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January 19th, 2008, 02:26 PM
#1
[XP] RAM problem
Hi - i am having a problem with my system and hope someone can help.
I had an Asus Skt AM2 motherboard with an Athlon x2 4200 and 2Gb OCZ ram ( 2 x 1Gb sticks). It ran perfectly. I then added another identical 2Gb (2 x 1Gb) of ram and system wouldn't boot at all. Sometimes it would get to the BIOS - other times nothing at all.
I figured it was a motherboard problem as i tested all 4 sticks in another machine and all were perfect.
I bit the bullet and bought a lovely new Gigabyte motherboard (GA-M57 SLI-54) and it runs perfectly with any 2 of the sticks of ram but i just get the dram error beep code as soon as i add all 4 sticks.
I can't believe both motherboards are faulty and i know all 4 sticks ram are fine - can anyone help.
BTW - ram is OCZ Platinum 2P800 R22GK
Many thanks in advance - ian
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January 19th, 2008, 02:52 PM
#2
I've recently seen a thread on another site about this same issue. The member downloaded a MS Hotfix and his troubles went away...Be darn if I can remember which site I was on at the time but will keep an eye out.
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January 19th, 2008, 03:07 PM
#3
Hi - Many thanks for your quick reply - would an MS hotfix help if i cant get near to loading Windows. I haven't a clue. I thought it may be a BIOS issue but the motherboard is supposed to support up to 16Gb DDR2.
Best wishes - Ian
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January 19th, 2008, 05:15 PM
#4
I think this can be caused by a voltage issue. Go into the BIOS Setup and see if it will allow you to increase the RAM voltage by a fraction.
Nick.
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January 19th, 2008, 07:46 PM
#5
I agree with voltage issue or the sticks are just not quite close enough in tolerances.
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January 19th, 2008, 08:04 PM
#6
I had almost the same problems with my desktop, Four x 1 gig sticks of Corsair xms. I had to increase the ram voltage a little and now it seems fine. Vista rips with the added ram. The computer booted and ran but the ram timmings slowed down and it actually slowed my system down a bit. I increased the voltage and tightened up the timmings.
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