You might be able to figure out what's wrong by listening to the beep code.
You know how most computers beep once when they start up? When there's something that prevents a motherboard from POSTing (getting to where it can load
the OS), it'll do what you said: start up, beep several times, and go no further. The pattern of long and short beeps, if you can get the motherboard
manual, should tell you something about the problem.
Even if it's no more specific than "Memory Error", it should make returning the RAM easier if you can say that you put it in your computer, and
your motherboard told you that the memory wouldn't work. Also, most memory incompatibilities I'm familiar with cause failure later on (not when the
RAM is installed, but down the road). Some just prevent certain memory settings/combinations from working. Given the lack of response your RAM is giving, I
think it's a broken RAM stick.
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You know how most computers beep once when they start up? When there's something that prevents a motherboard from POSTing (getting to where it can load
the OS), it'll do what you said: start up, beep several times, and go no further. The pattern of long and short beeps, if you can get the motherboard
manual, should tell you something about the problem.
Even if it's no more specific than "Memory Error", it should make returning the RAM easier if you can say that you put it in your computer, and
your motherboard told you that the memory wouldn't work. Also, most memory incompatibilities I'm familiar with cause failure later on (not when the
RAM is installed, but down the road). Some just prevent certain memory settings/combinations from working. Given the lack of response your RAM is giving, I
think it's a broken RAM stick.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.