Re: XP Home crashes when increasing RAM from 256 to 512
From: Bob Dietz (rbdietz_1999_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/20/04
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:07:25 -0600
If the store puts moudule B in a machine and runs
a dos based memory tester they'll probably find that
module B is bad. They'd almost certainly find it bad
if the tested it in a hardware memory test (but those
things are expensive and they won't have one.)
Hopefully they will send it back and not foist it on someone else.
Bob
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> This is what I and the store I bought the memory from did
> last night.
> 1) We duplicated my problem.
> 2) We put memory module B in memory slot A, without
> memory module A in memory slot B. The PC booted.
> 3) We put memory module B in memory slot A, with
> memory module A in memory slot B. The PC did not boot.
> 4) We tried moving memory module B to memory slot B
> and memory module A to memory slot C. The PC did not boot.
> 5) We put memory module A in memory slot A, put memory
> module B on the counter, and put memory module C (a new
> one from the store stock) in memory slot B. The PC
> booted.
> 6) We put memory module B in memory slot C, along with
> memory module A in memory slot A and memory module C in
> memory slot B. The PC did not boot.
>
> Bottom line is for some reason memory module B works fine
> by itself but does not like being combined with memory
> module A. We did not try memory module B and memory
> module C together without memory module A. So, I
> exchanged memory module B for memory module C and walked
> away with a PIII, 450 Mhz, 524mb RAM, XP Home working
> PC. Perhaps in the future I will try to find another
> 256mb memory module that will work with the two existing
> modules I have. I have found this very interesting as I
> work on building/modifying this PC that was given to me.
> It is a good foundation as I take the next step into
> building a HTPC to record movies, play CDs and DVDs,
> etc. Bob, thanks very much for the help and kickstart in
> figuring this problem out.
>
> Andrew
>
>>Your system boots with memory module A in memory slot A.
>>
>>Your system does NOT boot with memory module A in memory
>
> slot A and
>
>>memory module B in memory slot B.
>>
>>
>>Does your system boot with memory module B in memory
>
> slot A.
>
>> No = Memory module B is bad
>> Yes = Indeterminate - continue to next step.
>>
>>Does you system boot with memory module B in memory slot
>
> A and
>
>>memory module A in memory slot B.
>> No = The memory slot on the motherboard is bad.
>> Yes = One of the memory modules is bad- continue to
>
> next step.
>
>>Download DocMem from
>>http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp
>>and test the memory modules.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>.
>>
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