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Computer crashes after adding RAM?
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:56 pm
by Duhard
That's right, I just bought 512 Mbs of RAM today and since I've installed it my computer seems to crash when I play q4 and when I'm watching Windows Media...so far.
I got the exact same brand/type (Kingston) of RAM and it's installed properly.
What's the deal...any thoughts?
Re: Computer crashes after adding RAM?
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:05 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Duhard wrote:That's right, I just bought 512 Mbs of RAM today and since I've installed it my computer seems to crash when I play q4 and when I'm watching Windows Media...so far.
I got the exact same brand/type (Kingston) of RAM and it's installed properly.
What's the deal...any thoughts?
stick by stick son, process of elimination.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:06 am
by primaltheory
clean the connections, I had a major problem with that...I tore apart the entire thing before the guy said, hey try cleaning the connections... (rubbing alkie and cotton swab worked for me) also, make sure the timing is the same and all that jazz? might also be bad ram. also check connections, somthing might be loose...like power supply...
more ram doesn't need more power right? (rightt?)
what about heat?
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:21 am
by Tormentius
primaltheory wrote:clean the connections, I had a major problem with that...I tore apart the entire thing before the guy said, hey try cleaning the connections... (rubbing alkie and cotton swab worked for me) also, make sure the timing is the same and all that jazz? might also be bad ram. also check connections, somthing might be loose...like power supply...
more ram doesn't need more power right? (rightt?)
what about heat?
Connections are rarely a problem unless the chassis and board are filthy and different timings don't matter. Chances are that one stick is bad.
As for the PSU comment, thats highly unlikely.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:35 am
by Guest
I suggest that you check your ram.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:54 am
by Duhard
BREAKING NEWS!!
Great, now I can't even boot my computer in safe mode..I get a blue screen fucking error named UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_DEVICE rofl..
God it's great to upgrade :icon27:
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:55 am
by Duhard
My boot order is floppy, dvd-rom and hard drive.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:59 am
by primaltheory
are they plugged in? (all the way, unplug/plug them in)
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:19 am
by Foo
Pop the case open again and check your connections. It could indeed be a ram problem, but then again something could have come loose or been damaged while you were putting the RAM in (it's not the easiest stuff to insert after all).
I wouldn't expect unmountable boot error with bad ram.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:46 am
by DiscoDave
Also, when/if you can, run this:
http://www.memtest.org/ bootable floppy
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:08 am
by YourGrandpa
My first guess is Duhard is a noob.
My second guess would be RAM timings are different.
Try the sticks one at a time. If they all work by themselves, one of the sticks is conflicting with the others.
Don't for get to set your BIOS to default between tests.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:17 am
by Duhard
hmmm I think it has something to do with double-side and single-side ram...same brand, same type but still a bit different.
gonna do some testing and I'll be back for more..if this works, then I guess I owned you all..
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:45 am
by YourGrandpa
Yeah you owned us all, because your findings wouldn't have anything to do with different RAM timings?
GL...
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:23 am
by Duhard
YourGrandpa wrote:Yeah you owned us all, because your findings wouldn't have anything to do with different RAM timings?
GL...
The timings aren't different :icon27:
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:48 pm
by Duhard
Total blackout..I doubt I'll ever recover from this..wish me luck, folks :icon14:
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:55 pm
by Tormentius
Duhard wrote:Total blackout..I doubt I'll ever recover from this..wish me luck, folks :icon14:
Remove one of the sticks and run Memtest for a few hours. Then swap the sticks and do it again. If you encounter an error, the RAM is bad. If its all clear then post back and we'll work on it some more.