Freezing in the BIOS or not turning on with my first build

[evongugg]

Try this, if the stick is not defective:
Increase voltage to 2.1v. Relax timings.
Bump up the NB voltage until its stable.

 

[duttonta]

I tried each stick individually, and it started fine for any but the one. I started it with combinations of 2 or three sticks and it would start fine except when I added in that one. I tried four sticks, and it did not start fine. Using the three good ones I went ahead and installed the OS and it's restarted fine numerous times. Looks like it's running well. Thanks a lot for your help everybody.

 

[DcMan1]

Yep !, that will cause plenty of bug's, you just got unlucky with a bad stick of memory.

Like i said previously, if people took time to eliminate possible causes,
even a beginner can troubleshoot a computer, i should know,
i teach beginners ages 8 to about 75 how to use, assemble, fix etc...