Computer won't boot into bios, MemOK red light?

Question

When i add both sticks of G. Skill Sniper RAM (2x4gb), the computer turns on, the fans run, the memOK light goes solid red, the computer shuts off, and then turns back on and just sits there with the fans spinning, nothing happens. When I only put one of the RAM sticks in it boots up just fine and windows 7 runs and all that, everything works fine. But the second I put the other stick in, it won't boot. So one stick works. When I swap out the one stick with the other (still only have one stick in) it won't boot again and I get the red light. So does this mean I have one bad stick of RAM? It seems that if one stick will boot in the first slot, but then when I exchange the stick of RAM in the same slot and it doesn't work, it should be a bad RAM stick right? What's the problem here?
And yes my MB supports more than 4GB of RAM, actually supports 32GB of RAM

Specs:
MB: Asus P8Z68-V
CPU: Intel core i7 2600K Sandybridge
GPU: EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX560
PSU: Corsair 750W power supply
Arctic cooler CPU cooler
W7 professional 64bit
and the RAM is G. Skill Sniper series.

Answer 1

well you need to be sure to check how your board reads each ram slot.

some boards use slot 1 and 2 for 2 sticks some boards use slot 1 and 3 or 1 and 4

Read the manual that came with the board and it should tell you where each of the modules should go.



I guess one way to tell if its a bad ram module would be to remove the one it boots on and put the one that is causing problems where the first one is and see if it boots. if it does its just a configuration problem like i stated above if it fails to boot with only the second one in the first slot then its a bad module.

Answer 2

it sounds like it is a bad stick of RAM and the computer isn't passing POST when it gets to the memory so it gets stuck and won't go any further to boot up the computer. I would return the bad module to the store for replacement.

Answer 3

You obviously have a faulty memory card. Most have a lifetime warranty so return it for replacement.

As far as getting stuck when it gets to RAM the problem is that Bios uses the RAM/ motherboard and CPU to run its program instuctions. That is why it is failing