need help just started build after upgrade

[toolowdown]

hello all i just upgraded my pc from a amd 3800 to intel6750 p5ke se motherboard and two sticks of 1gb kingston ram.

the problem is it would only boot with one stick in at a time every time i put two sticks in either colored slot's the mointor would shut off how do i fix this?

i went ahead and fresh installed win xp and just put my drivers in for the mother board.
need to figure it out so i can get dual channel up and going.


thanks for your time

[Alaron]

Can you give us a link to the exact RAM sticks you bought?

[shadowpr]

So with only one stick of ram, it will boot up fine, but with both it won't?

Will it boot up if you switch the sticks?

Have you manually adjusted the ram voltage in bios to make sure it's getting what is recommended?

If you have, and both sticks work individually, then it sounds like a motherboard problem. RMA it then.

[toolowdown]

i tried both stick's single channel and both work it just wouldnt boot with both in colored slot's
for dual channel when i called asus they said it was either cause bio's needed updateing or needed to set the ram up in bios but im clueless how to so that

here is the link to the ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134117

i need to know the setting's for it but didnt se any cas or otherwise in spec's

[Alaron]

Pop into your motherboard BIOS and look around for settings related to "DRAM Frequency" or something similar. The timings should be automatically recognized. Look for a voltage setting. It should say 1.8V. If not, manually change it to 1.8, save your settings and shut down. Put in both sticks and see if the machine boots.

[toolowdown]

ok will do ill post back in a few thanks guy's for the help. everything else is good just this lol

[toolowdown]

ok set the volts on dram to 1.8 like you said and it still will only boot with one stick when you put the stick's in the a1,b1 slot's that are yellow like the motherboard guide say's it will start up and then the monitor will shut down any ideah's?

[Cricket]

I've had problems with Intel motherboards and the Dual Channel slots in the past. Would boot up fine when RAM in single channel slots but wouldn't boot in Dual Channel slots. RMA the motherboard, got a replacement and everything was fine after. I started to use only ASUS motherboards after having to RMA 3 Intel motherboards with the same problems.

Cricket

[toolowdown]

i misquoted earlier cricket its not a intel it is a asus board p5ke se i just called it intel out of the blue lol. thats why im surprised at this i have never got a bad part from newegg so should i rma the board and how do you do it? i have never did it.

[shadowpr]

Call up newegg if you bought it from them, and tell them that you need to send it back for a replacement. They should help you with that.

[cmichael258]

Originally Posted by toolowdown i misquoted earlier cricket its not a intel it is a asus board p5ke se i just called it intel out of the blue lol. thats why im surprised at this i have never got a bad part from newegg so should i rma the board and how do you do it? i have never did it.

I had the same issue with an ASUS M2n series. I gave up on the instructions to install in the black slots and just started moving them around and trying different combinations. One of them finally worked.

Good luck!

[toolowdown]

well i called asus and they said it sound's like a bad ram slot newegg sent me a email with the ups label and the rma label so a printed them and will be sending it back friday.

question i did a fresh window's install can i just throw my amd back in and set the ide controller to standard duel so i can at least have internet until it comes back from newegg?

will i have to install window's again if i do that?

thanks all for the replies

[toolowdown]

well just a update for you folk's i rma'd the asus mb and got another bad one so i refunded it and got a gygabyte board and it posted both stick's of ram . it is running great it idle's 33c and run's
58c in torture test on prime95 under full load so think im good to go that's on stock air btw.

im gunna get a aftermarket cooler soon and 2 more gig's of ram. but im really happy run's alot more quiet and fast than my old amd 3800 lol. thanks again for the advice and help cheers