New RAM Woes...

rockerman · 05-11-2004, 03:23 PM

Hey I just bought a stick of Kingston 512MB PC2700 ram to add to my stick of Samsung 256MB PC2700. Ever since installing i have been getting blue screens and random GPF's and **** like that. These only occur when i am playing a game or doing something intense like running bittorrent or using winamp5. I have messed with the placement of the sticks and changed the timings in the BIOS to "Auto" hoping that it would select more modest settings. Still no luck. I have ran the Microsoft memory tester on the ram with no errors. I currently have the 512 stick in slot 1 and the 256 in slot 3 (i have 4 slots total 1-4). Any ideas/solutions? Thanks for any help you may offer.

AXP 1800+
Abit KX7
Kingston 512 PC2700
Samsung 256 PC2700
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
300 Watt PS (If that possibly matters)

bachviet · 05-11-2004, 04:07 PM

Try to run your machine with the Kingston stick only and see if you have to same error. If you don't get the same errors, the sticks are not compatible so either return the Kingston stick and get the Samsung or just use the Kingston.

rajatQ2 · 05-12-2004, 03:05 PM

rigorous memory test: http://www.memtest86.com/

We use it at work, and it spews errors on machines with even minor memory problems, and comes up clean on good machines. It has become so dependable that we run it overnight on all new incoming machines.

It comes as a boot disk, so no software installation required.

05-11-2004, 03:23 PM	#1
rockerman Ensign Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 6	New RAM Woes... Hey I just bought a stick of Kingston 512MB PC2700 ram to add to my stick of Samsung 256MB PC2700. Ever since installing i have been getting blue screens and random GPF's and **** like that. These only occur when i am playing a game or doing something intense like running bittorrent or using winamp5. I have messed with the placement of the sticks and changed the timings in the BIOS to "Auto" hoping that it would select more modest settings. Still no luck. I have ran the Microsoft memory tester on the ram with no errors. I currently have the 512 stick in slot 1 and the 256 in slot 3 (i have 4 slots total 1-4). Any ideas/solutions? Thanks for any help you may offer. AXP 1800+ Abit KX7 Kingston 512 PC2700 Samsung 256 PC2700 ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 300 Watt PS (If that possibly matters)

05-11-2004, 04:07 PM	#2
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	Try to run your machine with the Kingston stick only and see if you have to same error. If you don't get the same errors, the sticks are not compatible so either return the Kingston stick and get the Samsung or just use the Kingston. __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 \| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) \| 4x1GB DDR2 \| 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT Dell Studio 17 \| Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) \| 2x2GB DDR3 1066MHz \| 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Intel P4-C 3.0GHz \| ECS 865PE-A \| 3x512MB PC3200 \| 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT

05-12-2004, 03:05 PM	#3
rajatQ2 Commander Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: boston, ma Posts: 1,020	rigorous memory test: http://www.memtest86.com/ We use it at work, and it spews errors on machines with even minor memory problems, and comes up clean on good machines. It has become so dependable that we run it overnight on all new incoming machines. It comes as a boot disk, so no software installation required. __________________ Find some free Comcast or Verizon on-demand movies to watch at home tonight: www.movie-cat.tv

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