Make sure you have the two sticks of RAM in the correct DIMM slots.
Most motherboards come with 4 DIMM slots. (Pictured below)
Normally in dual channel configurations, the RAM is seated in DIMM slots 1 and 3 (the dark gray DIMM slots in the picture above).
Refer to your motherboard manual for correct RAM seating.
Hope this helped!
-Lachlan
