- Mar 1, 2008
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Hello, somewhat new here, don't come here too often, but I have a question.
I just got a 2GB PC2 6400 memory stick its OCZ brand, Fatal1ty edition. I cannot verify the integrity of the RAM as it was used with no confirmation of it working before.
Sticker says 5-4-4 @2.1v. My motherboard is a very new ASrock G41M-S and according to the website should work with this ram. PN is OCZ2P8004GK and its on the list. The issue is when I plug it in the PC will not boot.
I tried using the default auto setting for voltage in the BIOS, also tried manually setting it to 2.1 and same thing happened. 1 miraculous time it did boot and I got into the BIOS and it all looked good, so I tried mixing in my Kingston RAM hoping it would work, but I got the three "no memory" beeps. So I removed the Kingston and it wouldn't boot again. If they cannot mix that's alright, I'm not too worried about that, although the Kingston RAM is also PC2 6400, but at 1.8v.
When I try to boot with the OCZ RAM in the fans spin up, it lasts for like 3-4 seconds, and then the power cuts off. Then it will kick back on for ~ 1 sec and kick back off and continue to do this until it gets unplugged. Also, remember it DID boot ONLY 1 time. When it did boot, the memory voltage was manually set to 2.1V. The other odd thing, when it booted the one time, the memory module was in the second slot which I thought was weird, but I did attempt to use both memory slots.
Other specs 600W PSU, 1 DVD-RW, 1 CD-RW, Core2Quad Q6600 @ stock, GeForce 8400GS PCI-E, PCI IDE card to expand IDE ports and 2 HDD I think Maxtor 250GB and Western Digital 320GB.
If the memory is bad, I can probably RMA it and get it fixed, it should be under lifetime warranty (and sticker is still affixed) but what would cause the computer to do this, power on and off? Also, why would it boot just one time and only in the one slot? Any thoughts or answers are appreciated, thanks for your time.
I just got a 2GB PC2 6400 memory stick its OCZ brand, Fatal1ty edition. I cannot verify the integrity of the RAM as it was used with no confirmation of it working before.
Sticker says 5-4-4 @2.1v. My motherboard is a very new ASrock G41M-S and according to the website should work with this ram. PN is OCZ2P8004GK and its on the list. The issue is when I plug it in the PC will not boot.
I tried using the default auto setting for voltage in the BIOS, also tried manually setting it to 2.1 and same thing happened. 1 miraculous time it did boot and I got into the BIOS and it all looked good, so I tried mixing in my Kingston RAM hoping it would work, but I got the three "no memory" beeps. So I removed the Kingston and it wouldn't boot again. If they cannot mix that's alright, I'm not too worried about that, although the Kingston RAM is also PC2 6400, but at 1.8v.
When I try to boot with the OCZ RAM in the fans spin up, it lasts for like 3-4 seconds, and then the power cuts off. Then it will kick back on for ~ 1 sec and kick back off and continue to do this until it gets unplugged. Also, remember it DID boot ONLY 1 time. When it did boot, the memory voltage was manually set to 2.1V. The other odd thing, when it booted the one time, the memory module was in the second slot which I thought was weird, but I did attempt to use both memory slots.
Other specs 600W PSU, 1 DVD-RW, 1 CD-RW, Core2Quad Q6600 @ stock, GeForce 8400GS PCI-E, PCI IDE card to expand IDE ports and 2 HDD I think Maxtor 250GB and Western Digital 320GB.
If the memory is bad, I can probably RMA it and get it fixed, it should be under lifetime warranty (and sticker is still affixed) but what would cause the computer to do this, power on and off? Also, why would it boot just one time and only in the one slot? Any thoughts or answers are appreciated, thanks for your time.
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