Help! Installed an additonal 8gb of ram and now computer won't boot.

[Kolbe Howard]

I had a single stick of kingston 8gb ram and I recently got a second stick to run in dual channel 16 gb mode. As soon as I installed the stick my computer refused to boot and I am getting nothing on my monitor.

I can't access the bios, I pulled the new stick out and tried to run it as it was before and my computer is at a complete standstill.

I heard installing ram was like the easiest thing to do. I did not expect it to completely brick my PC. I need help, please!

[Silicon Vampire]

first, are those two sticks IDENTICAL. Specifications matter.

Second, what exact motherboard?

[Kolbe Howard]

Цитата допису Silicon Vampire:

first, are those two sticks IDENTICAL. Specifications matter.

Second, what exact motherboard?

Ok so I reset the CMOS and got into the Bios, computer booted up fine. But my computer is still not detecting the second stick.

And no techically it's not part of a kit. I got a single stick of Kingston 8gb and tried to install a second stick of the exact same ram. I only realized now that was going to be a problem.

So my question is this? Do I need to return these and buy a 16gb kit or can I make them work together in dual channel like I was planning to.

Oh and I did install the two sticks in the corresponding slots for dual channel. My PC just isn't detecting the second stick.

[initiaLiSeD]

Kingston RAM sticks are usually cross compatible.

Update your BIOS.

Check your motherboard manual to make sure you're putting the second stick in the right slot.

Test each stick on it's own and return the faulty one.

If they both work fine on their own then try running them in Single Channel mode if that works then there is a problem with your memory controller.

[Kolbe Howard]

Цитата допису initiaLiSeD:

Kingston RAM sticks are usually cross compatible.

Update your BIOS.

Check your motherboard manual to make sure you're putting the second stick in the right slot.

Test each stick on it's own and return the faulty one.

If they both work fine on their own then try running them in Single Channel mode if that works then there is a problem with your memory controller.

UGHHHh! Now I reset the cmos again to try to get it to detect the second stick and the comuter won't boot again. It goes through the cycle and then gets stuck on the led marked "boot_device_led."

[_I_]

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

[Kolbe Howard]

Problem fixed. I pulled out the CMOS battery for about 15 minutes and then plugged in back in. I also had to do it again along with pulling out my Graphics card out to get it to detect my GPU as well.

It was a nightmare, absolutely awful 4-5 hours but I did fix it. Thank you to everyone who had suggestions.