I recently upgraded my PC by adding two new sticks of RAM to my existing setup. My rig features a Ryzen 9 5900x processor, an RTX 3060 GPU, and a Rog Strix x570-e motherboard, and I previously had 32GB of RAM installed. The new RAM is the same G.Skill Trident Z Neo series DDR4 in 16GB sticks that I was already using. However, after installing the new modules, my PC won't display anything, and oddly, the power button seems unresponsive after plugging it in, almost as if it isn't booting up at all. I'm planning to test it with just the new RAM to see if that works, but I'm stuck on what to do if it doesn't. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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It sounds like the issue might be caused by mixing different RAM kits. Even if they're the same model, they can have slight differences that cause compatibility issues, especially with AMD systems that are a bit pickier about RAM. I would suggest removing the new sticks and trying to boot with just the original ones. That should get your system running again.
So there's really no way to get them to work together? Should I just return the new RAM for something that matches my current setup?