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K8NS Pro - Strange Issue with Memory
Hi all,
I have what seems a strange problem with the stability of my Windows XP (32bit) when I add in another 1GB DIMM. Let me explain.... All works fine and dandy with the 2x512MB DIMM's, no issues. I add in another 1GB DIMM (PC3200 from crucial.com) and the bios recognises it, windows starts up, windows see's it. Then when you try and run programs in Windows you get strange things happen like them crashing, explorer starting to eat CPU cycles (all 100% of them). I even tried to install Halo with the extra memory in and it won't, get a message relating to memory then a blue screen. Take the memory out and everything back to normal. Surely it can't be a bad DIMM else it would get picked up at bootup? Has anyone else seen a similar problem?? Thanks in advance, Jason AMD 64 3200 K8NS Pro F1 |
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"Jason" wrote in message om... Hi all, I have what seems a strange problem with the stability of my Windows XP (32bit) when I add in another 1GB DIMM. Let me explain.... All works fine and dandy with the 2x512MB DIMM's, no issues. I add in another 1GB DIMM (PC3200 from crucial.com) and the bios recognises it, windows starts up, windows see's it. Then when you try and run programs in Windows you get strange things happen like them crashing, explorer starting to eat CPU cycles (all 100% of them). I even tried to install Halo with the extra memory in and it won't, get a message relating to memory then a blue screen. Take the memory out and everything back to normal. Surely it can't be a bad DIMM else it would get picked up at bootup? Has anyone else seen a similar problem?? Thanks in advance, Jason AMD 64 3200 K8NS Pro F1 Jason, have you tried putting the 1gig DDRAM into slot 1 (slot furthest away from the CPU) and removing the two 512mb sticks ? |
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:16:38 -0700, Jason wrote:
Surely it can't be a bad DIMM else it would get picked up at bootup? Not necessarily, the BIOS runs a vary basic memory test at bootup. You need to run memtest to verify that your DIMM is good, get it from www.memtest86.com. It certainly sounds like your new DIMM is bad or just incompatible with your motherboard though Crucial ram usually has good compatibility. Try running it on its own, perhaps it doesn't like working with your other DIMM. K |
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Jason wrote:
Hi all, I have what seems a strange problem with the stability of my Windows XP (32bit) when I add in another 1GB DIMM. Let me explain.... All works fine and dandy with the 2x512MB DIMM's, no issues. I add in another 1GB DIMM (PC3200 from crucial.com) and the bios recognises it, windows starts up, windows see's it. Then when you try and run programs in Windows you get strange things happen like them crashing, explorer starting to eat CPU cycles (all 100% of them). I even tried to install Halo with the extra memory in and it won't, get a message relating to memory then a blue screen. Take the memory out and everything back to normal. Surely it can't be a bad DIMM else it would get picked up at bootup? Has anyone else seen a similar problem?? Thanks in advance, Jason AMD 64 3200 K8NS Pro F1 Have you turned the memory down to the necessary 333MHz as Athlon 64's require for three DIMMs? |
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Might not help, but relevant:
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Thanks for the replies. I was most interested in the one citing that
I must turn the memory speed down to 333MHz if three DIMMS are installed. I wasn't aware of this. The 1GB works fine on it's own, also it works fine with 1 other 512MB DIMM. The only thing that doesn't work is all three DIMMS together! I have tried all three locations for the 1GB DIMM and it makes no difference. What do I loose by turning down thw memory speed, much? I just wanted 2GB of memory in my machine but didn't think it would prove so challenging! Thanks again for the responses. |
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"Jason" wrote in message om... Thanks for the replies. I was most interested in the one citing that I must turn the memory speed down to 333MHz if three DIMMS are installed. I wasn't aware of this. The 1GB works fine on it's own, also it works fine with 1 other 512MB DIMM. The only thing that doesn't work is all three DIMMS together! I have tried all three locations for the 1GB DIMM and it makes no difference. What do I loose by turning down thw memory speed, much? I just wanted 2GB of memory in my machine but didn't think it would prove so challenging! Thanks again for the responses. This is a known issue with the 754 cpu's. Some motherboards can't run with all three slots filled. Others can run if you make sure the memory speed is set to either AUTO, or 166 which of course is 333mhz since the 166 is doubled. I mentioned the slot for the 1gb stick earlier because on my mobo, the manufacturer states that it will only work with 1gb stick in first slot, and 512mb sticks in slots 2 and 3. You may have to do without the 2nd stick of 512mb memory. Oh, as I started to say earlier, the reason why you have to slow the speed down is that the 754 cpu's use single channel memory, so the 3rd slot slows the system down, and with some boards makes the system unstable. |
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"K" wrote in message news On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:16:38 -0700, Jason wrote: Surely it can't be a bad DIMM else it would get picked up at bootup? Not necessarily, the BIOS runs a vary basic memory test at bootup. You need to run memtest to verify that your DIMM is good, get it from www.memtest86.com. It certainly sounds like your new DIMM is bad or just incompatible with your motherboard though Crucial ram usually has good compatibility. Try running it on its own, perhaps it doesn't like working with your other DIMM. K do you know of a good program out there similar to memtest86 that'll test L1, L2, and L3 cache memory? |
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 11:36:09 -0500, Bx.Cornwell wrote:
do you know of a good program out there similar to memtest86 that'll test L1, L2, and L3 cache memory? On chip cache usually has ECC error correction, I doubt such a program is necessary or indeed would tell you anything. K |
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