No display with 2 sticks of ram

[redxmoonx]

I have a gigabyte z97x-sli and 4x team zeus 4gb ddr3 1600

I can only get display with one(two of the sticks are a replacement) if I add the second stick I dont get display, I tried all slots and reset the cmos

 

[redxmoonx]

You need to check all 4 sticks individually. See if they all will individually boot up. With more than one stick in can you get into the bios?

they all boot up, with more than one no, like i said i always get everything turned on, HDD and everything boots but with more than one stick the monitor stays in standby no matter where i plug it or how many times i reset the CMOS and idk if i wanna keep doing that..

 

[andy_Man]

I think your motherboard needed standoffs, didn't get them and has shorted something out. Unless you follow the whole guide I posted above though, that is just speculation.

 

[redxmoonx]

I think your motherboard needed standoffs, didn't get them and has shorted something out. Unless you follow the whole guide I posted above though, that is just speculation.

maybe..? but neither the case or the motherboard bring any.. when i place the MB on the case it sits perfectly on top of the screw holes... when i looked at tutorials there was no mention of them either... i think i'll get the MB RMA and if they still dont work just get new RAM

 

[andy_Man]

Well, lets use some logic. Is the plate behind the motherboard metal? (Conductive) I am guessing it's aluminum, so yes. Without standoffs what keeps the motherboard from laying flat against that and shorting out. Make sure you install the new one with standoffs or this will happen again.

 

[redxmoonx]

Well, lets use some logic. Is the plate behind the motherboard metal? (Conductive) I am guessing it's aluminum, so yes. Without standoffs what keeps the motherboard from laying flat against that and shorting out. Make sure you install the new one with standoffs or this will happen again.

i'l def get some

 

[redxmoonx]

Well, lets use some logic. Is the plate behind the motherboard metal? (Conductive) I am guessing it's aluminum, so yes. Without standoffs what keeps the motherboard from laying flat against that and shorting out. Make sure you install the new one with standoffs or this will happen again.

quick update since you helped me out, i tried the ram on different places
the MB is like this [cpu] DDR 4 DDR 2 DDR3 DDR1 i always assumed it be 1 and 2 and 3 and 3.. i put them in 1 and and its working(which is weird cause i swear i thought i tried that).

also i looked around the case, it has its own standoffs i just didnt realize that.

 

[andy_Man]

I don't understand what you are saying. Were you not putting the ram in their matching slots? What is working now, just 1 or 2 or 3 or all 4?

 

[redxmoonx]

I don't understand what you are saying. Were you not putting the ram in their matching slots? What is working now, just 1 or 2 or 3 or all 4?

Sorry, I mean that i tried every combination possible, I tried the regular combination and the others, but for the hell of it I gave it one last try, I tried slot 1 and 3 and it suddenly worked.

 

[andy_Man]

Ram wants to run in dual channel, your slots 1 and 3 might be the pairing. (usually color coded) The motherboard manual will tell you which slots to populate first. Will all 4 sticks work?

 

[redxmoonx]

Ram wants to run in dual channel, your slots 1 and 3 might be the pairing. (usually color coded) The motherboard manual will tell you which slots to populate first. Will all 4 sticks work?

I tried 4 sticks that didn't work, 1 and 3 dont go together according to the manual, they say its supposed to be 1-2 and 3-4

 

[andy_Man]

It could also be a bad memory controller on the CPU. I have read other threads like this one http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/360010-28-memory-controller

You might want to try flashing your bios to the latest version. Also have you checked the compatibility lists yet?

 

[andy_Man]

have you tried slots 2/4