My Ram doesnt work with my MB?

[ApeMan]

OK I bought an ASUS P4R800-VM motherboard.

 

For ram it says

 

"RAM: 4x DIMM for DDR400/333/266 Max 4GB "

 

So I bought this ram:

Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200 - OEM

 

 

In my motherboard I have 4 slots for ram. I have 2 blue slots and 2 black slots.

 

I have tried the ram in every possible combination you can think of, computer turns on works etc. It constantly crashes, why do I think it is the ram you may ask. Well because when I just use 512 ram, it works, but when I use both sticks my games just randomly close... my computer will randomly restart sometimes... never has happened with just 1 stick... only with both.

 

HELP?

[Wired]

That memory is double sided.

 

http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P4R800-VM

 

Note: Supports one single-sided PC3200 (DDR400) DIMM per channel only

Per the manual:

This motherboard may only detect PC2700 (DDR333) system memory when you install two PC3200 (DDR400) DIMMs in one channel or when you install double-sided PC3200 (DDR400) DIMMS.

That would do it. Try setting the memory to 333 Mhz, and place them in either both blue slots, or both black slots.

[ApeMan]

How do i set the memory to 333hz? And what is the difference between 333hz and whatever im running it at now?

 

Thank you!

[RAM GUY]

Please check the user manual for the bios section, and there will be setting called memory Frequency or memory frequency ratio that you would set for the memory frequency.

[Wired]

The difference is that it's a bit slower, however that's because of a limitation of your motherboard that it has to be run like that.