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Ram installation
I just bought a kingston 1gb ddr 400mhz pc3200 memory for my aopen mx46-800n mobo.
i have 2x 512mb sticks in there already that work fine giving me 1gb ram
i took one of the 512mb sticks out (generic ram) that was in slot 2 and inserted the kingston 1gb.
so now i have a kingston 1gb in slot 1 and a kingston 512mb in slot 2
i boot up my pc it goes through the POST but just before it loads the vista screen it reboots and i get stuck in this loop.
I took the 512mb kingston out leaving just the 1gb kingston stick in slot 1 and booted up again and my monitor doesnt even load nor does the beep.
But putting the 512mb sticks back in i get the pc and vista working again
I returned the stick and got another kingston stick (same brand) and this is going the same thing. (double checked that ram clipped in both sides)
is there a latency setting i have to change in bios?
also my mobo does support upto 2gb ram so i dont think thats the cause of the problem
and also i have a radeon x800 256mb video card installed
would someone know what the fault might be? the kingston model is a (KVR400X64C3A)
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some ram and mobos mix almost as good as oil and water
I had the same problem with an Asus 939 board,
I was using GEIL, went and bought another stick 6 months after the first,
and the second stick wouldn't workm I took it back and brought kingston and that worked fine.
Some boards just can be fussy on ram and different revisions of the same brand.
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if its anything like my board you need 2 matching sticks of ram...so get another 1 gig stick and it should be ok.
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