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Vista and upgrading memory
I upgraded from 2 GB of Kingston HyperX RAM to 4 GB of matched Kingston Value
RAM. I can boot into XP on my dual boot just fine as well as boot into Windows Vista safe mode, but when trying to boot into Vista regularly, I have had it going for nearly 30 minutes now. The hard drive light is flashing and the screen is black. With the light flickering it seems to be working, ut why on earth would it take so long to boot into Vista and will it ever? I'm highly confused. |
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Vista and upgrading memory
Chris M wrote:
I upgraded from 2 GB of Kingston HyperX RAM to 4 GB of matched Kingston Value RAM. I can boot into XP on my dual boot just fine as well as boot into Windows Vista safe mode, but when trying to boot into Vista regularly, I have had it going for nearly 30 minutes now. The hard drive light is flashing and the screen is black. With the light flickering it seems to be working, ut why on earth would it take so long to boot into Vista and will it ever? I'm highly confused. Try booting with just the Value RAM. If you can boot Vista in 'normal' mode it would appear to be a 'mixed' RAM issue. I'm not sure but mixing HyperX and Value may be the problem. |
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Vista and upgrading memory
Make sure you have the latest BIOS for your MOBO.
Also you may need to change a BIOS setting see the following: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us "Chris M" Chris wrote in message ... I upgraded from 2 GB of Kingston HyperX RAM to 4 GB of matched Kingston Value RAM. I can boot into XP on my dual boot just fine as well as boot into Windows Vista safe mode, but when trying to boot into Vista regularly, I have had it going for nearly 30 minutes now. The hard drive light is flashing and the screen is black. With the light flickering it seems to be working, ut why on earth would it take so long to boot into Vista and will it ever? I'm highly confused. |
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Vista and upgrading memory
Did you add 2GB of Kingston value RAM? Or did you replace it with 4GB of
Value RAM? If you are mixing ram, you need to specify in the BIOS the speed and timings of the worst performing RAM (presumably the Value RAM). If it is all the same, try using 2GB at a time. Then run Memtest on each pair to check for faults in the RAM. CJM |
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Vista and upgrading memory
well I played around some more. It is all Kingston Valur RAM identical. It
seems that if I install up to 3 GB Vista sees it and works fine. When I install the 4th stick regardless of which stick I use and what slot I put it in, Vista crawls and the cpu meter shows 100% maxed out all of the time. Now I'm really confused. Any input? "CJM" wrote: Did you add 2GB of Kingston value RAM? Or did you replace it with 4GB of Value RAM? If you are mixing ram, you need to specify in the BIOS the speed and timings of the worst performing RAM (presumably the Value RAM). If it is all the same, try using 2GB at a time. Then run Memtest on each pair to check for faults in the RAM. CJM |
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Vista and upgrading memory
"Chris M" wrote in message ... well I played around some more. It is all Kingston Valur RAM identical. It seems that if I install up to 3 GB Vista sees it and works fine. When I install the 4th stick regardless of which stick I use and what slot I put it in, Vista crawls and the cpu meter shows 100% maxed out all of the time. Now I'm really confused. Any input? OK... check with your motherboard manufacturer - this may be a known issue and there may be a BIOS update to fix it. There also may be a way of configuring what you have to make it work. Regardless, it points towards a mobo configuration issue or fault. |