New Build help

joey_turbo · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:19

I recently purchased one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-063-AS

An Asus V3-P5G43 Barebones system

Already had P4 CPU, RAM (DDR2 PC2-5300), HDD and Opticals from a Dell Dimension 5150.

The old machine Dell, had all the symptoms of faulty motherboard, so thats why I went with a barebones.

Put everything in, and couldn't even get the BIOS to show. No beeps as there wasn't an internal speaker. I figured the CPU could do with an upgrade, so got this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-273-IN as I fancied an upgrade anyway. School boy error I know, as I never checked the RAM. Which turned out to be the problem.
So I used some ram from my other machine http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC and had the same problem of not booting. I tried just the one stick of RAM, and it worked!

So here is my question:

Why is it that its only working with one 1GB stick, and not 2?

To make matters worse, when I put that RAm back in my old machine, its doesn't fire up. I get 3 beeps. So how can the RAM work in one machine, and not the other?

Any help much appreciated as I need to get this sorted ASAP.

Tr Insanity · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:28

Probably irrelevant , but don't Dell pc's have special RAM which is why it didn't work in the Asus ?

RAM has to be in paired slots as well , so make sure you've got it right , they're usually colour coded

joey_turbo · 1 Oct 2009 at 23:30

I think I've confused things with the amount of PC's I've mentioned.

I have my own working Pc, which has the OCZ 2gb.
The new ASUS.
The old Dell.

As my RAM (OCZ 2GB) now doesn't work in my working PC, I tried the dell memory, the PC2-5300, and that now that does. So the dell's rAM isn't faulty, it just didn't worke with the new board, paired and/or in the right slots.

Its a really confusing situation. I can sort my original working Pc out anytime, but I want to get the Asus working, with at least 2GB.

Whats the problem with the ASUS not taking it?

joey_turbo · 2 Oct 2009 at 12:10

OK I've worked it out. I've killed a stick of RAM, and a couple of DIMM slots on my board.
So thats whay the 2 sticks don't work in the ASUS, and my old PC doesn't accept the RAM in the regular slots, luckily I have two more.

thanks