Trouble booting MacBookPro (13" mid 2010) after upgrading ram?

My MacbookPro 13 inch mid 2010 will not boot after upgrading the ram. I just upgraded to mountain lion a week ago. I also upgraded my hard drive a month ago. I reverted back to the stock ram and it booted fine. But when I use the new Crucial 8GB (2x4GB DDR3_1333 PC3 10600 SODIMM 204 pin) ram kit, it just hangs in the white boot up screen, while the little grey refreshing dashmark circle is going around. Any ideas of how to get it to boot with the ram I have? Or could it just be faulty ram that I need to get a refund on?
Thanks

Your Mac actually is supposed to use 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMMs. Sometimes faster modules will work, sometimes they won't. In your case it looks as if the faster RAM isn't working. Crucial should exchange it for your without any problems. You their System Scanner tab at Crucial and find out what memory is 'right' for your Mac and swap what you have for that.
Clinton

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