[SOLVED] New ram, no bios screen

[ABright3]

Hi all, looking for some help here,
Build
i7-5820k
MSI x99s sli plus mobo
Crucial Ballistix sport 4x2 gb ram 2400mhz (trying to install corsair vengeance 16x2)
Gpu: msi 1660ti


Everything runs fine with the old 8gb of ram, recently running into the issue of needing more ram, so I bought 32 gb 2400 corsair kit, have tried installing in various slots, and reset cmos, but im currently operating on the original mobo bios.
I noticed after browsing MSI website that they have several bios updates, which mention memory capablities, is it possible that I need to update bios in order to get running correctly? Currently whenever I slot the new sticks anywhere on the board, I get fans running, but no display, no way of getting to bios. I also posted this in the mobo section, not sure which one it should really go in, please delete if I am in the wrong place.
Any advice is much appreciated.
Thank you!

 

[Nemesia]

Did you try only 1 stick in the appropriate slot? If it's not booting you will have to update your BIOS.

 

[ABright3]

Yes I tried one new stick in the apropriate slot, also tried numerous other slots with just one new stick, but no success. I was able to boot up with one of the old sticks in a number of slots.

 

[Nemesia]

Yes I tried one new stick in the apropriate slot, also tried numerous other slots with just one new stick, but no success. I was able to boot up with one of the old sticks in a number of slots.

You were right when you said that with BIOS update they add memory compatibility with it. It could be your BIOS version that has no support for that RAM.

 

[ABright3]

Any advice before updating bios? I have read some horror stories of bricking the unit after update. A little nervous to ruin my rig.

 

[Nemesia]

Updating the BIOS is easy but if the electricity goes out while you're updating the BIOS it will brick the board unless that board has a dual bios feature etc.

What version are you at right now?

 

[ABright3]

Original factory bios from 2014 or something. Don't have PC in front of me to tell you exact version. But I have never updated it before.

 

[ABright3]

I believe I have a bios switch, I have tried switching from one to two as well, will that be a failsafe for me if something happens and it bricks?

 

[Nemesia]

You're right. You have a dual bios switch on the motherboard. If the A bios doesn't work you can switch to the B BIOS. So yeah you could do that if it give you issues but it should not be giving you any issue.

Follow the instruction carefully on the motherboard website. Download the latest BIOS and put the file on a flash drive formatted in FAT32. Put that flash drive in a usb port (Sometime motherboard have bios flash USB port made for that) and go in your BIOS. Should just be a question of using the flash bios inside the bios and going to the usb folder where the file is and flashing the BIOS. I flashed a lot of BIOS in my life and only a few times I had issues and I'm talking hundreds if not a thousand systems.

 

[ABright3]

Awesome, will try this tonight or tomorrow morning and will report back. Thanks a bunches for the info so far.

 

[Nemesia]

Awesome, will try this tonight or tomorrow morning and will report back. Thanks a bunches for the info so far.

No problems. I'm here for that. I will wait for you reporting back. Everything should goes smoothly on your end and after the BIOS update your RAM should work.

Good luck!

 

[ABright3]

Bios update solved ram install issue.

 

[Nemesia]

Bios update solved ram install issue.

I'm happy it solved your issue and that you had 0 issue with the BIOS update

Have fun with the RAM!