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Tybirius

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    loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
    « on: July 25, 2008, 06:19:17 AM »
          OK had Built my PC bout 2 yrs ago. now i decided to upgrade my meme to four gigs. when installed the PC gets as far as the windows log on screen but then goes blank. everything freezes but hard drive is still running.
           when i remove one of the the meme sticks it runs but freezes during opening of processes.
           I have a Mach Speed x caliber pt88bspro. with p4 3.06 Processor, radeon 9250 agp vid card,
    maxtor 200 and maxtor 300 hdds, just installed ( attempted too) 2 2gig Patriot DDR SDRAM DDR 400 dual channel kits running on 455 watts pwr.
           
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    jamesj2001



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      Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
      « Reply #1 on: July 25, 2008, 06:28:58 AM »
      Your motherboard only supports 1G per slot.  You'll need four sticks of 1G each to get 4Gs.
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      Tybirius

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        Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
        « Reply #2 on: July 25, 2008, 06:31:16 AM »
        that is what i have in each slot are i gig sticks making 4 altogether. :(
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        jamesj2001



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          Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
          « Reply #3 on: July 25, 2008, 06:35:42 AM »
          Oh, sorry, I read it wrong.
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          Tybirius

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            Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
            « Reply #4 on: July 25, 2008, 06:36:48 AM »
            thats ok thanks for the try.
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            Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
            « Reply #5 on: July 25, 2008, 03:48:49 PM »
            What happens if you remove the newly-added RAM?
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            Tybirius

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              Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
              « Reply #6 on: July 25, 2008, 06:28:51 PM »
              ok when i took out the newly added ram it did not read the old ram.
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              yoske_kudo



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                Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
                « Reply #7 on: July 25, 2008, 06:53:18 PM »
                check the speed of each of your memory... it must have equal speed...
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                drmsucks



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                  Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
                  « Reply #8 on: July 25, 2008, 07:42:32 PM »
                  Sounds like you have 2 matched sets purchased at the same time. If correct, seems like many boards of that era that advertised 4 Gb could only run properly sometimes. You may want to check to see if there is a forum that supports your board and see if others have the same problem. Or contact them and see if your RAM is supported.

                  If you added to existing modules, quite often that does not work.

                  Best of luck.
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                  Tybirius

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                    Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
                    « Reply #9 on: July 25, 2008, 08:58:01 PM »
                    Yes they are two match sets, of the same kind.
                    Thnx
                    Observe updated patch on website, for board, going to check it out now.
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                    Tybirius

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                      Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
                      « Reply #10 on: July 26, 2008, 12:56:03 PM »
                      it even freezes with one of the new sticks in.
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                      drmsucks



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                        Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
                        « Reply #11 on: July 26, 2008, 01:32:10 PM »
                        What about the other new stick of RAM? Boot or no boot?

                        Assuming that you've got the module in the proper slot, sounds like: a) wrong type or b) bad RAM.

                        Check your motherboard manual to see what slot one module goes into - not unusual for it to be the slot closest to the CPU. Verify the type of RAM including buffered/nonbuffered, voltage, ECC/non-ECC. If everything is correct for your motherboard, RMA the RAM.
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                        merlin



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                          « Reply #12 on: July 26, 2008, 04:12:03 PM »
                          Update bios...eze
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                          Tybirius

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                            Re: loaded 4 gigs pc freezes at boot
                            « Reply #13 on: July 27, 2008, 04:58:05 PM »
                            thanks alot i think i am going to rma the ram.
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