The PC has a single Kingston DDR3 1600MHz 8G stick on Asus P8Z77-V running i5-3570K. I bought 3 more white brand 8G rated DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 and the PC won't even post. I tried all kinds of combination and eventually even the original Kingston alone won't boot. I had to force reset and keep changing slots to get the PC back to boot again and now the PC only boot without any overclock.
I got what I deserved for trying white brand DRAM. The question is that I was having trouble even plugging the original Kingston back, so something probably went wrong with the MB and I was lucky to even got it working again. Is it worth the effort and money to give it another try but using Kingston instead of white brand? I could use at least another 8G but I figure probably just 12 months at most when we know what is needed for DirectStorage and I will build a new machine so maybe I should just stay put and don't risk it?
It's been a while for me but when did it become so complicated to plug in new DRAM?
I got what I deserved for trying white brand DRAM. The question is that I was having trouble even plugging the original Kingston back, so something probably went wrong with the MB and I was lucky to even got it working again. Is it worth the effort and money to give it another try but using Kingston instead of white brand? I could use at least another 8G but I figure probably just 12 months at most when we know what is needed for DirectStorage and I will build a new machine so maybe I should just stay put and don't risk it?
It's been a while for me but when did it become so complicated to plug in new DRAM?