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I bought 16Gb of ram (4x4) to Upgrade my girlfriends pc, but when i install all of them the pc does not boot and the Ram Ok light lights up red.
I have tested all the sticks in pairs and separatly in every slot. So i've basicly tried every combination of every ram sticks in every slot and the pc boots every time exept when i put in all 4 at once (i did not put in 3 at a time for obvious reasons).

The New ram is the exact same type, brand and speed. The only diffrence is that the New ram is a kit of 4 instead of kit of 2.
Why does this happen?

The pc has a 2500k. And a motherboard i can't find the name for, but the motherboard should not matter.

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Maybe it's too much RAM for that system. These might be helpful:

 

 

 

Yes, it's 2871 as in the year 2871. I traveled all this way, back in time, just to help you. And you thought your mama lied when she said you were special. -_-

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Just now, GingerGoPro said:

The cpu supports 32Gb of ram :/

RAM and such isn't really my area of expertise, but I think this sort of thing usually happens because there's too much RAM, or it's incompatible for some reason. 

Yes, it's 2871 as in the year 2871. I traveled all this way, back in time, just to help you. And you thought your mama lied when she said you were special. -_-

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Just now, Xanthe_2871 said:

RAM and such isn't really my area of expertise, but I think this sort of thing usually happens because there's too much RAM, or it's incompatible for some reason. 

The New ram is the exact same, but its a kit of 4 instead of kit of 2.

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2 minutes ago, GingerGoPro said:

The New ram is the exact same, but its a kit of 4 instead of kit of 2.

 

1 minute ago, pit27 said:

There might be problem if the two sets run at different speeds. I'm not quite an expert of RAM either so idk for sure. 

 

Maybe it's a channel problem? I'm really not sure, let's hope someone more knowledgeable sees this thread! :c

Yes, it's 2871 as in the year 2871. I traveled all this way, back in time, just to help you. And you thought your mama lied when she said you were special. -_-

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5 hours ago, GingerGoPro said:

@done12many2 can u save my a** this time too?

 

Hey bud.  Sounds like you may have to manually set some timings up before trying to load all 4 sticks.  Possibly a weak IMC on the CPU or maybe just a poorly binned RAM set.  It happens, but is really no big deal.

 

You can stick one stick in and boot into BIOS do one of two things.  Either select a lower speed for the RAM within BIOS, F10 save, and reboot.  Go back into BIOS and ensure that it's running at the lower selected speed and then power the computer off.  Load all the sticks of RAM and try to boot.  If it boots, great.  Now you can start tweaking the RAM.  If not, drop the speed more.  You may have to manually relax timings in addition to this to get it to boot, but I doubt it if you lower the speed enough.

 

One you get to the point that all stick are running, let us know. 

 

Good luck.  

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