New RAM causing crash

[Dwyer_9]

Hi Guys,

My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H87-D3H-rev-1x#ov), and I was using 8GB of G Skill Ares RAM (https://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-1600c9d-8gao), and everything was working perfectly, but decided I wanted to upgrade to 16GB, so bought some used Corsair Vengeance RAM (http://www.corsair.com/en-us/vengeancer-16gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmz16gx3m2a1600c9g)

I installed it, and it seemed to be fine, PC booted up, then got a "desktop window manager has stopped responding" error message, and while I was looking up what that meant I got a BSOD. I then tried to restart my computer, and it wouldn't get past the BIOS screen, and was unresponsive there. I then made sure the new RAM was installed correctly, and that resulted in the PC not booting at all (the lights would come on but nothing would show up on screen).

I've now reinstalled my original RAM, and it seems to be working fine again, but my question is was it faulty RAM causing a crash, or was it not installed correctly, or do I have to change some settings to get it to work?

Any advice is much appreciated, I really am a novice when it comes to these sorts of things

 

[mcnumpty23]

mixing ram is a lottery

might work might not

guess you got the might not

or if you meant you removed the original ram and only used the corsair

try the bios xmp setting

 

[Rdslw]

sometimes ram is faulty, run memcheck on system boot. Simple 60 sec test should show you if anything is wrong. Sometimes it compatibility, even same product from another factory CAN be a problem.
I would go with
bank A, B,C,D
stick 1,2
a1 c2
a2 c1
b1 a2
b2 a1
a1
a2
if any of this will not boot nicely then 100% you need to send this to get new one.
in general its good idea to buy EXACT same piece you already have. it works ~95% of times then

 

[Dwyer_9]

mixing ram is a lottery

might work might not

guess you got the might not

Sorry, might not have explained myself properly. I'm not mixing RAM, I took the G Skill out and put just the new Corsair set in, 2 x 8gb sticks from a matched pair, I'm not using the Corsair and the G Skill at the same time

 

[mcnumpty23]

mixing ram is a lottery

might work might not

guess you got the might not

Sorry, might not have explained myself properly. I'm not mixing RAM, I took the G Skill out and put just the new Corsair set in, 2 x 8gb sticks from a matched pair, I'm not using the Corsair and the G Skill at the same time

yeah i updated my post in case thats what you meant

 

[Rdslw]

mixing ram is a lottery

might work might not

guess you got the might not

Sorry, might not have explained myself properly. I'm not mixing RAM, I took the G Skill out and put just the new Corsair set in, 2 x 8gb sticks from a matched pair, I'm not using the Corsair and the G Skill at the same time

You may try going to bios and restore defaults after inserting new mem. Maybe timings did not reset and bios try to force something on new sticks ?
BTW I would push em all at once. when I have banks and same speed, why do not have 24Gb ?

 

[Dwyer_9]

mixing ram is a lottery

might work might not

guess you got the might not

Sorry, might not have explained myself properly. I'm not mixing RAM, I took the G Skill out and put just the new Corsair set in, 2 x 8gb sticks from a matched pair, I'm not using the Corsair and the G Skill at the same time

yeah i updated my post in case thats what you meant

Ah, didn't see that until after I'd replied. I've tried everything I can think of, including trying each new RAM stick individually, and one of them boots fine, the other won't boot, so I'm thinking I've got a faulty stick on my hands. When they're in their together my PC won't even get to the BIOS screen, just blackness and a crash.

 

[mcnumpty23]

mixing ram is a lottery

might work might not

guess you got the might not

Sorry, might not have explained myself properly. I'm not mixing RAM, I took the G Skill out and put just the new Corsair set in, 2 x 8gb sticks from a matched pair, I'm not using the Corsair and the G Skill at the same time

yeah i updated my post in case thats what you meant

Ah, didn't see that until after I'd replied. I've tried everything I can think of, including trying each new RAM stick individually, and one of them boots fine, the other won't boot, so I'm thinking I've got a faulty stick on my hands. When they're in their together my PC won't even get to the BIOS screen, just blackness and a crash.

then yes sounds like one is faulty

 

[Dwyer_9]

mixing ram is a lottery

might work might not

guess you got the might not

Sorry, might not have explained myself properly. I'm not mixing RAM, I took the G Skill out and put just the new Corsair set in, 2 x 8gb sticks from a matched pair, I'm not using the Corsair and the G Skill at the same time

yeah i updated my post in case thats what you meant

Ah, didn't see that until after I'd replied. I've tried everything I can think of, including trying each new RAM stick individually, and one of them boots fine, the other won't boot, so I'm thinking I've got a faulty stick on my hands. When they're in their together my PC won't even get to the BIOS screen, just blackness and a crash.

then yes sounds like one is faulty

Thanks for the replies mate, have returned those and got a new set that seem to be working perfectly.