Computer won't boot after adding ram. Any suggestions.

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#1 I_will_eat_you
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Hey guys - small problem here. My computer was working fine with with 2 gigs of ram, but when I bought another, identicle stick and tried to run it dual stream, I get an error saying that Windows failed to start up. I checked out all the hardware compatabilities and it shouldn't be a problem: my OS and motherboard both support the type of ram and the amount of it. The BIOS recognizes the added ram, and the only problem seems to be the computer actually starting up with the addition. It seems to be struggling a lot before before it crashes, so it might be my cheap-arse power supply, but I want to know of any possible alternatives before I go and spend money on a whim. I would really appreciate some help, thanks guys!

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#2 flyingsnail
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will the computer boot if you take out the new stick of ram? it is possible the new stick is faulty.