New rig won't start with 2 x 8gb ram kit

I just started my first rig up last night.  I have a MSI Z97 PC Mate and a Pentium G3258.  RAM is GSkill Tridentx DDR3 1600 2x8GB.  The system starts up fine with one 8GB stick in the #2 DIMM slot, but when I add the other 8GB stick to the #4 slot the system wont boot.  Both sticks work in the #2 slot.  It also didn't boot when I tried each stick in the #4 DIMM slot.  Hoping its not a bad slot.  Any ideas would be great. 

Quote from: Zerry on 27-July-14, 03:31:49
Cool.  Thanks.  I just removed the motherboard and inspected it with a magnifying glass.  I couldn't see any scratches or bent pins or any apparent damage.  But that's also me looking , and I don't know exactly what to look for.  I put it all back together and am having the same problem.  I think I've exhausted all suggestions now.
can you get me a picture of the CPU socket pins for me to look at? (get it at a mild angle and in a bright light at an as big as you can resolution?

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