dodgy memory?

[Happy_Chick]

I bought some memory the other day, corsair value select kit 2x512 pc3200, I have an msi 848p neo motherboard, when I installed the memory, the computer wouldn`t boot up, well the screen was blank, I took one of the sticks out and it booted up fine, so I switched it off and swapped the sticks around in the slots, wouldn`t boot up again, so I left one in, wouldn`t boot again, took it out and put the other one in and that wouldn`t boot either, so now neither sticks work. I don`t know much about memory or motherboards, but I did check this memory was compatible before buying it. My cheap pc2100 memory works fine, could I have 2 dodgy sticks of memory or do I have to change some settings somewhere in the bios!

 

[p3n]

did you try reseting CMOS any of the times ?

if you had it forcing pc2100 speeds it might have caused a prob

probably not the mem if neither work now ...

who knows

 

[sicde@th]

what does happen when you reset your CMOS anyway?? Does it default all your settings or something like that??

I don't know much about CMOS and stuff so I am just curious here, hehe.

-rahul