Not sure if this comes into the overclocking category..

[tommyhaych]

I know i've already posted this once, but i thought it might be more to do with overclocking.....


Hey there newbie here...

Anyways, I have an abit nv7-133R mobo, with 256 ram, 1.4 amd processor & 64 meg geforce 4 gfx card..

I'm having mega ram problems at the moment. I've recently bought a brand new DDR 256 memory stick, installed & it worked fine for a day until i started getting blue screens.
I assumed this wasn't the ram because I had some big virus at the time, so I reformatted.

Few days later, i did some f**king around with the ram which has helped a lot.

The probs still not solved but it's revealed some things. I've made a log of what ive done.


Boot 1 (New ram in first slot)

Blue screen before windows starts saying it can't write to read only memory.



Boot 2 (New ram still in first slot)

Blue screen when i open a program in windows (IRQL LESS THAN OR NOT EQUAL).


Boot 3 (Old ram in first slot)

Everything works fine.


Boot 4 (New ram in first slot)

Installed new drivers for the motherboard, works fine on boot, but re-boots later on without a blue screen.


Boot 5 (New ram in first slot)

Same again, but sooner.


Boot 6 (Old ram in first slot)

Things are working fine, am posting on this forum.

Afterwards, i tried to up the voltage, but I can't do that thanks to my stupid bios menu!


Oh yeah, just to clarify this ram is pc2100.

Thanx in advance...
tom

 

[Monster00]

what brand ram is it? You sure u got the right type of ram? like non-ecc?

 

[tommyhaych]

im pretty sure its the right ram, the requirements in the mobo manual match the ram type..

 

[knuckle50]

what brand

 

[tommyhaych]

im not sure cause i bought it from a local retailer in an anti-static box without a brand name on it...

this is pretty much the same specs found on the same retailers website.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=17812

EDIT: To answer your question, yes it is non-ecc

 

[knuckle50]

its probably defective, return it

 

[tommyhaych]

done that already, it can't mess up twice in a row!

although if all else fails, ill just get my money back.

 

[knuckle50]

if its a shitty brand then it can mess up

 

[str8lazy]

yeah I agree, never go with nameless brands, and you should probably buy your stuff like that off www.tigerdirect.com or www.newegg.com or some place that everyone knows about and has quality products

 

[tommyhaych]

so would you reckon out of all the ram problems in the world, that this is probably the reason mine doesnt work?

Just my luck...