PC won't start after RAM change
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Paul.tbt Posted messages 2 Status Membre -
Paul.tbt Posted messages 2 Status Membre -
Hello,
Today I wanted to add 8GB (2x4GB) of RAM to my PC already equipped with 8GB (2x4GB) of RAM. When I installed the additional RAM, my PC was running, but the screen and keyboard were unresponsive, so essentially my computer was on but wouldn't boot...
So I removed the 2 new RAM sticks, restarted my PC, and everything started up fine.
That's the first problem. I should mention that both sets of RAM sticks are G-Skill Sniper for DDR3, but the new ones are DDR3-2133 while the old ones are DDR3-1700; normally, the 2133 is compatible with my MSI 970 motherboard.
My second problem, which is even worse, is that I disconnected my old RAM sticks to see if the new ones would work in their place, but to no avail. So I reinstalled everything as it was originally, and now my PC won’t start AT ALL, just like at the beginning when I had the 4 sticks connected...
So I tried putting the sticks in all the different slots without success, pressing the power button for 30 seconds after turning the PSU off, I even completely removed and reinserted the motherboard battery in a last-ditch effort, and still nothing...
So my PC is pretty much everything I have outside of classes in my simple student life, and I admit I'm a bit panicked about having to get it repaired because I need it for work and my budget is very tight...
Here are the details of my setup that I built more than a year ago:
MSI 970 motherboard
GTX 1060 6GB OC graphics card
AMD FX 8350 Black Edition processor
RAM (without the new ones) G-Skill Sniper 2x4GB 1700MHz 1.6v
BeQuiet 500W PSU
Thank you for any potential responses...
P.S.: Please don’t assert anything unless you are certain of what you are saying (it might save me from spending the little money I have)
Today I wanted to add 8GB (2x4GB) of RAM to my PC already equipped with 8GB (2x4GB) of RAM. When I installed the additional RAM, my PC was running, but the screen and keyboard were unresponsive, so essentially my computer was on but wouldn't boot...
So I removed the 2 new RAM sticks, restarted my PC, and everything started up fine.
That's the first problem. I should mention that both sets of RAM sticks are G-Skill Sniper for DDR3, but the new ones are DDR3-2133 while the old ones are DDR3-1700; normally, the 2133 is compatible with my MSI 970 motherboard.
My second problem, which is even worse, is that I disconnected my old RAM sticks to see if the new ones would work in their place, but to no avail. So I reinstalled everything as it was originally, and now my PC won’t start AT ALL, just like at the beginning when I had the 4 sticks connected...
So I tried putting the sticks in all the different slots without success, pressing the power button for 30 seconds after turning the PSU off, I even completely removed and reinserted the motherboard battery in a last-ditch effort, and still nothing...
So my PC is pretty much everything I have outside of classes in my simple student life, and I admit I'm a bit panicked about having to get it repaired because I need it for work and my budget is very tight...
Here are the details of my setup that I built more than a year ago:
MSI 970 motherboard
GTX 1060 6GB OC graphics card
AMD FX 8350 Black Edition processor
RAM (without the new ones) G-Skill Sniper 2x4GB 1700MHz 1.6v
BeQuiet 500W PSU
Thank you for any potential responses...
P.S.: Please don’t assert anything unless you are certain of what you are saying (it might save me from spending the little money I have)
For now, I've only done this with my 2 original sticks, I’ll try the other 2 tomorrow to see if my 2 problems were actually the same... Thanks again anyway, you’re really saving me!