4 gig incompatability with 32 bit OS

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monkoosbob0

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I posted in a similar thread last night.
monkoosbob0 said:
This is not entirely off topic but when I installed 4 gigs of RAM into my computer i knew that the OS (XP32) could not address all of the RAM. But my simple installation of RAM turned out to be a nightmare.
For some reason, the new module that i installed was running at a faster (or whatever you call it) latency than the rest of my RAM and that and maybe some other factor brought on by the installation was causing my PC to crash incessantly. Is there something else i need to know about the 32bit limitation of my 4 gigs? I need to know so that i can promptly return my RAM to FRY's.
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Danny Bui said:
You may have just gotten bad or defective RAM.
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monkoosbob0 said:
Haha, see that's what i thought so i decided that i should run memtest, but you wouldn't believe how difficult that turned out to be. I DL'd it and got ready to run it when i remembered that it has to be run from dos, and the last time i was in my computer i forgot to plug my floppy drive back in, and anyway i didn't have any floppies. (who does nowadays?) So pretty much i still haven't run memtest and you could very well be right... except that i am writing this on the very same computer and wouldn't it not work at all if the memory was bad?
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Danny Bui said:
You could've just use the CD version of Memtest.

PCs will boot and work with defective RAM. Though you'll see constant crashes, BSODs, and other stability problems.
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So then i got memtest and started it before i went to to sleep.
This morning when i woke up and looked at the results i saw that memtest got "stuck" after four minutes.
So i ran it again, this time it passed. Which brings me to the question that if the RAM wasn't defective, then what the heck is my problem?
 
Motherboard?

PSU going bad would result in crashes previous to memory installed and other symptoms ...

Just make sure the RAM is secure :p one time I didn't have it in all the way and it gave me beautiful crash screens for the whole afternoon.
 
Ahhhh! i really hope it isn't my motherboard, i can't afford to deal with that right now, i have a gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. It would suprise me if it was the motherboard seeing as it gave me no problems before the RAM install.
Also, new symptoms; after about 30 mins of use the mouse stops responding, its a nice mouse, a G5, and i have had no problems with it before now. I had another mouse laying around so i plugged it in and voila it works fine, for another 15 minutes or so and then my computer locks up completely... this has been happening all day long, its pretty annoying to have to reboot every 45 mins.
Help!
i am thinking about exchanging the 2 gig stick for a 2 gig kit (2x1gb) and only putting one of them in for now. Though if the RAM isn't even the problem then idk what to do.

Also i dont think its the psu, i bought it from a friend who just upgraded, so its not defective or anything and i've had it in for about a month now. its a corsair 600 watt
 
monkoosbob0 said:
memtest got "stuck" after four minutes.
So i ran it again, this time it passed.
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You need to run multiple passes for a substantial amount of time (at least 12 hours) in order to make any real conclusions about the stability of your memory. it might be okay one pass, but not in another pass.
 
Can you post your complete system specifications and also post ALL settings you have made in bios for voltages, CPU, and RAM.
 
it honestly sounds like a motherboard problem. i'm going to assume your Logitech G5 is a USB mouse. if it just stopsr esponding maybe the USB is about to go, and thus your board is having problems :(
 
Well,

I traded in the RAM for a gaming headset so this thread shouldn't really be in this board,
but who really cares.

My configuration is as follows:
Gigabyte Ga-P35-DS3L
Intel E2160 ( @ 3.06 Ghz)
2GB G.Skill RAM PC-6400 ( @ ~900 Mhz)
Powercolor Radeon X1650
Corsair 600 watt PSU (sorry idk which)
Random 160 GB WD SATA 3 HD
G5 laser mouse
G15 awesome keyboard
250 GB external HD

I will have to get back with you on the voltages, sorry I've been running on my current settings for a while so I can't really remember.

If you need more infos please feel free to ask, i want to resolve this as quickly as possible. (hopefully that won't involve replacing my mobo) I just bought the Radeon HD 4850 from Newegg, so i am a little strapped for cash at the moment.
 
I looked at my processor voltage in PC Wiz 2008 and according to it, my processor is at 1.213v. isn't that a little low? I think i might have accidentally set it to auto when i was in my BIOS last. Also my RAM timings are ridiculously slow, 5-6-6-17! For RAM that is usually run at 4-4-4-12 that's pretty bad. I think i might have to go in to the BIOS and show this thing who's boss. I know my RAM voltages are on auto b/c I've never messed with that, nor had any problems. (before now)
(edit: somewhere else in PC Wiz 2008 the cpu voltage is listed as 1.38, which is much more reasonable)
 
What do you mean posting at? If you were referring to the BIOS POST, then it doesn't actually say my cpu voltage, my POST says that i am running at 3.06 Ghz, and my ram is at 900 Mhz.
 
I think he means you could've gone into the BIOS screen and gotten the BIOS hardware monitor readings which could have told you vDimm vCore v.. Everything as well as timings and whatnot, this could have helped to eliminate the issue. But oh well, the deed is done.
 
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