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Problem with installing new RAM
My Dell workstation came with 4 GB of DDR2 ECC RAM. I replaced it with 8 GB (4GB x2) of non-ECC and it worked fine. I've been shopping for an additional 8GB, but all the affordable non-ECC I've found is for AMD computers, while my PC is Intel.
So I bought 16 GB of ECC RAM, but when I plug it in the computer just buzzes. The four sticks are the same make and model number, but the labels seem to indicate they're two separate batches. I made sure that each installed pair came from the same batch.
I think it unlikely that all four sticks, from two separate batches, would be defective, so what else might be the cause?
I checked my BIOS: it not only is set for ECC but seems to think the 8 GB now present is ECC.