Trying to upgrade the ram in my current pc, but running into trouble. Specs are:
Motherboard: Gigabyte z68a-d3-b3 (F11 BIOS)
CPU: core i5-2500k
Ram: Current 4x2gb adata ddr3 (according to cpuz 665mhz, 9-9-9-24 2T)
Ram: New 2x8gb Kingston HyperX fury 1866 ddr3
Installing the new ram in any configuration will cause the pc to turn on for ~3 seconds and then off. This happens over and over again until I turn the power supply off. This is the second set of the kingston ram that I have tried, bot sets did the exact same thing.
Re-installing old ram, pc turns on and boots up as it should, and all 8GB is accounted for.
What could be the issue here, Obviously I don't have dead ram slots on the motherboard because the old stuff runs just fine. There is no way to test the ram because it won't power on for more than a few seconds. The motherboard specs are 4x1.5v DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32gb system memory. Support for DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules.
I'd like to overclock my processor and squeeze some more life out of my old pc before I dump the cash to upgrade, but it is kind of useless if I can't upgrade my ram too.
Motherboard: Gigabyte z68a-d3-b3 (F11 BIOS)
CPU: core i5-2500k
Ram: Current 4x2gb adata ddr3 (according to cpuz 665mhz, 9-9-9-24 2T)
Ram: New 2x8gb Kingston HyperX fury 1866 ddr3
Installing the new ram in any configuration will cause the pc to turn on for ~3 seconds and then off. This happens over and over again until I turn the power supply off. This is the second set of the kingston ram that I have tried, bot sets did the exact same thing.
Re-installing old ram, pc turns on and boots up as it should, and all 8GB is accounted for.
What could be the issue here, Obviously I don't have dead ram slots on the motherboard because the old stuff runs just fine. There is no way to test the ram because it won't power on for more than a few seconds. The motherboard specs are 4x1.5v DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32gb system memory. Support for DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules.
I'd like to overclock my processor and squeeze some more life out of my old pc before I dump the cash to upgrade, but it is kind of useless if I can't upgrade my ram too.