Macbook Pro Beeping Sound

Hey, i just recently updated my Macbook Pro mid 2009 from 2gb Ram to 4Gb
(original came with 2 1Gb Ram , so i Bought 1 4gb Ram (KingstonDDR3 4GB  PC3 10600 Pin SODIMM)
and at the time I put it ony the macbook and turning it on, it started making 3 beeping noise, support told me it is because i didn't place the ram correctly, but I tried again and nothing, the beeping noise again. So i tried putting the old one; (the 1GB) and it started up and worked perfectly, and changed again to the 4gb and it didn't work.
Why is that? What should I do?
PLEASE HELP ASAP!

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