Re: Win2000 and adding more SDRAM

From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:51:18 -0400

Fred - I find no suggestion in this thread that you, if at all possible,
  try that stick(s) in another compatible W2k machine. That might help
further isolate the problem.

Fred wrote:
> I have a PC which has a Win2000 OS. It currently works with two DIMMs of
> 256 and 128MBs. It has an on-board VGA device using 8MB of this memory.
>
> If I use a 512MB DIMM the PC typically boots up as normal and runs for a
> period of time before crashing or hanging. I have swapped the memory
> configurations including just istalling this one DIMM and at slow clock
> rates (100MHz) and CL3, but still the system crashes or hangs after only a
> few minutes.
>
> I have extensively used Memtest to test this stick for a few hours and
> cannot find any errors at all even when different memory speeds and CAS
> latencies are used.
>
> I see from some news articles that Win2000 may not boot up after adding
> memory. This is different where the OS now just seems very unreliable.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>

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