mitchhayesx Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Hi there guys went to upgrade my ram today and i need some help, to start things off my system specs: Windows 7 (64 bit) Motherboard: Asus P5G41-M LE gfx: HIS radeon 7770 ghz edition 1Gb My system booted fine with the old ram ( 2 sticks of 2gb ddr3 1333), i picked up a single 8gb 1600mhz (i didnt find out till later my mobo only supports 1333mhz ram) stick and my system wouldnt boot at all so i took the ram back and picked up an 8gb 1333 corsair vengeance stick and my system still wont boot. i can get it to boot fine by putting back in the 2 old 2gb 1333mhz sticks. Any help will be appreciated so much! Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Your MB can't use 8 gig sticks. Max capacity is only 8 gig's so it would need to be 4x2gigs. My system booted fine with the old ram ( 2 sticks of 2gb ddr3 1333),Are you sure it's DDR3 memory? Board specs list only DDr2 memory for that board. Besides not being able t use 8 gig sticks this would be another reason why it wont boot. https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5G41M_LE/#specifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhayesx Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 Thanks for the reply @peanutz that website is wrong, on the box of my mobo it says supports dual channel ddr3 1333, looked through the manual and it doesn't say anything about max of 4gb on a single stick. This really really sucks as I just wasted a hundred bucks on this new ram... Is there absolutely nothing I can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 This really really sucks as I just wasted a hundred bucks on this new ram... Is there absolutely nothing I can do? Sorry, but no there is not. They are just not compatible with that board and chipset . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhayesx Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Ok thanks for the help mate, will try get the ram exchanged. My local pcshop has 2x4gb 1600mhz ram for cheaper than the 2x4gb 1333, if I got the 1666 ram would it work and just clockdown or is it a must that I get the 2x4gb 1333? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 mitchhayesx, yes, if compatible they would downclock to 1333mhz. However those modules are more than like not going to work in that board because of chipset limitations. I actually just explained all this in another thread, so I'll just link to it rather than type it all out again. http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=123463 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhayesx Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Thanks peanutz that's helped me understand a lot more :), getting some different ram today.... All this just to get past cod ghosts stupid 4gb ram block gr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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