RAM Problem, computer wont boot

I bought a new 2gb ddr3 ram today and couldnt get it to work. My old 2 gigs are ddr2, can they work together?

Anyways i tried putting the 2gb ddr3 by itself, the computer turns on but wont boot (even tho the small light next to the ram shows the ram is plugged in). I tried my old ram again, the same thing happens, except only one of the ddr2 slots works... so now i am only using 1 gb ram.

What do you think is causing the problem?

You may have broken one of the slots? or some of the RAM sticks went bad

You stuffed a DDR3 DIMM into a DDR2 slot. You broke the slot.

You stuffed a DDR3 DIMM into a DDR2 slot. You broke the slot.

desertpython

He shouldnt have even been able to fit it though because of the slits...so im pretty confused

If one doesn't work, look's obviously broken to me.

Congratulations, you get a Darwin award. You broke your RAM slot, and possibly the DDR3 RAM you bought by shoving it into the slot. psych0mantra

Lol, mad me laugh, anyway TC, you broke 2 things now, the slot and the RAM.

[QUOTE="psych0mantra"]Congratulations, you get a Darwin award. You broke your RAM slot, and possibly the DDR3 RAM you bought by shoving it into the slot. GTR12

Lol, mad me laugh, anyway TC, you broke 2 things now, the slot and the RAM.

Yea...even my 9 year old cousin was able to tell the difference between ddr2 and ddr3 and insert them right.

do you hear your motherboard beeping like," Bi, Bi, Bi, Bi" periodically? I think it may because that the rams are not stuck in the slots.