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Update: Added some Corsair Vengeance 8gig sdram ddr3 1600 and it booted up like a charm. No error beeps (it was 1 and then 2 before - so an obvious memory issue). The model# is CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9. Model #CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9b sticks will also work - the "b" denotes that they are blue sticks...

I should have a video card lying around among my older parts. I'll see if that solves the beeping. After speaking with the ASUS rep he suggested that I purchase RAM that's on the list. I'm not too put off by that, as I want this rig to run nicely right from the first boot up. So, I'm...

Can you tell me - what is a breadboard post? Or have a link that best describes it? I've never heard the term before.

Thanks for the reply. So, when I first put the ram in - I had them seated in the wrong slots (the 2 sticks were in seats 2 and 4, instead of 1 and 3). So, I changed them over to the correct slots. Tried to start up again and the same issues occurred. So, I repeated what the manual said...

So, here's the specs on my machine and I'll give you the lowdown on what's going on after: motherboad: ASUS M5A99X EVO AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS video card: EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP...