Hi all,
I got my new system delivered last week (thanks Staffsmike and elcapitan for your help) and spent the weekend building it. I put it all together, and apart from a few noisy fans it all works.
When putting the RAM into the motherboard, i put only one stick in to make sure that it all worked, and it did! Booted up fine, OS installed and running fine. I then went back to put the second stick in, started it up. It did the memory check, which stated that it was ok, and then the system just hung. I noticed from other forums that the mobo (abit iP35) might have this issue, so went about adjusting the voltages slightly - no change. Then went back to one stick of RAM (the original stick) and it works fine. I then tried the second stick of RAM by itself, and it did it's hanging trick again. I've tried various combinations of RAM in different slots.
I'm therefore 90% confident that one of the sticks is defective, but I thought i'd just ask here incase anyone else has had a similar issue or if there's anything else I've overlooked.
Also, if I need to RMA it, because I got a 4Gb kit, would it be ok to only send the defective one back? (Sorry - noob at this stuff).
The relevant specs are:
Mobo: abit iP35 dark raider
RAM: 2x 2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400
Thanks