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[Andrew843]

Hi fellow Carbonites

I recently bought a mobo of a guy with a i3 cpu and 2gb ram included, bargain i said

i hooked everything up and its working perfectly,boots up, installed windows without any probs, the problem comes when i upgrade the ram with 2 x 4gb chips i know is working, the moment i do this with only the 2 x 4gb in it doesn't boot to POST
but when i only insert one chip it boots past POST and until it shows starting windows ( i Run Win 7) then it crashes and restarts. i checked the chips to be compatible and it is, i even updated the bios itself but the problem stays.
any help From other Techies Please???

specs
MSI H55m-e33 Motherboard
2 x 1GB DDR3 RAM 1333mhz / 2 x 4gb DDR3 1333mhz
CORE i3 -530/2.93GHz

 

[HolyCowImAnoOb]

Hi fellow Carbonites

I recently bought a mobo of a guy with a i3 cpu and 2gb ram included, bargain i said

i hooked everything up and its working perfectly,boots up, installed windows without any probs, the problem comes when i upgrade the ram with 2 x 4gb chips i know is working, the moment i do this with only the 2 x 4gb in it doesn't boot to POST
but when i only insert one chip it boots past POST and until it shows starting windows ( i Run Win 7) then it crashes and restarts. i checked the chips to be compatible and it is, i even updated the bios itself but the problem stays.
any help From other Techies Please???

specs
MSI H55m-e33 Motherboard
2 x 1GB DDR3 RAM 1333mhz / 2 x 4gb DDR3 1333mhz
CORE i3 -530/2.93GHz

If you swap the ram dims from one side to the other?

 

[Andrew843]

it still does the same, i tried inserting all chips but doesn't go past POST. i swapped the chips in all slots but with no success

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[hof27]

I'm just they are properly connected. But just to be safe make sure they click. Annnnd swop multi plugs if it's on a multi plug

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[Sola Scriptura]

it still does the same, i tried inserting all chips but doesn't go past POST. i swapped the chips in all slots but with no success

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so if you take one dimm and put it in the slot closest to the cpu does it work fine? and then when you move it to the other slot does it crash?

have you run memtest on these dimms?

 

[Andrew843]

if i insert the 1gb chips in any slots . the pc boots up. i tried them in the other slots and it works but as soon as i insert a single 4gb chip it boots past post until starting windows and crashes but with both 4gb chips doesnt boot at all not even to post

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[hof27]

if i insert the 1gb chips in any slots . the pc boots up. i tried them in the other slots and it works but as soon as i insert a single 4gb chip it boots past post until starting windows and crashes but with both 4gb chips doesnt boot at all not even to post

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Is it new 4gb ram sticks? Sounds like they are faulty.

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[Andrew843]

i upgraded my wifes pc with 8gbs and took these 4gbs from her pc and swapped them back in just to make sure they were working

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[Sola Scriptura]

chek in your bios that the RAM is getting the correct amount of voltage.

 

[Andrew843]

i just downloaded memtest and busy running with one inserted 4gb chip any idea how long this is gonna take ?

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[HolyCowImAnoOb]

if i insert the 1gb chips in any slots . the pc boots up. i tried them in the other slots and it works but as soon as i insert a single 4gb chip it boots past post until starting windows and crashes but with both 4gb chips doesnt boot at all not even to post

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Try reverting to a older bios

 

[Andrew843]

ok update i inserted both 4gb chips and booted to memtest then crashes. booted with one to memtest opens memtest but stalls. somehiw i inserted only one 1gb and it runs memtest

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[Andrew843]

i ran this with one 1gb chip.

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[HolyCowImAnoOb]

Try reverting to a older bios

Try this out [MENTION=31308]andrewwhite843[/MENTION]

 

[skylix001]

Try a different chip.

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[Phence]

You bought tech released 7 years ago. If that board is faulty or you want to test with another you will probably not find another one to replace it or struggle to test with another. My condolences, from one techie to another. [emoji14]

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[ScorpioMan]

I have ram and a few cpus if you want to try the tests, i am in kempton park if you are able to come through and do the tests

 

[Greekking]

Checked that the supported by the mobo ?
Sorry if it was asked, didn't read all the replies.

 

[skylix001]

Also check the manufacture date on the ram. I recall having an issue with this where the 4gig sticks were 512mb and not 256mb - this was my issue.

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