New ram installed, but I have a black screen

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Here are my specs.

Gtx 970 4 gb vram
i5-4460 3.2 ghz
And an msi b85-g41 mate

Motherboard link: https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B85-G41-PC-Mate.html#hero-overview

When I first bought these parts, I had two 4 gb sticks but the pc monitor wouldn't display anything on the screen. So I settled with one stick of 8 gn for the past two years.

I just bought two 4 gb sticks again to upgrade but i forgot about the issue.

So what do you guys suggest might be the issue?

I have two of these:
Ballistix Sport 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

And one of these:
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s PC3-12800 CL9 1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory

[Omega]

Sounds like a typical dead RAM module.

Try identifying the dead module by testing them one at a time.

If the PC does work fine with only one module installed try testing each slots one at a time to see if one of the slots is broken.

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Publicado originalmente por Omega:

Sounds like a typical dead RAM module.

Try identifying the dead module by testing them one at a time.

If the PC does work fine with only one module installed try testing each slots one at a time to see if one of the slots is broken.

The nothing displayed in ports dimm 1 and dimm 2

Dimm one is blue and dimm two is black

[Bad 💀 Motha]

There is no DIMM # requrement, ignore that none-sense.
A majority of all motherboards stopped doing since the days of LGA-775 / Pentium 4/D

Put the RAM is matching colored slots; if DIMM 1 and 3 are an issue, use 2 and 4

Reset the CMOS when installing NEW RAM, so the RAM will now all be on AUTO.
Then boot up, enter BIOS and set the DRAM to XMP Mode > Profile#1-1600

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Publicado originalmente por Bad_Motha:

There is no DIMM #, ignore that none-sense.

Put the RAM is matching colored slots; if DIMM 1 and 3 are an issue, use 2 and 4

Reset the CMOS when installing NEW RAM, so the RAM will now all be on AUTO.
Then boot up, enter BIOS and set the DRAM to XMP Mode > Profile#1-1600

If I have any ram in the first two slots, the computer doesnt display anything on the screen :(

Atm, I have the 8 GB in Dimm 3 and one of the 4's in Dimm 4. My Bios says I'm running with 12 GB.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Put the RAM in slots 2 and 4 for Dual Channel. Every other slot is a dual channel grouping.
Slots next to each other will result in Single Channel only.
Make sure BIOS is set to Large Memory Aware for above 4G

Wait what? No, get 2x8GB that matches 100%

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Publicado originalmente por Bad_Motha:

Put the RAM in slots 2 and 4 for Dual Channel. Every other slot is a dual channel grouping.
Slots next to each other will result in Single Channel only.
Make sure BIOS is set to Large Memory Aware for above 4G

Wait what? No, get 2x8GB that matches 100%

The thing is, is that no matter what, if there is ram in slot 1 or 2, the monitor won't display anything.

[vertigo]

My first thought when reading the OP was a dead slot, and that's what it sounds like after reading on. Try one module in each slot to see which one(s) is/are bad. If it's just one, simply put your two modules in the two slots of the other color (i.e. if the bad slot is black, put your memory in the two blue slots). Once you figure that out, you have to decide whether you want to run 8+4 and have more, but slower, memory, or 4+4 for less, but faster (dual-channel) memory.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por SLICKY:

Publicado originalmente por Bad_Motha:

Put the RAM in slots 2 and 4 for Dual Channel. Every other slot is a dual channel grouping.
Slots next to each other will result in Single Channel only.
Make sure BIOS is set to Large Memory Aware for above 4G

Wait what? No, get 2x8GB that matches 100%

The thing is, is that no matter what, if there is ram in slot 1 or 2, the monitor won't display anything.

Then your Motherboard is already going bad.

Try 1x RAM, start with slot #1, power on, test the RAM with Diagnostics; WinOS already has that, just run it.

Run it on about a 5X Pass + Extended. When done, power down, take that RAM and move to Slot #2, repeat... do this until that RAM works on all DIMMs; if the RAM works but not on all DIMMs, chances are that DIMM is dead.

Once finished, repeat all this again with RAM #2

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Publicado originalmente por Bad_Motha:

Publicado originalmente por SLICKY:

The thing is, is that no matter what, if there is ram in slot 1 or 2, the monitor won't display anything.

Then your Motherboard is already going bad.

Try 1x RAM, start with slot #1, power on, test the RAM with Diagnostics; WinOS already has that, just run it.

Run it on about a 5X Pass + Extended. When done, power down, take that RAM and move to Slot #2, repeat... do this until that RAM works on all DIMMs; if the RAM works but not on all DIMMs, chances are that DIMM is dead.

Once finished, repeat all this again with RAM #2

Gonna do this tomorrow, thanks for the help man

[vertigo]

Just want to clear up one thing to avoid any confusion: DIMM is the memory module (that's what the MM stand for), not the slot. So you're testing the slots, not the DIMMs. Also, if one of the slots is bad and causing you to get a blank screen, you're almost certainly going to notice this right away, so I wouldn't waste time running an extended memory test on each slot. I'd just put a stick in the first slot and see if it boots and gives you video. If it does, move on to the next, and so on. If all of them work, then just pick two of the same color to install your memory into and, if it still boots, THEN run the test. No sense spending hours testing a slot only to find that as soon as you switch to the next one you get no video.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Sorry, yes if you do not understand these tech terms, refer to your Motherboard Manual.
It will be sure to point out things like RAM, DIMM, SLOT, etc...

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Publicado originalmente por vertigo:

Just want to clear up one thing to avoid any confusion: DIMM is the memory module (that's what the MM stand for), not the slot. So you're testing the slots, not the DIMMs. Also, if one of the slots is bad and causing you to get a blank screen, you're almost certainly going to notice this right away, so I wouldn't waste time running an extended memory test on each slot. I'd just put a stick in the first slot and see if it boots and gives you video. If it does, move on to the next, and so on. If all of them work, then just pick two of the same color to install your memory into and, if it still boots, THEN run the test. No sense spending hours testing a slot only to find that as soon as you switch to the next one you get no video.

Sorry about that lol, yeah the first two slots on the left don't work. The only ones that work are the two on the right and they aren't the same color, but I have an 8 GB and a 4 GB in them.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then RMA the Motherboard.

[vertigo]

^^This. Or return to the store if it's within the return period.

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Publicado originalmente por Bad_Motha:

Then RMA the Motherboard.

Publicado originalmente por vertigo:

^^This. Or return to the store if it's within the return period.

Yeah, I've had it for about two years so I don't think they'll help me there lol