GE60 2OC won't boot after RAM upgrade...

Hi forum
I just upgraded my laptop ge60 2oc 014ne, with two 8 GB corsair value select sticks.
Now my machine won't boot. I hit the button, the power light turns on, then the harddrive indicator lights for a while... And then it just stands there... Nothing shows on the screen..
Any help? Please..
Cheers

Quote from: NexumxRaptoR on 07-November-13, 23:58:36
another thing is that you can't put in more RAM than the notebook came shipped with right?
If it originally had 8GB over 2 slots you can't put in more than 8GB in the entire notebook right? (I thought I read something about that somewhere....)
Nope. Not true.
In most cases it's restricted by 1 of 3 things....either the CPU, the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) or the BIOS.
MSI is pretty good about NOT restricting it via the BIOS in some way.
Usually it ends up being the IMC that restricts it, either via a maximum memory (say 32 GB) or via a maximum amount of memory per module (say 8GB).
Either way, the GE60 I believe should support up to 16GB of memory. I think it should come with 2 memory sockets. You need to ensure that they are 1.35V compatible given the fact that you have a Haswell system.
http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GE60-2OC.html#specification
Confirms that it has 2 memory sockets, and supports up to 16 GB of memory, so 2 x 8GB sticks.

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