have been upgrading the 3 desktops in the house, 2 upgraded without issue but this one a dell studio xps 7100 poses interesting issues:
the motherboard and the setup guide provided specified I can upgrade to 16gb of RAM (from its original 6), so I went ahead and got myself 4x4gb sticks. As i removed the 2x2 and 2x1 modules and replace them with the new 4gbs the MB fail to start with the tell-tale 4 beeps RAM read/write error siren.
When I tried to switch the memory sticks to different places apparently as long as the first one remains the original ram dell provided (2 or 1 gb doesn't matter) it would work-but not the new 4gb. This is the first time i see such oddities-I tried memory diagnostic, flashing the board even remove CMOS battery for 10 minutes and still can't get it to work.
And now my system has a very odd 14GB setup with the old 2gb stick at the first slot. What gives? Any ideas?
the motherboard and the setup guide provided specified I can upgrade to 16gb of RAM (from its original 6), so I went ahead and got myself 4x4gb sticks. As i removed the 2x2 and 2x1 modules and replace them with the new 4gbs the MB fail to start with the tell-tale 4 beeps RAM read/write error siren.
When I tried to switch the memory sticks to different places apparently as long as the first one remains the original ram dell provided (2 or 1 gb doesn't matter) it would work-but not the new 4gb. This is the first time i see such oddities-I tried memory diagnostic, flashing the board even remove CMOS battery for 10 minutes and still can't get it to work.
And now my system has a very odd 14GB setup with the old 2gb stick at the first slot. What gives? Any ideas?
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram