My computer RAM won't install correctly?

[RS Trade RS]

Hello. I need some help! I recently bought 2x1GB sticks of RAM to add to me 2x1GB sticks of RAM already... I made sure they were all exactly the same so my mother board would read them.

So I have put in them in my computer and when I load up my computer, go to computer, right click and click properties it only reads this:



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My operating system is x64bit so it should read it.

Thanks

 

[Noodles :)]

Take out your old ram and see if it shows up, and run memtest.
Could be faulty sticks

 

[slysteeler]

Check if your BIO detects the RAM, if it does then there could be a problem with your windows. If it doesn't, then the RAM is most likely faulty.

 

[RS Trade RS]

Yeah I found out the problem.... For some reason my old RAM is not compatible with any other RAM but it's own :S Stupid really but never mind guess I buying some more RAM... Urggg!

Thanks a lot guys

 

[slysteeler]

I've had a similar problem to that before. I bought extra RAM once which was "identical" to my existing RAM, but I kept getting BSOD because the new RAM had a slower timing and lower power requirements.

So I had to make a compromise by lowering the voltage and making my RAM timings lower on my old RAM.

 

[kill dank]

did you try alternating the slots? like

New
old
new
old?

That's what I had to do to upgrade my machine from '05 when it started to take a shit.