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**Colin Barnhorst**

Thanks!

"Drew" wrote in message
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and as I said it is nice to have you back !!...

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
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Just the hardware ng. I have no interest in the trolls in the general
ng. Also, I had some health issues.

"Drew" wrote in message
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Nice to see Colin back !!

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
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I don't think it is bad ram. More likely it is the often reported
problem of a BSOD when all four memory slots have 1GB dimms. It is a
known issue with nVidia chipsets on some boards and there is a patch.
It can also be due to memory voltage settings. The stock settings in
the BIOS can sometimes be reduced slightly to resolve the issue. He
should check the forums on the mobo manufacturer's website to get some
tips.

"SimRacer" wrote in message
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If it only gives you the blue screen with 4 in and works fine with 3
in then
its most likely bad ram. You can download a Memtest and burn that to
disk and
run the program. Its a DOS based program so your system needs to be
set to
boot from cd as first boot device. Test the memory one at a time to
find out
if any of it is bad.

http://www.memtest.org/

Thats the link to memtest, its free and a much better testing program
then
Microsofts memory tester. Run the test and let it repeat at least a
couple of
times.

"andy6432668" wrote:

I got a dell inspiron 531 came with 2 gigs of memory running vista 64
bit. I installed 2 gigs total of 4 gigs got b.s.o.d. upon startup so
I
startup in safe mode there it shows 4 gigs tried again to boot in
normal
desktop same bsod. I removed 1 stick leaving 3 gigs now boots and
runs
fine what's up with vista and 4 gigs of ram ?

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andy6432668