Question Problems with RAM on ASUS M4A89GTD/USB3 PRO board ?

[funkman4]

hi,i have above motherboard.have 8gb ram total 4 x 2gb
the total the motherboard will support is 16gb,so i bought four 4gb ram cards(or whatever they are called)
putthem in,and the pc wouldnt boot,monitor not comming on.
i took ram out and realised there is 3 blue slots and one black slot.
if i put 3 of the rams into the blue slots which is 12gb total the pc boots,but if i put the other back in to the black slot the pc wont boot.
what is the prob?
thanks

 

[funkman4]

so any clues?

 

[COLGeek]

so any clues?

None. I'm out of ideas. Seems your old rig is barely hanging on.

 

[funkman4]

its weird,the ram was working fine before i started this. i just wanted more ram,as music software i use needs bit more.,id been putting off getting it for ages.

 

[COLGeek]

I get it. Definitely the age of the system working against you. Some component has failed (is failing), CPU or motherboard, is my guess.

Sorry for your hassles.

 

[funkman4]

ok.UPDATE TIME
ill skip to the chase. i got the 16gb RAM working

 

[funkman4]

i got my old 8gb working again first,
what i done was,1 ram stick in black slot,worked,another ram stick in the other black slot,worked,then another in blue slot,worked,then finally the last stick in last blue slot worked.
who wulda thought!
so me being me said"i wownder would the new ram work putting it in like that.
so i tried 1 by one,and each time pc booted.
now 16gb ram working
saved myself few quid there! hehe
by the way,its second hand ram(my new ram)
i was looking at old 2gb sticks and they are 1600MHz the new(2nd hand) ones are 1333MHz
is there much difference in performance?
i use music production software

 

[COLGeek]

Congrats! Never touch the memory again!!

The difference between 1333 and 1600 is really minimal. If the system is working otherwise, leave it alone.