no post after installing new ram

[bigdfootball89]

i just bought 2x4gb sticks of corsair vengeance recently to replace 2x2 sticks of crucial ddr3. i put the 8gb of corsair in and im getting beep codes and no post just a nlack screen. 6 beeps which is weird because it says online that 6 beeps for an optiplex 380 is a vga bios problem, but when i put the old ram back in, it works fine.

any help would be appreciated guys, thanks

 

[EarthDog]

I see some pretty tight timings listed for the ram in your signature... are those set manually? If so, the new sticks probably can't handle the settings you have. Try doing a CMOS reset and see if that allows the new sticks to boot. If that doesnt work, put the old sticks in and set all your ram settings back to auto.

 

[bigdfootball89]

its not for the rig in my sig. its for a work computer that my dad has ED

 

[EarthDog]

Ahh, sorry, I shut off reading minds on Fridays, LOL!

Being serious, reset the CMOS and see if that works. What ram exactly (link to newegg or mfg page please)?

 

[scoutcamper]

We need some more details. What speed is the crucial memory? What speed is the new corsair memory?

Edit: ED the rig in his sig is waaayyy to high end to be a dell

 

[bigdfootball89]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345
this is the new ram

 

[redduc900]

According to the tech spec's, the 380 only supports up to 4GB of RAM...

2 DIMM slots; Non-ECC dual-channel 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM, up to 4GB

http://ps3-www1.us.dell.com/us/en/corp/desktops/optiplex-380/pd.aspx?refid=optiplex-380&s=corp

 

[bigdfootball89]

the crucial is a little funky, lol ive never seen this before. it says on the physical stick: 2gb 240-pin dimm 256mx64 ddr3.
i dont see a speed on the card, but i checked a little while ago and im pretty sure it was running at like 553mhz and a cl7


edit: i also tried putting just one stick of the vengeance in to no avail.

 

[EarthDog]

Edit: ED the rig in his sig is waaayyy to high end to be a dell

@ me...!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345
this is the new ram

According to the tech spec's, the 380 only supports up to 4GB of RAM...

http://ps3-www1.us.dell.com/us/en/corp/desktops/optiplex-380/pd.aspx?refid=optiplex-380&s=corp

Was just going to say that...

 

[bigdfootball89]

yea i put it one stick(4gb) and had the same problem

 

[redduc900]

It probably only supports up to 2GB per DIMM slot.