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1gig of DDR Ram won't boot now XP pro
Okay, i've just recently gotten my 2 sticks of 512 pc2100
ddr ram. When I placed both stick's in and seated them firmly down. I booted, it wet past post and then it came to the next part where the window's xp loading appears. Instead of seeing that all I saw was a blank screen. Okay so i rebooted and tried safe mood, nope stick's during the boot up process. I know the motherboard is seeing both sticks cause the memory read out say's the total amount that I placed in it. Yes my mother board supports 1gig of 2 sticks of pc2100 ddr ram. So I don't believe it's a mainboard problem. If I take out one stick it runs fine. I also have one stick of 256. Which when i stick it in boot's with one stick of 512 it works show 768 total. was wondering if this is a problem. haven't seen it anywhere I know xp can handle more then 1gig. :P Any help would be appeaciated. |
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1gig of DDR Ram won't boot now XP pro
XP is extremely picky about ram; not that the ram is bad, just that it's not
working properly with the motherboard or with the other ram that it's with. If each stick works independently, then the sticks aren't compatible with each other for some reason. XP will handle up to 4gb or ram wrote in message ... Okay, i've just recently gotten my 2 sticks of 512 pc2100 ddr ram. When I placed both stick's in and seated them firmly down. I booted, it wet past post and then it came to the next part where the window's xp loading appears. Instead of seeing that all I saw was a blank screen. Okay so i rebooted and tried safe mood, nope stick's during the boot up process. I know the motherboard is seeing both sticks cause the memory read out say's the total amount that I placed in it. Yes my mother board supports 1gig of 2 sticks of pc2100 ddr ram. So I don't believe it's a mainboard problem. If I take out one stick it runs fine. I also have one stick of 256. Which when i stick it in boot's with one stick of 512 it works show 768 total. was wondering if this is a problem. haven't seen it anywhere I know xp can handle more then 1gig. :P Any help would be appeaciated. |
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1gig of DDR Ram won't boot now XP pro
I just built two new systems using the new 865PE chipset. I did a ton of research before purchasing the parts especially the RAM.
I suggest you check with your mobo manufacturer and with the newsgroups for your mobo. If there is not one specifically look at the other NGs and check messages with your mobo chipset. Or check in alt.comp.hardware.pc.homebuilt. Many times it comes down to NOT letting the BIOS use SPD to detect the memory, tweak the settings yourself. Search on how to do this, don't just start changing the settings! Other times folks have had to return (or eat) the memory for another brand. I put two sticks of Corsair CMX 512 DDR 433 RAM in my system. Smokin! Steve wrote in message ... Okay, i've just recently gotten my 2 sticks of 512 pc2100 ddr ram. When I placed both stick's in and seated them firmly down. I booted, it wet past post and then it came to the next part where the window's xp loading appears. Instead of seeing that all I saw was a blank screen. Okay so i rebooted and tried safe mood, nope stick's during the boot up process. I know the motherboard is seeing both sticks cause the memory read out say's the total amount that I placed in it. Yes my mother board supports 1gig of 2 sticks of pc2100 ddr ram. So I don't believe it's a mainboard problem. If I take out one stick it runs fine. I also have one stick of 256. Which when i stick it in boot's with one stick of 512 it works show 768 total. was wondering if this is a problem. haven't seen it anywhere I know xp can handle more then 1gig. :P Any help would be appeaciated. |
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1gig of DDR Ram won't boot now XP pro
Check your motherboard can take 1Gig in one stick, mine
will only take a max of 512mb in one stick. Let me know how you go? Richard -----Original Message----- I just built two new systems using the new 865PE chipset. I did a ton of research before purchasing the parts especially the RAM. I suggest you check with your mobo manufacturer and with the newsgroups for your mobo. If there is not one specifically look at the other NGs and check messages with your mobo chipset. Or check in alt.comp.hardware.pc.homebuilt. Many times it comes down to NOT letting the BIOS use SPD to detect the memory, tweak the settings yourself. Search on how to do this, don't just start changing the settings! Other times folks have had to return (or eat) the memory for another brand. I put two sticks of Corsair CMX 512 DDR 433 RAM in my system. Smokin! Steve wrote in message ... Okay, i've just recently gotten my 2 sticks of 512 pc2100 ddr ram. When I placed both stick's in and seated them firmly down. I booted, it wet past post and then it came to the next part where the window's xp loading appears. Instead of seeing that all I saw was a blank screen. Okay so i rebooted and tried safe mood, nope stick's during the boot up process. I know the motherboard is seeing both sticks cause the memory read out say's the total amount that I placed in it. Yes my mother board supports 1gig of 2 sticks of pc2100 ddr ram. So I don't believe it's a mainboard problem. If I take out one stick it runs fine. I also have one stick of 256. Which when i stick it in boot's with one stick of 512 it works show 768 total. was wondering if this is a problem. haven't seen it anywhere I know xp can handle more then 1gig. :P Any help would be appeaciated. . |
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1gig of DDR Ram won't boot now XP pro
I had the same problem when installing 1gig of SDRAM in my system, what I
ended up trying was disabling the ACPI and then booting to safe mode. Don't know if this will help you any but it's a thought. |
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1gig of DDR Ram won't boot now XP pro
Have you tried both 512 sticks individually to verify that they both work
individually. Had this same problems with 2 memory 512 and could not get one to work with my computer come hell or high water. One worked flawlessly. The chip that did not work under xp works fine on a windows 98 machine. If they both work individually then it may be a possiblity that the timeing or density between the two chips do not function. Memory is sometimes non working in combination with no explanation. If possible you could have a friend try them in his or her computer for a more definite solution. Hopfully you purchased them the same time in matched set. wrote in message ... Okay, i've just recently gotten my 2 sticks of 512 pc2100 ddr ram. When I placed both stick's in and seated them firmly down. I booted, it wet past post and then it came to the next part where the window's xp loading appears. Instead of seeing that all I saw was a blank screen. Okay so i rebooted and tried safe mood, nope stick's during the boot up process. I know the motherboard is seeing both sticks cause the memory read out say's the total amount that I placed in it. Yes my mother board supports 1gig of 2 sticks of pc2100 ddr ram. So I don't believe it's a mainboard problem. If I take out one stick it runs fine. I also have one stick of 256. Which when i stick it in boot's with one stick of 512 it works show 768 total. was wondering if this is a problem. haven't seen it anywhere I know xp can handle more then 1gig. :P Any help would be appeaciated. |
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