Huskie Posted December 3, 2014 Member ID: 20344 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 99 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 250 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 303 Achievement Points: 2013 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2023 Birthday: 07/12/1995 Share Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) So my dad and I built me a computer and it as all the right parts, but we don't know why only one ram stick is working? Idk if it's because they aren't compatible with my motherboard or if one ram stick is just simply not working....I've looked everywhere to see if the two are compatible but I'm just not 100% sure if they are or are not. Whose a computer builder that could possibly check their compatibility or have any advice to see if the ram stick works or not? Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Edited December 3, 2014 by Huskie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted December 3, 2014 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.08 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted December 3, 2014 First thing that comes to mind is to make sure the sticks are in the right slots if you only have two of them. Often, if you only have two, they have to go into specific slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheHammer Posted December 3, 2014 Member ID: 4101 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1124 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 792 Achievement Points: 8736 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/05/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 12:16 PM Birthday: 07/08/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted December 3, 2014 hey go into the motherboard bios on boot up f1 or esc key goto memory and check the timings on your sticks you should have the timings on the memory package your mother board may be defaulting to a lower timing and voltage yes check the memory voltage ass well its in your motherboards bios. I hope this helps good luck:) usually mem voltage is 2.1volts some are 1.8 but you need the right ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted December 3, 2014 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted December 3, 2014 make sure in same colored slots and reboot.and what cpu are you running ?or just RMA the memory and try another 2 matched sticks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Stoner Posted December 5, 2014 Member ID: 4184 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 56 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 21 Achievement Points: 595 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/09/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 04/16/1982 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Damage is correct make sure either the grey or black slots, I would go the the grey slots then reboot. From what I know they should work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CobraBites Posted December 5, 2014 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Share Posted December 5, 2014 First thing that comes to mind is to make sure the sticks are in the right slots if you only have two of them. Often, if you only have two, they have to go into specific slots. yes ...this is true......if u got 4 slots alot of times if u only using 2 sticks u need to make sure u have one in bank zero (which is the closet one to the processor) then one stick in bank 2 (or 3rd slot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbi_open_up Posted December 19, 2014 Member ID: 3143 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 10 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 261 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 207 Achievement Points: 2585 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 27 Birthday: 08/14/1961 Device: Windows Share Posted December 19, 2014 read your manual for the mobo it will tell you what slots to use with just 2 sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted December 20, 2014 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6417 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 6494 Achievement Points: 54337 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 01:37 PM Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted December 20, 2014 Also boot with 1 stick to comfirm its good then shut down and do the same with the other stick could be a bad stick after testing you will know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
iboomboom Posted December 20, 2014 Member ID: 20343 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 203 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3381 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 3019 Achievement Points: 30033 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/11/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 52 minutes ago Birthday: 07/01/1983 Device: Windows Share Posted December 20, 2014 Huskie, when you say it doesn't work what do you mean? Does the PC not boot up? Or you get a BSOD? Did you run memtest? Download Ubuntu Bootable CD and run Memtest. RAM slots are colored for dual channel so they go in that config, even if you don't put them in dual channel config it should still work fine. Ping me on TS about this over the weekend, I can help you debug. I am fairly good with building computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GeForce Posted December 24, 2014 Member ID: 2991 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 119 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 805 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 674 Achievement Points: 7108 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 3 Birthday: 09/09/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted December 24, 2014 Have you fixed the memory problem ? If not could you post the mobo model and mem model for me then I can see. Could be simple fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
iboomboom Posted December 25, 2014 Member ID: 20343 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 203 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3381 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 3019 Achievement Points: 30033 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/11/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 52 minutes ago Birthday: 07/01/1983 Device: Windows Share Posted December 25, 2014 She fixed it, it was the wrong slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
spinpuppy Posted December 25, 2014 Member ID: 3682 Group: ++ COD5 Admin Followers: 56 Topic Count: 178 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1834 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1747 Achievement Points: 14780 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/27/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 11 Birthday: 01/12/1960 Device: Android Share Posted December 25, 2014 Yay wrong slots...ya learned something. I was hoping ya didn't static out the stick. All is good. I cooked a RAM stick once by not grounding out before I touched it. Glad you didn't do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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