I recently wanted to upgrade the RAM on my PC to add a bit of longevity. My system is
MOBO: ASRock H55M-LE
CPU: i3 540 @ 3.07GHz
GPU: MSI Radeon HD 7790 2GB
I wanted to upgrade my RAM from 4GB (2x2) Kingston DDR3 Value PC1333.
The new RAM I bought was 8GB (4GBx2) Crucial DDR3 PC1600.
When both blocks of the new RAM are in the Motherboard, the PC boots directly to 'Resume From Hibernation' and stays there.
When only one block is inserted it boots directly to the Windows logo with the rotating dots and immediately freezes.
So far I have tried any combination of RAM blocks and slots in the Motherboard and restarting the PC with the original RAM to access BIOS, where I could make sure that the new RAM got the required 1.5V current. Nothing helps.
Before purchasing the new RAM I ran the Crucial system scan on crucial.com to make sure my system was compatible with the new RAM. The scan and my (admittedly limited) PC knowledge tells me that PC1600 RAM should be backwards compatible to run on a PC1333 bus. When I made sure the new RAM got the proper 1.5V current in the BIOS it even stated that they had been downgraded.
Why, oh why, will my PC not boot windows with my new RAM?
Thank you for helping!
MOBO: ASRock H55M-LE
CPU: i3 540 @ 3.07GHz
GPU: MSI Radeon HD 7790 2GB
I wanted to upgrade my RAM from 4GB (2x2) Kingston DDR3 Value PC1333.
The new RAM I bought was 8GB (4GBx2) Crucial DDR3 PC1600.
When both blocks of the new RAM are in the Motherboard, the PC boots directly to 'Resume From Hibernation' and stays there.
When only one block is inserted it boots directly to the Windows logo with the rotating dots and immediately freezes.
So far I have tried any combination of RAM blocks and slots in the Motherboard and restarting the PC with the original RAM to access BIOS, where I could make sure that the new RAM got the required 1.5V current. Nothing helps.
Before purchasing the new RAM I ran the Crucial system scan on crucial.com to make sure my system was compatible with the new RAM. The scan and my (admittedly limited) PC knowledge tells me that PC1600 RAM should be backwards compatible to run on a PC1333 bus. When I made sure the new RAM got the proper 1.5V current in the BIOS it even stated that they had been downgraded.
Why, oh why, will my PC not boot windows with my new RAM?
Thank you for helping!