Mel Carter Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Hello, I am building a gaming system. I have a Asus M4A89GTD PRO MoBo and a AMD Phenom 11 CPU. I bought 2 lots of 8 Gb RAM each in 2x4Gb DDR3 sticks. I bought 2 different speeds : CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 and CMX8GX3M2A1333C9. I am not mixing the two speeds. I want to have a max of 8Gb on-board. Trouble is the system won't boot beyond the memory check (1 long beep, 2 short ones) and the MemOK light remains lit. Even pressing the MemOk button does not make the system recognise the RAM. Before I return the items as incompatible, could you tell me : does the system fail because the MoBo can't read a 4Gb stick? Would I get it to boot using 4x2Gb sticks - and would c8 or c9 in the RAM spec make any difference? Cheers MerC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 It can definitely handle 4 GB sticks. Either you have a slot issue or a CPU issue. Your CPU: It's not AMD Phenom 11, it's AMD Phenom II :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Carter Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 Sorry, AMD Phenom II - am about to strip the system down and bench test the mobo and chip with a couple of Kingston DDR3 2Gb sticks. If that fails, it's into my local computer engineer. I have a sinking feeling, though, that some component or other isn't working as it should.... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Carter Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 I've conceded defeat on this build and put it into my local computer engineer to sort out. I'm hoping I will be able to use the Corsair Vengeance modules.... Cheers MerC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Carter Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Duh! The motherboard I bought was faulty - what you called a slot issue I suppose. This will be returned for a refund, but will they re-imburse me for the time I had to pay the engineer for? I somehow doubt it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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