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Offline BigAznDaddy

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defective ram?
« on: July 27, 2008, 07:29:27 pm »
ok i dont know where to post this but anyways:
i have a dell vosotro 1000 and today i got 2 gb of ram to put into this baby but when i did i got the blue screen of death and my laptop wont boot up. so i put in my onld ram and it works. then i put in one stick of my old  ram with one of my new sticks and the laptop boots up fine so i know both slots and the ram works fine.
i am running windows vista ( came with the laptop) and i was thinking about changing the os to XP ( but i have no clue how :P) 
but anyways on the ram topic do any of you guys think you can help me with this dilemma
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Re: defective ram?
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2008, 08:15:43 pm »
Try out memtest86+ and it'l tell you if the RAM is defective or not. :P
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Re: defective ram?
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2008, 03:48:31 am »
You don't know how to install an OS, hagen?
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Re: defective ram?
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2008, 09:28:12 am »
Quote from: Joe on July 28, 2008, 03:48:31 am
You don't know how to install an OS, hagen?
i do but isnt there a pre installation thing i have to do to make  sure everything is off my harddrive?

and i found the bad ram. going to return it tomorrow or when i get the chance.
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Re: defective ram?
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2008, 02:24:07 pm »
Quote from: BigAznDaddy on July 27, 2008, 07:29:27 pm
ok i dont know where to post this but anyways:
i have a dell vosotro 1000 and today i got 2 gb of ram to put into this baby but when i did i got the blue screen of death and my laptop wont boot up. so i put in my onld ram and it works. then i put in one stick of my old  ram with one of my new sticks and the laptop boots up fine so i know both slots and the ram works fine.
i am running windows vista ( came with the laptop) and i was thinking about changing the os to XP ( but i have no clue how :P) 
but anyways on the ram topic do any of you guys think you can help me with this dilemma

Sounds like your motherboard won't support that much RAM..
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Re: defective ram?
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 03:28:14 pm »
Good call, Dale.

Hagen, what mobo model do you have, what processor, and how much RAM did you get?
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Re: defective ram?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2008, 07:11:21 pm »
no my mobo can handle 2 gigs i have 2 ram slots so i put one 1 gig in at a time and one of them worked then when i put the other in by itself it came up with the Blue screen of death.
but i have a vosotro 1000
Specs:

    * AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53 (1.7GHz/512KB)
    * Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
    * 15.4" Wide Screen XGA LCD Anti-Glare Display
    * 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ
    * 120GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
    * 8X DVD+/-RW w/Double-layer DVD+R Write Capability, for Vista® OS
    * ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (integrated)
    * Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card
    * 1 Year Dell Warranty


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Re: defective ram?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2008, 10:47:16 pm »
the one year dell warranty might be the problem
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Re: defective ram?
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2008, 01:52:32 am »
Quote from: BigAznDaddy on July 28, 2008, 07:11:21 pm
AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53 (1.7GHz/512KB)

After you figure out what's wrong with the ram, you should get a new X2; they're cheap now. Your cache size makes me want to cry; 2MB minimum is my rule.

Quote from: warz on July 28, 2008, 10:47:16 pm
the one year dell warranty might be the problem

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