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qdspaz said:

Hey guys, back again... I had a problem a couple weeks back with BSOD's and finally found out it was bad ram. So i RMA'd that and was borrowing some of my friends Ram and it worked perfectly fine. This morning was when my RAM came in and I was on the computer before school started. When I came home my RAM was here and I installed it and it just won't post at all. All I'm getting is a black screen. Tried two different monitors, a different GPU, and the old ram i was using earlier in it. What the HECK is wrong with this? My $1500 build is just a huge paperweight at the moment and it really is grinding my gears. I know you guys can help.

Did you try putting your old ram in and see if it works any different than the new ram? There could be something wrong with the new ram.

Are you sure you ordered the correct memory?
Did you put the memory in the same slots as your friend's memory?

**EDIT**

Okay, it's not even posting. It's possible static electricity fried the memory. Does your friend's memory still work? If yes, return the new memory. If no, pull every card out one by one to see if something else is preventing your computer from starting. Do you get power? Does the mobo light up? Do you get diagnostic beeps? When you say black screen, you don't even see the option to enter bios, correct?

Not trying to be insulting, but you didn't pull the old RAM and insert the new sticks with the system power on did you? Cuz that would definitely cause the symptoms you're having. That or ESD.

You just fried his ram and yours.

STATIC ELECTRICITY
You should be grounded.
Handle memory from edges.