I just bought a 4gb Ram 1333mhz ddr3 for my AsRock G41M-VS3 R2.0.
When I turned on the computer, nothing happens just black screen. No sounds from the mobo. Is it a faulty RAM, RAM not supported help please
I have the same problem kingston 4gb 1333 do not work i have to buy 1 pair of CRUCIAL SPORTS XT of 4gb 1600 loand they work flawless! !!!!! End of problems the MOBO runs like hell and have windows 10
Configuration:
Xeon X5460 3.13ghz fsb 1333
8Gb (2×4gb 1600) crucial sports xt
Asus nvidia Gtx 650ti
PSU corsair 500w 80 plus bronze
The G41 chipset (Dual Core/Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad) boards require double-sided low density (2Rx8) 4GB modules. They WILL NOT post with single-sided high density (1Rx8) 4GB memory installed.
I have a G41M and a P45 board and they both require double-sided low density 4GB (2Rx8) memory modules or they will not post.
They also require 2GB modules to be double-sided (2Rx8) although sometimes will post and run with single-sided 2GB modules but this can cause memory corruption and errors. However 1GB modules can be single-sided or double-sided. Newer 2GB and 4GB memory modules are almost all single-sided and high density (1Rx8) as newer motherboards can support this chip configuration and it is cheaper to manufacture.
You can tell if a 4GB memory module is 2Rx8 because it has 2 rows of 8 chips (totaling 16 chips) = 8 on one side and 8 on the other side. A 1Rx8 module has 1 row of 8 chips on one side only, and nothing on the other side.