freeze after boot?

[ricetek]

my comp freezes every time after a boot while its loading the background programs. but on the following startup it loads everythign just fine. I mean it only started just recently when i put in new ram. The ram i tried at multiple timings first at 2.5-2-2-11, then 2.5-2-2-6, currently its set to 2.5-3-2-11 to be safe. yet it still has this problem any suggestions?

 

[ricetek]

bump

 

[Clockworks]

Is it the same type of RAM or is it from different companies/settings?

 

[ricetek]

same type of ram that is rated at 2-3-2-5. its a dual channel kit

 

[Dark Assassin]

What is the brand of this RAM? If it's Buffalo or OCZ, I bet it's probably defective, malfunctioning RAM.

Dark Assassin

 

[icehokplyr]

Do you need all those programs running in the background? Try: start/run/msconfig/selective start-up and uncheck everything you don't need. Then restart the computer. It may help by freeing up some memory.

 

[MrWoot]

do you have enough RAM? It definately sounds like a RAM issue

 

[ricetek]

well this was happening with 1gb of ram so i doubt that was the issue. I just went ahead and reformatted and installed win xp w/ sp2 hasn't frozen. but then again i sent in the ram for rma and im using kingston memory.

 

[icehokplyr]

Sounds like there is a conflict somewhere. Do you remember when it started to happen?