to confirm the source of the problem.)

 

If it boots with the old stuff then remove the old, and try installing one stick of the new RAM, and booting, repeat with each stick individually.  With any luck you'll find the culprit.

[EddWolf78]

24 minutes ago, ThomasD said:

Might be a bad stick of RAM.  First remove all the new sticks, then re-install the old RAM (to confirm the source of the problem.)

 

If it boots with the old stuff then remove the old, and try installing one stick of the new RAM, and booting, repeat with each stick individually.  With any luck you'll find the culprit.

I've already tired different configurations with the sticks, leaving some out and testing them individually to no avail. any other suggestions?

[ThomasD]

1 hour ago, EddWolf78 said:

I've already tired different configurations with the sticks, leaving some out and testing them individually to no avail. any other suggestions?

Did you try reverting to the old RAM?

[EddWolf78]

21 minutes ago, ThomasD said:

Did you try reverting to the old RAM?

As stated in my initial post, the computer works fine with it's old ram, just when I install the new stuff it stops booting

[ThomasD]

It worked fine with the old RAM.  You need to check if that is still the case.

 

Edit:  Troubleshooting is best done as a logical process of elimination.  Yes, you knew it worked prior to whatever changes were made, and you know it doesn't work now.  By returning to the prior state, and proving functionality you can ensure that the problem is entirely with the new parts.

 

If you return to the previously functional state and it still does not work then that is a good indication that something got damaged during the upgrade process.

[asand1]

6 hours ago, ThomasD said:

It worked fine with the old RAM.  You need to check if that is still the case.

 

Edit:  Troubleshooting is best done as a logical process of elimination.  Yes, you knew it worked prior to whatever changes were made, and you know it doesn't work now.  By returning to the prior state, and proving functionality you can ensure that the problem is entirely with the new parts.

 

If you return to the previously functional state and it still does not work then that is a good indication that something got damaged during the upgrade process.

He already did, did you even read?

10 hours ago, EddWolf78 said:

 When I reinstall the old 4GB ram kit, it boots absolutely fine with no faults.
 

 

[asand1]

over 8% of Newegg reviews were negative because of DOA sticks. Send them back. Buy something else or just take your chances on a replacement.