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| 570077 | 2007-07-19 00:04:00 | I have just purchased 2 x 1 Gb DDR 400 ram sticks. These were inserted into my AMD Athlon (tm) computer. I already had 1 x Gb of DDR 400 ram sticks in my computer. On startup the display showed that I had 3 Gb of Ext memory installed. After having installed the extra 2 Gb of memory my computer, on start up, went into a loop. There was a note that this was caused by either new hardware or software being installed. There was a note at the bottom of the screen about 'Windows memory diagnosis'. There was a suggestion that I need to restart the computer using a 'boot disk' and then select repair mode. Unfortunately when I first installed Vista Home Premium I failed to create a Boot Disk. How do I now create a Boot Disk for Vista? I have removed the two extra Gb of RAM and the computer is back running on the original 1 Gb of memory. I do want to get it running on 3 Gb of memory. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 570078 | 2007-07-19 00:13:00 | Try running the computer twice with 1GB of memory. If both of the new sticks work fine, then it may be a compatibility issue with your old stick. Are they the same brand and model number? Generally mixing RAMs of different brands work just fine, but they are some cases where they won't work properly. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 570079 | 2007-07-19 01:11:00 | There was a suggestion that I need to restart the computer using a 'boot disk' and then select repair mode. Unfortunately when I first installed Vista Home Premium I failed to create a Boot Disk. How do I now create a Boot Disk for Vista? Its not a floppy disk its referring to - it means boot off the Windows CD. Don't bother, you'd only need to do that to repair corrupted files. You need to check the RAM is compatible firstly, then check which slots should be used in the motherboard manual second. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 570080 | 2007-07-19 04:47:00 | Thanks for the advise. I have persevered and have found that the two Kingxcom 1 Gb DDR 400 ram sticks from Super PC refuse to work with the DSE 1 Gb DDR 400 ram stick from Dick Smiths. My computer is working fine with 2 Gb of ram from Super PC. | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 570081 | 2007-07-19 07:04:00 | 2GB is quite big anyway. Just sell the 1GB on trademe for $45 or so. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
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