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February 4th 07, 09:54 PM
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will upgrading RAM require a reinstall to update HAL?
I'm currently running 1Gb of DDR2 RAM on a home built machine.
Installed Vista and so far no problems. My questions is... if I upgrade and add another 1Gb of RAM, will this require a new install? Seems to me there was an issue with either Win2K or XP that if crossed a certain line (total RAM) it required a reinstall to update the HAL [hardware abstraction layer] any ideas? 
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February 4th 07, 10:03 PM
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will upgrading RAM require a reinstall to update HAL?
No, it shouldn't. There are certain other hardware changes (motherboard
change, etc.) that need to take place as well. Dustin Harper http://www.vistarip.com johnm wrote: I'm currently running 1Gb of DDR2 RAM on a home built machine. Installed Vista and so far no problems. My questions is... if I upgrade and add another 1Gb of RAM, will this require a new install? Seems to me there was an issue with either Win2K or XP that if crossed a certain line (total RAM) it required a reinstall to update the HAL [hardware abstraction layer] any ideas?
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February 5th 07, 03:43 AM
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will upgrading RAM require a reinstall to update HAL?
I just did the same thing. No issues on reboot.
"johnm" wrote in message ... I'm currently running 1Gb of DDR2 RAM on a home built machine. Installed Vista and so far no problems. My questions is... if I upgrade and add another 1Gb of RAM, will this require a new install? Seems to me there was an issue with either Win2K or XP that if crossed a certain line (total RAM) it required a reinstall to update the HAL [hardware abstraction layer] any ideas?
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February 5th 07, 05:26 PM
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will upgrading RAM require a reinstall to update HAL?
actually, I remember what the issue was now...
when XP came out, I was running a single Pentium-class processor on a mobo that had two sockets. when I added a 2nd processor, -that's- when I had to reinstall to update the HAL - it wasn't memory after all thanx anyway "Mark Christopherson" wrote in message ... I just did the same thing. No issues on reboot. "johnm" wrote in message ... I'm currently running 1Gb of DDR2 RAM on a home built machine. Installed Vista and so far no problems. My questions is... if I upgrade and add another 1Gb of RAM, will this require a new install? Seems to me there was an issue with either Win2K or XP that if crossed a certain line (total RAM) it required a reinstall to update the HAL [hardware abstraction layer] any ideas?
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February 7th 07, 01:19 AM
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will upgrading RAM require a reinstall to update HAL?
if I upgrade and add another 1Gb of RAM, will this require a new install?
From my own experience - I've done quite a few memory upgrades on Vista systems and never run into a problem like that. -- Regards, Yuriy This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. If you have additional questions, please post them to this newsgroup "johnm" wrote in message ... I'm currently running 1Gb of DDR2 RAM on a home built machine. Installed Vista and so far no problems. My questions is... if I upgrade and add another 1Gb of RAM, will this require a new install? Seems to me there was an issue with either Win2K or XP that if crossed a certain line (total RAM) it required a reinstall to update the HAL [hardware abstraction layer] any ideas?
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