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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
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 ? -- andy6432668 |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us "andy6432668" wrote in message ... 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 ? -- andy6432668 |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
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 ? -- andy6432668 |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
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 ... 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 ? -- andy6432668 |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
Nice to see Colin back !!
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ? -- andy6432668 |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
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 ... Nice to see Colin back !! "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ? -- andy6432668 |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
and as I said it is nice to have you back !!...
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... 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 ... Nice to see Colin back !! "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ? -- andy6432668 |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
Thanks!
"Drew" wrote in message ... and as I said it is nice to have you back !!... "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... 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 ... Nice to see Colin back !! "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ? -- andy6432668 |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
On Dec 21 2007, 3:00 pm, andy6432668 andy6432668.31y...@no-
mx.forums.net 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 ? -- andy6432668 Ok, I got the same computer and the same problem. Except when I started in safe mode it show 3.5 gigs of ram when I had 4 installed. Also, in the chipset it showed that I had 4 gigs installed. So the computer is seeing it and it is not a problem with the computer. The guy from dell said that it was probably vista that was having trouble seeing it. So I think that we can probably put a 512 stick in and run with 3.5 gigs until vista figures this out, if they do, and fixes it. |
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4 gigs ram B.S.O.D.
On Dec 22 2007, 5:59 pm, SimRacer
wrote: 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 ? -- andy6432668 Its not bad ram. Its Vista. With the inspiron 531 you probably can only run 3 gigs with vista. But the ram is fine. |