@BernieTheBernie said in WTF Bites:
@Zerosquare said in WTF Bites:
And some motherboards are known to be picky about RAM modules, and not work with certain brands/models.
But both are the same brand: "corsair cmv4gx3m1a1333c9". Only difference is the "ValueLine" sticker on the freshly bought modules.
Which might mean the ValueLine modules are single rank instead of dual rank. Meaning the actual physical chips on the stick are twice as large, to have the same amount of memory in half the space & chips. Which would put them over the capacity of the motherboard, if the board's maximum was 16GB per RAM slot and that's based on 16GB dual rank.
Edit: Though, looking at Corsair's site in more detail and the mb specs, it looks like the MB should support 4GB per slot sticks and the SKU in question is a Value Select brand board, so I'm going to go with "used memory off of eBay" as the source of the problem and you didn't get what you thought you were paying for. It looks like the real module should look something like or https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-CMV4GX3M1A1333C9-Corsair-Desktop-Memory/dp/B003XFT3XE?th=1
Also, used memory off of ebay for something that retails at $25/u new? How crazy are you?