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| 251381 | 2004-07-10 11:28:00 | My neighbours PC Company pc is having problems & I suspect the memory is the problem. I have tried running Memtest86 & when it is loading I get to see the blue screen for a fraction of a second, then the screen goes black & I suspect the prog has crashed. This computer is running 2 X 256mb DDR PC2100 ram . I have tried running each stick of ram on it's own & still get the same problem. The only DDR ram I have that I could use to replace the PC Co ram to test is the DDR PC3200 ram in my computer. The big Question is, will my ram be ok to try in this machine? Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 251382 | 2004-07-10 12:35:00 | The answer is - possibly RAM should run slower OK in most cases, but incompatabilities are not unknown in this area. Unless you try it, you won't know. However unless you have 2 faulty sticks, haven't you already proven that their RAM is OK by eliminating each in turn? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 251383 | 2004-07-10 20:48:00 | > The answer is - possibly > > RAM should run slower OK in most cases, but > incompatabilities are not unknown in this area. I thought that may be the case,but wasn't sure. > Unless you try it, you won't know. > > However unless you have 2 faulty sticks, haven't you > already proven that their RAM is OK by eliminating > each in turn? This PC has had a problem for a loong time (Since new), As another way of tryng to test the memory I attempted to load Win XP onto another HDD. On 1 attempt I got a message that a file was corrupt & the 2nd attempt it didn't get far & hung. I will now try the ram out of my PC & post back the result. Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 251384 | 2004-07-10 21:44:00 | you could also try goldmem I have found that sometime mem86 has problems with ddr ram. goldmem is freware also and is linux based. Also works off a boot disk. A search on google will give you the download |
beama (111) | ||
| 251385 | 2004-07-10 22:11:00 | Are you using an up to date version of Memtest86? Memtest86 did have some motherboard incompatibilities and was updated just after another group published Memtest86+ based on the original. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 251386 | 2004-07-10 23:18:00 | I have tried the Ram out of my pc & get the same problem, I Tried memtest86 3.1 on floppy & cd-rom with same result so now I'm begining to think this could be a mobo problem. PC specs are Athlon 1400MHZ Chaintech 7SID mobo 2 x 256Mb DDR PC2100 Ram nVIDIA Geforce MX 400 64Mb video card Sound Blaster sound card Ham modem 40GB seagate HDD Heres a desciption of fault/s this Pc came with win ME & about 18months ago he put With XP home on it,Dual booting with ME. He said that when he was loading XP it took forever (as in hours) & eventually it loaded. when It boots it gets to the boot loader menu & then you select WinXP & I would say 4 out of 5 times it will go to a black screen & sit there doing nothing EG:No HDD LED activity As he uses his pc for work related stuff, he usually leaves it running 24/7 ,That way he doesn't have to go through the intermittent boot problem all the time. This time he went to boot the pc & got the No Video Signal message on the screen, We tried my monitor & got the same message .(the fans spin & case LED work ok) I then tried another video card & still No Video Signal message . I replaced his Video card & tried reseating the ram , Then I tried 1 stick at a time & still no go. I put both sticks back in & tried booting it several times & all of a sudden it decided to fire into life & boot to the post screen. After I tried my ram I put his Ram back in & the bios only detected 256 ot of 512. I reseated both sticks & still the same, Then tried 1 at a time & each stick was detected,then I put both in at same time & they were both detected?:| Ive think Ive ruled out the ram & HDD & video card. any other suggestions will be appreciated. Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 251387 | 2004-07-10 23:38:00 | I had a simular problem a while back with the same brand pc first check the pc health status in the BIOS that may indicate over heating. Then check that the cpu is seated correctly and of the the cpu fan | beama (111) | ||
| 251388 | 2004-07-10 23:50:00 | Is the ram getting the correct voltage? | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 251389 | 2004-07-10 23:51:00 | Just Tried goldmem & all the Dots appear as it loads & then the screen goes black & thats where it stays. It works ok on my pc. Steve PS: System Temp is 30 C & CPU temp is 50 C. |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 251390 | 2004-07-10 23:56:00 | has it got on board video or add in card, if you have both take the addin out and enable the onboard and try then it sounds like video to me also does it shut down or just no video | beama (111) | ||
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