Re: Windows XP not starting after extra RAM added

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SC Tom wrote:
"Benny" <postn@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dcsYl.18214$y61.8400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u9IUET06JHA.1196@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Benny

Check out page 16
http://europe.giga-byte.com/FileList/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-ep45t-ud3(r)_e.pdf

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Benny wrote:
Bought a new PC in January.
Specs are:
Windows XP Pro SP3
Gigabyte mobo (GA-EP45T-UD3R) with 4 slots (2 channels) for DDR3 RAM.
I bought the PC with 2 x 1Gb Corsair DDR3 1333 MHz RAM.
I have now bought 2 more of exactly the same Corsair RAM.

After installing the extra RAM, Windows will not open fully. The PC
only gets as far as the Windows XP screen and then goes blank.

I even went into the BIOS but that froze after a short time as well.

I have removed the extra RAM and all is good again.

How can I get the extra RAM to work?

regards

PeterH
Thanks Gerry
I have read page 16 of the manual a number of times but it doesn't make it clear that there would be any issues with the extra RAM I have tried to install. It appears that it should be recognised automatically after installation. The only question mark is whether the Dual Channel Mode is automatically set or whether I have to do this manually. I tend to think it is automatically set, in which case why the problem. As I replied to Brian, there is a posting that seems to suggest that the voltage to the RAM needs to be manually reduced in order that the extra RAM (in 4 slots) is recognised. If I had installed the 4Gb of RAM in just 2 slots then it appears that the voltage does not have to be altered.
I am going to check this out with my supplier's service department tomorrow and will reply if I have any luck.
regards
Benny

I got the impression from the manual that you can't install but 2 DDR3's, but that may just be the 2200MHz (gotta love XXX-to-English translations). As was suggested earlier, I'd take your old RAM out and try just the new RAM and see if it works OK.

SC Tom



At 2200MHz, you may not be able to get the thing stable, if all four
memory slots are populated. That is a "speed related" warning, meaning
something closer to normal memory speeds, it'll handle four slots
just fine.

Paul
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