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asternard

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I recently upgraded my Dell Dimension E510 from Windows XP Media Center to Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Before doing that, I also upgraded the memory from 4gb to 8gb (4 sticks of 2gb). I upgraded the memory first and it worked fine with XP. When I first inserted the CD to upgrade to 7 with 8gb it wouldn't go past the black "Starting Windows" screen. There was no logo or anything. I removed 2 of the 4 and restarted the setup and Windows 7 installed fine. After the setup, I put the other 2 back in, so all 4 were in, restarted the machine and I got the same black screen at startup. I removed the original 2 and replaced them the with the second 2 and it started up just fine again. I've tried every combination (even 1 at a time) and every time it started fine, just not when all 4 are in. All 4 sticks are exactly the same. The BIOS recognized all 4 when I had them it. The processor is a 64 bit Pentium 4. I'm at a loss on why all 4 wont work at the same time. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Tradesman1

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Sounds like you bought a pair of sticks that don't want to play with your old ones - which happens all the time....Sad part is you can usually get them to play with timing or voltage adjustments, but most HPs have a locked BIOS so can't do anything....Might just try moving them around and might get lucky, think maybe the two new ones in slots 1-2 from CPU and old in 3-4
 
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