Hello.
I just upgraded my motherboard/CPU/RAM and have been getting some wierd problems. I tried putting in 4 sticks of RAM and the install of vista would just keep freezing.
I have found that If i use only 2 RAM sticks and I run 2GB of RAM my PC seems to work fine, I could install and boot into vista and it appears as though the PC will work (it stayed on for about 20+ hours without any problems). With 3/4GB it crashes very often and I get a BSOD at the same place when trying to load Vista (error messages suggest memory problem for sure), If i try load into safe mode, I can get into vista fine whilst running 4GB RAM, but it can sometimes crash (note - it does show 4GB of RAM in system properties).
At first I thought it was bad RAM, however, I have tried many different combinations and have run memory tests. It appears as though all the RAM is working correctly as they all passed their own memory test. However, If i put them all in at once...I get errors on memory test.
I googled my problem and found that microsoft released a fix for a very related problem, but it didn't work. I also tried updating the BIOS without any luck.
specs:
Q6600
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
OCZ DD2 - 1GB sticks
Any help appreciated, thank you.
I just upgraded my motherboard/CPU/RAM and have been getting some wierd problems. I tried putting in 4 sticks of RAM and the install of vista would just keep freezing.
I have found that If i use only 2 RAM sticks and I run 2GB of RAM my PC seems to work fine, I could install and boot into vista and it appears as though the PC will work (it stayed on for about 20+ hours without any problems). With 3/4GB it crashes very often and I get a BSOD at the same place when trying to load Vista (error messages suggest memory problem for sure), If i try load into safe mode, I can get into vista fine whilst running 4GB RAM, but it can sometimes crash (note - it does show 4GB of RAM in system properties).
At first I thought it was bad RAM, however, I have tried many different combinations and have run memory tests. It appears as though all the RAM is working correctly as they all passed their own memory test. However, If i put them all in at once...I get errors on memory test.
I googled my problem and found that microsoft released a fix for a very related problem, but it didn't work. I also tried updating the BIOS without any luck.
specs:
Q6600
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
OCZ DD2 - 1GB sticks
Any help appreciated, thank you.